I heard the first series (i.e. season) is on U.S. Netflix as of this month. I watched the whole thing a couple of months ago after reading this thread and liked it a lot - both the story and the character developments were quite interesting. According to the solarmovie date listing (hxxps://www.solarmovie.is/tv/utopia-2013/), the second series ran in July and August 2014. Does anyone know if there'll be a third?

If you liked Utopia, you might like the US series "The Americans" with Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys playing KGB agents deep undercover as average Americans in the 1980s USA. I watched it just before Utopia. The characterizations are great and, while I'm not much into spy stories, the story arcs and individual episodes are quite riveting - sometimes I'm on the edge of my seat several times an episode. And I have totally gay dirt on Keri Russell's hair omg omg…but that's neither here nor there.

I don't know what happened to my previous comment but I know I made it because I see the pictures I posted from Deutschland 83 which I was recommending to check out if you like "The Americans" but also more importantly…

The actors, Neil Maskell & Alexandra Roach (RB & Becky), have mentioned in recently that they are willing to do more.  Actually, Neil Maskell said it was a crime that it wasn't allowed the chance to finish and Alexandra was quoted saying (& this was after HBO cancelled) she would love to do more of it.  The network works in mysterious ways...Community got six seasons (and I'll bet the movie), The X-Files, Twin Peaks, Arrested Development. let's just wait and see...

I heard the first series (i.e. season) is on U.S. Netflix as of this month. I watched the whole thing a couple of months ago after reading this thread and liked it a lot - both the story and the character developments were quite interesting. According to the solarmovie date listing (hxxps://www.solarmovie.is/tv/utopia-2013/), the second series ran in July and August 2014. Does anyone know if there'll be a third?

Unfortunately, there won't be a third series since Channel 4 decided not to renew it.

I heard the first series (i.e. season) is on U.S. Netflix as of this month. I watched the whole thing a couple of months ago after reading this thread and liked it a lot - both the story and the character developments were quite interesting. According to the solarmovie date listing (hxxps://www.solarmovie.is/tv/utopia-2013/), the second series ran in July and August 2014. Does anyone know if there'll be a third?

If you liked Utopia, you might like the US series "The Americans" with Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys playing KGB agents deep undercover as average Americans in the 1980s USA. I watched it just before Utopia. The characterizations are great and, while I'm not much into spy stories, the story arcs and individual episodes are quite riveting - sometimes I'm on the edge of my seat several times an episode. And I have totally gay dirt on Keri Russell's hair omg omg…but that's neither here nor there.

If you liked Utopia, you might like the US series "The Americans" with Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys playing KGB agents deep undercover as average Americans in the 1980s USA. I watched it just before Utopia. The characterizations are great and, while I'm not much into spy stories, the story arcs and individual episodes are quite riveting - sometimes I'm on the edge of my seat several times an episode. And I have totally gay dirt on Keri Russell's hair omg omg…but that's neither here nor there.

Bad news for HBO's take on Utopia: HBO and David Fincher couldn't come up with an agreement regarding the budget, so the project is dead for now. HBO owns the rights to adapt the series so Fincher can't shop it around.

The Network is real.

Anywho, I see you've started a proper thread for the show, so I'll haunt that place from now on.

To be clear:  Brokeback Mountain on HBO is totally trademarked by me.  Whatever anyone tells you it's a rumour I started.  Whether or not the eventual series is worth it, the film is worth watching as pastoral softcore porn for your inner homosexual.  How gay cowboys can be elevated beyond anything but softcore porn is beyond me.  This coming from a man who once was in that same telephone booth as Ennis.

Some Utopia-related news: Cristobal Tapia de Veer (bless this man) will be doing the soundtrack for Channel 4's/AMC's Humans. Very, very nice.

That said I have started rumours before that turned out true, my latest is that HBO is developing Brokeback Mountain as a series, when I casually mentioned my little rumour recently at a party a total random started disclosing details about the series like Jake 'greedy bottom' Gyllenhaal is executive producing.  I didn't have the heart to say it was a rumour I started because sometimes what we wish for does indeed come from over the rainbow.

Nice bit of music there. And Jessica Hyde, goddamn; as dangerous as they come, a viciousness equal to her enemies. If the US adaptation doesn't die in development hell then they've got to find an actress who can pull of Hyde perfectly. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised to find that #WhereIsJessicaHyde? is a thing. :3

#glenncloseismisterrabbit

Just wanted to pop in and say Utopia is absolutely the best show and yes, yes, yes.

Everything—and I do mean everything—involved with this show is glorious. Writing, characterization, cinematography, saturation, music (fucking bless Cristobal; you wonderful, wonderful man).

It's absolute mental deficiency on C4's part to cancel this show. I am still bitter about checking out Utopia's Facebook page and seeing the bullshit news that there'd be no third season.

(Graaah. Got me all worked up again.)

A beautiful show that had me hopelessly hooked. Why don't we anthropomorphize Utopia for a bit: had it been a man, he could've done whatever he wanted to me any hour of the week and I wouldn't have complained. Not once, not ever. Because DAMN, this show was that good. A total freak.

Yeah. I'd rather it put pressure on Channel 4. Dennis Kelley went to the network and asked for 2 episodes to wrap up the cliffhanger, but they turned him down.

Giggle.  THE NETWORK would turn him down!  :cheers:

http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/international-emmy-awards-fete-global-tvs-finest-in-new-york-1201363880/

Utopia getting Best Drama is bittersweet.

I mean part of my love for the show is that I think the villains are right. There are too many people on the planet and no one has a solution to fix that.

Well TV is still very much the writer's medium rather than the director's, so it's all really dependent on whether or not Gillian Flynn's approach is close enough to its source that it doesn't resemble Fincher's other work. That said, Fincher does approach his work with sufficient style that I think it'll be distinctive enough even if it doesn't look identical to the UK version; and his work in his filmography is pretty varied that I'm confident he can make it work.

It still depresses me that we're not getting a series 3. So much lost potential by a channel that admitted it was an incredible show.

The mention of Reznor immediately soured me on the American version again.  I will keep an open mind and it's not that I don't like Trent's music (some I really like/some I never need to hear again) or David Fincher's work (Oh Father by Madonna one of my fave videos of all time) but I immediately see the new Utopia as some sort of Seven/Fight Club hybrid, the colour is not there, the uniqueness has been tarnished, in my mind.

Has there been any word on casting?  If they get Glenn Close to play Mr. Rabbit I am back on board!