Warner Bros. reacquired the rights to William Golding’s classic novel Lord of the Flies a couple years back, and Variety reports today that they’re now talking with Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name, Suspiria) about potentially directing the new big screen adaptation.
“Guadagnino is in negotiations to direct,” the site notes. They add, “Guadagnino and his producing partner Marco Morabito are also in negotiations to produce. Known Universe, the production company founded by Lindsey Beer, Nicole Perlman and Geneva Robertson-Dworet, is negotiations to executive produce.”
“The original novel follows a group of school boys stranded on a deserted island who descend into a savage social order.”
Guadagnino’s adaptation will reportedly stay true to Golding’s novel while bringing what the site describes as a “contemporary, ultra-kinetic feel” to the material.