‘Utopia’ canceled by Amazon after one season – deadline


Amazon didn’t choose to order in the second season Utopia, A direct-to-series adaptation of a British play written by him Gone Girl Writer and screenwriter Gillian Flynn. The series, starring John Cusack, Sasha Lane and Ren Wilson, premiered on September 25 so there were reviews and a quiet run.

Utopia The young adults belong to the group of meet-nines who are ruthlessly hunted by the organization of the dark deep state after being captured in an underground graphic novel of near-mythical cult. Within the pages of humor, they discover conspiracy theories that can be truly real and push the world into a dangerous, unique and ironic situation.

The Amazon adaptation was a co-production between Endemol Shine North America / Kudoz and Amazon Studios. Accompanying Flynn were executive producers Jessica Ruedes, Sharon Hall, Karen Wilson and Dennis Kelly.

2013-14 US version of the British series Utopia, Produced by Dennis Kelly and produced by Endemol Shine Group’s UK production studio Kudos, previously worked in 2015 at HBO with David Fincher and Flynn. (Fincher, who was originally associated with Direct and Executive Products, brought Flynn to write in the series, with whom he had just worked on the facility. Gone Girl, Which she revised from a script based on her book.) The series was in pre-production, and was rehearsing with Fincher and Flynn’s cast, which included Rooney Mara, Colm F ફhrer, Eric McCormack, Dallas Roberts, and Jason Ritter. , While Fincher and H.B.O. After disagreeing on the budget, it was resolved.