Netflix’s ‘Lord of the Flies’ Enters 12 Emmy Categories, Positioning Young Cast for Potential Nominations (EXCLUSIVE)

By Clayton Davis

Clayton Davis

Senior Awards Editor

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“Maybe there is a beast…maybe it’s only us.”

More than 70 years after William Golding introduced that chilling idea in his 1954 novel, “Lord of the Flies” is being reimagined for television and positioning itself as a major Emmy contender this season.

Netflix and the BBC’s new limited series adaptation, written by Emmy winner Jack Thorne, is mounting a multi-category campaign that will highlight its young ensemble cast alongside its talented artisan achievements. Directed by Marc Munden in a co-production between Sony Pictures Television’s Eleven Pictures (which makes it eligible for the Primetime Emmys) and the BBC, the series follows a group of boys who become stranded on an island in the early 1950s following a plane crash. Across four episodes, the story unfolds through the perspectives of its four main characters: Piggy (David McKenna), Jack (Lox Pratt), Simon (Ike Talbut) and Ralph (Winston Sawyers).

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