#SERIE UTOPIA 2020 SERIES#

The series was a co-production between Endemol Shine North America, Kudos and Amazon Studios. “Whereas took his cue from the graphic novels themselves, I took my cue more from the ’70s paranoia thrillers that I love.”Īlongside Flynn, “Utopia” was executive produced by fellow “Sharp Objects” alum Jessica Rhoades, Sharon Levy, Sharon Hall, Toby Haynes, Karen Wilson, and Dennis Kelly. “My idea was to not only Americanize it - and deal with things that are resonant to Americans in a lot of ways - but to also make things gritty and dirty and nasty in a very realistic way,” she said. “Utopia” also starred John Cusack in his first series regular role on TV, as well as Rainn Wilson, Farrah Mackenzie, Christopher Denham and Cory Michael Smith.ĭuring the earlier this year, Flynn revealed she started working on the project almost seven years ago, sharing how she adapted it from the U.K. The suspenseful storyline of Utopia is an escape from reality, not a fix.The group embarked on a high-stakes adventure, bringing them face-to-face with the comic’s famed central character, Jessica Hyde (Sasha Lane), who joins them on their mission to save the world while harboring secrets of her own. The show pays more attention to how the characters drive the plot, and most of the time, they don’t need to say much for a scene to have significance.

Though the show is loosely connected to the coronavirus pandemic, Utopia does not claim to offer up any wisdom for the real world. Utopia masters the balance of characterization: Although viewers are kept at a distance, they know just enough to empathize with the cast and feel the show’s suspense. Even with Jessica Hyde, interpretations are about the morality of her actions, not her. Still, Utopia knows when to step back and leave some things unknown-nobody is put under a microscope. To varying degrees, each character falls into the trope of the poorly adjusted adult or the mysterious one with a dark past. Utopia amplifies this trope by fleshing out many of its characters, further strengthening the plot. Many thrillers fixate on a single character who has undergone trauma of some kind-they had a lonely childhood, or skeletons in their closet, or they simply neglect their mental health. Her selfish worldview reflects the show’s cynical outlook on humanity.

Trying to understand why she makes the decisions she does is a puzzle in and of itself. Her questionable choices always boil down to her own survival. Dennis Kelly, creator of the original British series, received credit as an. The most central character of Utopia is Jessica Hyde (Sasha Lane), a not-quite-hero with complex motivations. The was released on Prime Video in September 2020 and ran for one season. Utopia is grim, especially with regard to its characters. Ashleigh LaThrop of The Handmaid’s Tale also appears. Michael Stearns, while John Cusack plays his villainous counterpart, Dr. This version features familiar names-Rainn Wilson plays epidemiologist Dr. 'Utopia' est une bande-dessinée légendaire sur laquelle plane le mystère. The eight-episode television series is set amid a rising pandemic that affects children (what a coincidence, right?). With that knowledge comes the responsibility to save the world. Even though they try to fight it, the friends are eventually forced to come to grips with the fact that their theories might be true. When an original copy of the sequel, named Utopia, turns up, the group of young adult friends follow it to a Chicago comic convention. Genre: Action & Adventure, Mystery, Drama. The gang connects over the internet, where they share their conspiracy theories that the fictional novels foreshadow reality. After acquiring a near-mythical cult underground graphic novel, a group of young adults who met online are mercilessly pursued by a shadowy deep state organization. It follows a group of friends bonded together by a graphic novel series.

The Amazon Original is adapted from the British show of the same name that aired from 2013 to 2014. Expect the unexpected with Utopia-the plot twists and distorts seemingly harmless comic-obsessed fanboys into serious threats to humanity. The show is the furthest thing from utopic, but its title is well-suited for the satirical, vice-filled thriller. Utopia, a new series from Gone Girl writer Gillian Flynn, hit Amazon Prime on Friday.

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