The Wilds Creators React To Yellowjackets Similarities & Influences
The Wilds creator Sarah Streicher and executive producer Amy B. Harris talk about the show's similarities to the Showtime hit series Yellowjackets. The Wilds is about to premiere its eight-episode second season on Prime Video on May 6. The series features Sophia Ali, Reign Edwards, Shannon Berry, Jenna Clause, Helena Howard, and Rachel Griffiths.
The Wilds follows a group of teenage girls who are trapped on a deserted island after a plane crash. As well as sharing the same basic premise as Yellowjackets, both shows feature an ensemble cast, fragmented timelines, and a character-focused structure. However, unlike Yellowjackets, The Wilds has a more of a science-fiction bend, with the characters being the unwitting focus of a social experiment on the island, and the second season of The Wildswill introduce a group of teen boys that end up on the island as part of the same experiment.
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In an interview with TVLine, Streicher and Harris talk about the two shows' similarities, as well as what makes them different. Harris talks about how good it is that two shows focused on an ensemble of teen girls, saying it wouldn't have happened ten years ago. Streicher talks about how The Wilds is more about the coming of age elements, lacking the flashforwards to the adult characters that are so central to Yellowjackets' narrative. Read Harris' quote below:
All I can say is I’m incredibly grateful it is because it says women’s stories and young women’s stories are touching people, and people want to be in on it. I’m never quite sure why there is a moment where certain things get tapped at the same time, but the joy for me is, a) there’s room for all of it, and then b) I think
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