Overview
- Netflix’s first official trailer arrived Monday, confirming the series will stream in the U.S. on May 4.
- The adaptation spans four hour-long episodes and marks the story’s first television version after a February debut on the BBC and Australia’s Stan.
- Jack Thorne adapts the novel and Marc Munden directs, with production by Eleven and One Shoe Films and backing from Sony Pictures Television.
- The young cast is led by Winston Sawyers as Ralph, Lox Pratt as Jack, David McKenna as Piggy, Ike Talbut as Simon, and Thomas Connor as Roger.
- Thorne frames the series as a timely look at boys, masculinity, and social isolation, echoing themes of order breaking down under pressure.