EXCLUSIVE: Film and TV producers are chasing hard to win screen rights to the remarkable true story of a group of boys who survived for more than a year on a deserted Pacific island. Dubbed ‘…
, which is published in the UK today.
The narrative follows how in 1965 six friends, teenagers bored with their life at a boarding school on the Pacific island of Tonga, stole a fishing boat and set off on an adventure. A massive storm destroyed their vessel and after eight days drifting on the open waters, they washed up on a remote, uninhabited island. Marooned there, the boys overcame incredible adversity, largely through team work, ingenuity and resolve.
The story of how Bregman pieces the little-known narrative together is worthy of a screen version in itself or could make a nice bookend for any screen retelling. Bregman tracked down the sailor – who himself has an interesting backstory – through some nifty detective work and travels to meet him in the Australian outback. It turns out the friendship between him and the boys has endured to this day.article has traveled far and wide.
Bregman acknowledged adaptation interest in the story last week, tweeting that he is being “bombarded with emails from producers and directors.” Getting bombarbed with emails from producers and directors inquiring about the film rights of this story. I'm so glad the 'boys' from The Real Lord of the Flies are finally, after 50 years, getting the attention they deserve.
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