We need to talk about The Society. Netflix just dropped the first trailer for it’s latest YA smash and arguably the most exciting since 13 Reasons Why season one. Don’t believe me? Check this description: The Society follows a group of teenagers who are mysteriously transported to a facsimile of their wealthy New England town, left without any trace of their parents. As they struggle to figure out what has happened to them and how to get home, they must establish order and form alliances if they want to survive. The series is a modern take on Lord of the Flies. Still not convinced? What if I threw in a trailer featuring Billie Eilish’s Bury a Friend intercut with a bunch of rich teenagers decimating their hometown and possibly/probably burying actual friends? Take a look. This content is imported from YouTube. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Holy shit, right? As a girl from Connecticut, I can say, wholeheartedly, the last people I’d want to be trapped with in a deserted town are the kids I went to high school with. We couldn’t even make it through afternoon assembly. Jocks with guns? Probably not the best plan. Netflix Based on the trailer, it looks like the parents aren’t the only ones missing—I don’t see any adults or younger kids running around—so this group of high-schoolers are going to be stuck fending for themselves completely...which for some reason results in car fires. Seacia Pavao/Netflix Although the cast is mostly a sea of fresh faces, you may recognize the girl narrating the trailer. Kathryn Newton has a pretty impressive résumé for a 22-year-old, starring in Blockers, Big Little Lies, and the upcoming Detective Pikachu with Ryan Reynolds. She even has some CW teen training, playing Claire Novak on Supernatural since 2014. Kathryn’s Blockers costar Gideon Adlon also stars in The Society. Maybe this town’s in good hands after all. All episodes hit Netflix on May 10. You in? I am. This content is imported from {embed-name}. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Emily Tannenbaum Entertainment Editor Emily is the entertainment editor at Cosmopolitan, which is a nice way of saying she watches way too much TV and constantly wants to tell you about it. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io<doc-sep>What if you and a small group of people discovered your parents were gone and you were truly alone, left to fend for yourself, and trying to survive with no explanation of what's going on? What would you do? That's the big question being asked in Netflix's new series The Society. The show follows a group of teenagers who are mysteriously brought into an exact replica of their wealthy New England town, except there are no parents, no governing officials, nada. As they try to figure out why they've been brought to this eerie place, it becomes apparent pretty quickly that the need to re-create society in some way is necessary, and the teens begin shifting alliances, finding their groups, and figuring out how to survive with each other. Teen Vogue has a first look at the trailer for the series. The Society stars a slew of rising actors, including Big Little Lies and Pokémon Detective Pikachu's Kathryn Newton, Blockers' Gideon Adlon, Legion's Rachel Keller, and more. In the clip, Kathryn's character Allie tries to reach her mother by leaving a voicemail, along with viewers getting a glimpse of the chaos that's erupted. "Mom, it's me again. Where is everyone? It's been nine days. We're all alone," she says. "Some of us thought it would be fun, to be in charge of ourselves. But things got bad." When you watch the teaser for The Society, it's hard to ignore the comparisons to the famous novel Lord of the Flies, which makes sense because The Society is based on ideas around survival and how humans form social hierarchies. Showrunner and executive producer Chris Keyser opened up about tapping into the themes of the high school classic. "I love the question that novel asks: if we are left to our own devices, will human beings find a way to co-exist or slide toward chaos?" he tells Teen Vogue. "The Society's take on that is to pose the question, not in the world of children — or full-grown adults — but to a group of young men and women who are at that exact moment in their lives when they become responsible for their own destinies. It's as if adulthood, with all its risks and opportunities — and in its most extreme form — arrives overnight." Chris goes on, hinting at the key difference between The Society and Lord of the Flies (which will likely make you want to watch this show even more), saying, "The other twist is that, unlike most versions of Lord of the Flies, which are set in some form of wilderness, ours takes place right in the heart of civilization. So the questions aren't what will I eat and how will I find shelter. The questions are things like: who makes the rules, how do we keep ourselves safe from each other, how do we protect the weakest among us — who owns the stuff all around us?" The showrunner also notes that the series doesn't necessarily intend to teach lessons, but ask big questions about human nature. Things will undoubtedly get very heavy, very quickly on The Society, but Chris did share that if anything, he's glad that the young actors cast on the show were involved to help bring this story to life. "Making the show with this group of young actors had a kind of parallel to the story we were telling," he tells Teen Vogue. "We were creating a whole world together from scratch (and with no chaos). Most of them had never had the responsibility of carrying a series before. So, it was new, and it was theirs, and they were doing it together. That was kind of exhilarating. That and the fact that they're incredibly talented made all of us feel very lucky." Check out the trailer for The Society below. It'll be available to stream on May 10. Let us slide into your DMs. Sign up for the Teen Vogue daily email. Want more from Teen Vogue? Check this out: Watch the First Trailer for "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark"<doc-sep>Things are bound to turn “bad” in Netflix’s upcoming drama “The Society”. Described as a modern-day Lord of the Flies, “The Society” follows a group of young adults who wake up in a wealthy New England town without any trace of their parents or adults. While the group initially enjoy their freedom, things turn dark and dangerous quickly. RELATED: Helen Mirren Cheered By Theatre Owners At CinemaCon When She Declares ‘F**k Netflix’ “Mom, it’s me again. Where is everyone?” says “Big Little Lies” actress Kathryn Newton as Allie in the teaser trailer. “It’s been nine days. We’re all alone. Some of us thought it would be fun to be in charge of ourselves. Things got bad.” Along with Newton, the upcoming series stars Rachel Keller (Cassandra), Alex Fitzalan (Harry), Kristine Froseth (Kelly), Jacques Colimon (Will), Sean Berdy (Sam) among others and is written by Chris Keyser and directed by Marc Webb. RELATED: Kevin Hart Addresses Oscar-Hosting Fallout Ahead Of Premiere Of Netflix Comedy Special “The Society” hits Netflix May 10.<doc-sep>
The minds behind "500 Days of Summer" and "Party of Five" team up for an eerie YA thriller. What happens to a group of wealthy small-town teenagers when the parental controls are turned off? That’s the basic premise of Netflix’s upcoming drama “The Society,” which imagines a “Leftovers”-type event that disappears all the parents in the town, leaving the kids free to sow total chaos. In the newly released trailer below, the teens find out that freedom isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. The official description reads: “The Society” follows a group of teenagers who are mysteriously transported to a facsimile of their wealthy New England town without any trace of their parents. Their newfound freedom will be fun… but it will also be very dangerous. As they struggle to figure out what has happened to them and how to get home, they must establish order and form alliances if they want to survive. Filmed outside of Boston, Massachusetts, “The Society” showrunner is “Party of Five” and “Tyrant” producer Chris Keyser, with executive producers including Keyser and “500 Days of Summer” and “The Amazing Spiderman” helmer Marc Webb, who also directs multiple episodes. The cast features “Legion” and “Fargo” breakout star Rachel Keller alongside Kathryn Newton, Alex Fitzalan, and Kristine Froseth. While Netflix original programming was adult-skewing in its early days, the platform has in recent years found a sweet spot for shows featuring young adults in adult situations — content which younger and older viewers have come to appreciate. While “The Society” appears aimed at a slightly older demographic than “Stranger Things,” it could also capture the post-apocalyptic energy of international Netflix favorites like Brazil’s “3%” and Denmark’s “The Rain” (the latter of which is also returning for a second season just a week later, on May 17, 2019). The 10-episode first season of “The Society” premieres May 10. Check out the trailer, as well as several first-look photos which reveal the young cast in action, below. Netflix Seacia Pavao/Netflix Seacia Pavao/Netflix Dana Starbard/Netflix Seacia Pavao/Netflix Seacia Pavao/Netflix Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.