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The news of the proposed remake, which
Hollywood trade publication Deadline.com reported on Wednesday
was in the early stages of development, became a top trending
story on Twitter.
Author and feminist Roxane Gay said an all-female version of the
story made no sense because "the plot of that book wouldn't
happen with all women."
"If you want to tell a story about toxic femininity fine do
that. But using 'Lord of the Flies' as the container is lazy and
stupid," Gay added on Twitter.
English author Golding's 1954 book about a group of school boys
trapped on a remote island after a plane crash, is a dystopian
social allegory of human nature and survival instincts as the
boys descend into a primitive state.
The film will be written and directed by Scott McGehee and David
Siegel and made by Warner Bros., Deadline said. Representatives
for the movie studio declined to comment.
Siegel told Deadline that "Lord of the Flies" was especially
relevant today, citing interpersonal conflicts and bullying.
An all-female perspective would "shift things in a way that
might help people see the story anew," he added.
Hollywood has been remaking films with all-female casts in
recent years, including the 2016 female-led "Ghostbusters" and
upcoming "Ocean's Eight," partly to address concerns about a
dearth of leading roles for women.
Critics of the "Lord of the Flies" project were irked by fact
that two men were penning the script for a female-centric movie,
as a debate swirls about the lack of gender diversity in
Hollywood.
"Gosh. I wonder why no woman thought of that," Bray responded in
a tweet with a photo of herself with her 2011 book "Beauty
Queens," about a group of teenage beauty pageant contestants
stranded on a desert island.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Richard Chang)
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