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   Is Yellowjackets based on Lord of the flies?

   • Yellowjackets is an all-female adaptation of Lord of The Flies. Originally the adaptation was planned by Warner Brothers Pictures to be a feature film. However, show creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson decided to pitch the idea as a five-season storyline. HBO almost bought the rights, but Showtime won them in the end.

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   Is Yellowjackets based on a true story?

   • While the main chunk of the story is inspired by a novel, Yellowjackets follows a lot of what goes on in the Andes plane crash. Like the rugby team, the Yellowjackets girls' soccer team also crashes in the northern wilderness, though the show doesn't reveal the reason behind the crash. One difference is the amount of time that the girls are stuck.

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   Was Yellowjackets based on flight 57?

   • A movie, Alive, was made about the incident in 1992, retelling the tragedy in a very stylized and dramatized fashion. Despite the similarities, Yellowjackets was not inspired by Flight 57. Instead, the idea for the show came to co-creator Ashley Lyle after she read that a film about a gender-swapped version of Lord of the Flies was in production.

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   What is 'Yellowjackets' based on?

   • Yellowjackets follows a girls soccer team stranded in the woods after a plane crash. If you’ve ever wondered what Lord of the Flies might be like with even more barbarism, you might like Showtime’s new drama series, Yellowjackets.

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   Is 'Lord of the flies' a 'counterpoint' to 'Yellowjacket?

   • Using Lord of the Flies as the foundation, Lyle found what she wanted to say with a series like Yellowjackets. She has called the show a "counterpoint" to the classic novel, using its narrative basis of kids stranded to fend for themselves and not much more (via Creative Screenwriting): "It was not an adaptation in any form.

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   Is Yellowjackets a horror story?

   • A cross between a horror story and a tale of survival, Yellowjackets employs cannibalism, ritual murder, hints at the supernatural, and yes, poisoned food while pushing the audience to wonder if the girls are driven to brutality by some malevolent force or just starvation, delirium, and pure human instinct.

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   Nov 26, 2021 · The answer is somewhere between both a 'yes' and a 'no'. There are two main inspirations that creators give credit to. Yellowjackets Is Inspired By A Real Tragedy. Parts of Yellowjackets are based on the real-life tragedy of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571.

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   Oct 4, 2024 · While Yellowjackets may seem like it could have happened in real life, the critically acclaimed TV drama is not based on a true story. However, just because the series does not recount the actual events of a thrilling survival story does not mean outside sources have not influenced it.

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   Oct 3, 2024 · Showtime’s TV series Yellowjackets is not based on a true story. However, the show does draw inspiration from both real life and fiction, including the Flight 571 disaster, William...

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   Oct 8, 2024 · Yellowjackets was inspired by and is loosely based on the 1972 Andes Mountain plane crash. On Oct. 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, carrying five crew members and 40 passengers,...

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   Feb 20, 2024 · Despite the similarities, Yellowjackets was not inspired by Flight 57. Instead, the idea for the show came to co-creator Ashley Lyle after she read that a film about a gender-swapped...

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   Jan 25, 2022 · Yellowjackets. With so many similarities between the girls from Yellowjackets and the boys from Lord Of The Flies, it begs one to compare their characters.

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   Mar 26, 2023 · Yellowjackets co-creator Ashley Lyle has said that the show was partly inspired by a planned film adaptation of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies with an all-female cast. Commenters were...