Amazon Prime Video released the first teaser for its new series Utopia Thursday. Based on the British series of the same name, the eight-episode series starring John Cusack and Rainn Wilson premieres this fall on the streaming platform.
The show centers on a group of comic book fans coming together for their shared love for a comic titled “Utopia.” Eventually Ian (Dan Byrd), Becky (Ashleigh LaThrop), Samantha (Jessica Rothe), Wilson Wilson (Desmin Borges), and Grant (Javon “Wanna” Walton) discover secret messages within the comic book pages, predicting an apocalyptic . future. Parts of “Utopia” begin to come to life, and finally the group comes face to face with some of their most prominent and deadly characters. Cusack and Wilson portray two doctors involved in the study of the phenomenon of “utopia”.
The series also stars Sasha Lane, Farrah Mackenzie, Christopher Denham, and Cory Michael Smith. Gillian Flynn created and executive produced the series alongside Jessica Rhoades (with whom Flynn collaborated on Sharp objects), Sharon Hall, Karen Wilson and Dennis Kelly.
The series was originally produced by HBO with David Fincher, who filmed the adaptation of Flynn’s best-selling novel. Girl is gone – configured to lead but Utopia He moved to Amazon in 2018 and was filmed throughout 2019.
