‘Lord of the Flies’ Boss Breaks Down Biggest Changes to the Novel and the Story’s Enduring Brutality: ‘Civility Isn’t Kind’

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from “Lord of the Flies,” the 2026 adaptation now streaming on Netflix. The kids are not all right. But they haven’t been, not really, since 1954 when William Golding’s landmark novel “Lord of the Flies” was first published. The unfortunately timeless tale of the potential for savagery and survival […]

By Kate Aurthur