The classic 1954 William Golding novel Lord of the Flies is getting a reboot as a new movie with an all-female cast.
Fans of the book took to Twitter to express their anger, saying that the intention of the novel was to explore how the savagery, machismo, and competitive masculinity leads to the downfall of the young boys stranded on an island.
According to the fans, telling the same story with all female survivors is implausible and misses the point.
Author Roxane Gay was among those expressing confusion.
"An all women remake of Lord of the Flies makes no sense because... the plot of that book wouldn't happen with all women," she wrote on Twitter.
Lord of the Flies has already been adapted for film twice. The first was a faithful take on the novel by Peter Brook in 1963.
The 1990 version by Harry Hook received criticism for its more liberal take on the source material.
The 2016 female-led "Ghostbusters" reboot also faced criticism, but more over the idea of tampering with a nostalgic pleasure.
