Luca Guadagnino in Talks to Direct ‘Lord of the Flies’ for Warner Bros.

What if Lord of the Flies but with girls? Once upon a time, that was the premise of Warner Bros.’ new adaptation of William Golding’s 1954 novel about a group of British boys stranded on an uninhabited island and the societal fallout that ensues.

Now it seems like the project might be going back to a more faithful rendition of the source story, though I still have my fingers crossed for a Lady of the Flies take.

What is clear, however, is that filmmaker Luca Guadagnino is in talks to direct the pic.

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