Netflix lands U.S. rights to Jack Thorne’s Lord of the Flies series
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Netflix has secured U.S. rights to the four-episode TV adaptation of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies from Adolescence co-creator Jack Thorne. Produced by Sony Pictures Television, the series premiered in the U.K. on BBC and has been sold to territories across Europe, Latin America and Asia, with a Berlin Film Festival premiere on the horizon as it is billed as a contemporary take on the iconic novel.
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