{"id":24398,"date":"2026-02-13T12:20:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/netflix-takes-u-s-rights-to-jack-thornes-lord-of-the-flies-series\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T12:22:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:22:35","slug":"netflix-takes-u-s-rights-to-jack-thornes-lord-of-the-flies-series-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/netflix-takes-u-s-rights-to-jack-thornes-lord-of-the-flies-series-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Takes U.S. Rights to Jack Thorne\u2019s Lord of the Flies Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix has picked up the U.S. rights to Sony Pictures Television\u2019s limited series adaptation of<em> Lord of the Flies<\/em>, written by Jack Thorne (<em>Adolescence<\/em>, <em>His Dark Materials<\/em>, <em>Enola Holmes<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Produced by Eleven (<em>Sex Education<\/em>, <em>Ten Pound Poms<\/em>) and directed by Marc Munden (<em>Utopia<\/em>,<em> National Treasure<\/em>), the series marks the first-ever television adaptation of William Golding\u2019s classic novel about a group of young boys who find themselves stranded on a tropical island.<\/p>\n<p>In an attempt to remain civil, the boys organize themselves, led by Ralph and supported by the group\u2019s intellectual, Piggy. But Jack, who is put in charge of signal fire duty, becomes more interested in hunting and vying for leadership and begins to draw the other boys away from order and into chaos.<\/p>\n<p>The four-part series launched on the BBC in the U.K. and Stan in Australia on February 8. Sony Pictures Television has also finalized licensing agreements with Sky (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy), CBC (English Canada), Radio-Canada (French Canada), TVNZ (New Zealand), S\u00fdn (Iceland), U-NEXT (Japan), Yes (Israel), Globoplay (Brazil), Telia (Estonia), Telia Play (Lithuania), Tet+ (Latvia), HBO and HBO Max (CEE, Poland) and beIN (MENA). Additional deals are expected to be announced soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJack Thorne\u2019s contemporary take on this timeless story is, in one word, powerful,\u201d said Mike Wald, co-president of distribution and networks at Sony Pictures Television. \u201cThis first-ever television adaptation of the iconic novel delivers on every level, including its cinematic scope and transportive music, and we are thrilled with the incredible response that we have seen from buyers in every market.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix has picked up the U.S. rights to Sony Pictures Television\u2019s limited series adaptation of Lord of the Flies, written by Jack Thorne (Adolescence, His Dark Materials, Enola Holmes).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":24280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[3279,736,11930,11931,88,174],"class_list":["post-24398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-eleven","tag-jack-thorne","tag-lord-of-the-flies","tag-mark-wald","tag-netflix","tag-sony-pictures-television","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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