Island is an upcoming British disaster

Disaster film

A disaster film is a film genre that has an impending or ongoing disaster as its subject...

-thriller film, directed by Rehan Malik and produced by Leon Hady. Documenting the breakdown of a society of teenagers while they are trapped inside a school, the film is comparable in style to Williams Golding's

William Golding

Sir William Gerald Golding was a British novelist, poet, playwright and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate, best known for his novel Lord of the Flies...

 1954 novel Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding about a group of British boys stuck on a deserted island who try to govern themselves, with disastrous results...

. Among a young ensemble cast, the film stars Gabriella Montrose, Matthew Ferdenzi, Robbie Curran, Thomas James Longley

Thomas James Longley

Thomas James Longley is a British actor and model. Hailing from the historical English city of Canterbury, he grew up performing in plays throughout the Kent and London fringe scenes...

 and Lauren Kellegher, and is currently scheduled to premiere at the end of 2011, before going onto film festivals in 2012.

Plot

The world has been almost completely devastated by nuclear war. Inside a now all but desolate school building, a small group of teenage students, unaware of what is going on outside, await the return of their group leaders. As time passes and no one comes back for them, the children's suspicions arise. While some attempt to build order until rescue comes, a few begin to re-discover their natural animal instincts.

Cast

• Gabriella Montrose as Jamie
• Matthew Ferdenzi as Jason
• Bryony Neylan-Francis as Savannah
• Donald Bentley as Reece
• Thomas James Longley
  Thomas James Longley
  Thomas James Longley is a British actor and model. Hailing from the historical English city of Canterbury, he grew up performing in plays throughout the Kent and London fringe scenes...
  
   as Craig
• Lauren Kellegher as Lauren
• Samuel Ranger as Oliver
• Alex Harvey as Timor
• Tom Hurley as Christian
• Robbie Curran as Max
• Waseem Abass as Dillon
• Ziad Hady as The Janitor

Production

Having finished shooting on Radio London in 2010, Malik, who has a background as a documentary film-maker, began pre-production on Island. Alongside producer Leon Hady, Malik carved a script inspired by Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding about a group of British boys stuck on a deserted island who try to govern themselves, with disastrous results...

with the intention of shooting all scenes inside a school. Malik and Hady initially cast Lauren Kellegher, who had worked alongside them with a minor role in Radio London as a then untitled character. Through auditions and call backs, the producers re-wrote parts of the script and many qualities of the characters were based on the actors who auditioned.

Filming

Filming took place in Westminster City School, London. Principal filming was finished by, August 2011.

Release

Island will premiere in London

London

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in December 2011. The film will then tour the Film Festival circuit in 2012.