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Amazon Cancels ‘Utopia’ Remake After One Season

November 28, 2020 1:55 pm

Many people will tell you that making a TV show about a pandemic while in the middle of a pandemic is a bad or even dumb idea, and those people would be right. Turns out, even Amazon Prime has realized this, a...

‘Utopia’ NSFW Trailer: It’s Time To Save The F*cking World & Stab Necks In Amazon’s New Series

Edward Davis

September 17, 2020 12:39 pm

News, Television, Trailers

Sure, Amazon's new series "Utopia" is about comic book nerds that find out their beloved funny books are actually predictors of future world-ending problems, but the streaming service didn't tell us it would b...

‘Utopia’: Gillian Flynn’s Take On Hero Worship Is Bloody Fun [Review]

Andrew Crump

September 17, 2020 10:25 am

News, Reviews, Television

Comic book fans have too much power and influence on pop culture’s ebbs and flows, so watching “Utopia,” a show where a granular-level obsession with comics turns into jaw-dropping dismay, feels practically ca...

‘Utopia’ Trailer: John Cusack & Sasha Lane Star In Amazon’s Series About A Comic Book That Predicts Doom

Charles Barfield

August 18, 2020 1:29 pm

News, Television, Trailers

We can all agree that the stories in 99% of comic books are fiction. Superman doesn’t exist. Captain America (sadly) is just a creation that exists in the made-up Marvel Universe. But what if a comic book did ...

‘Utopia’ Trailer: Sasha Lane & John Cusack Are Caught In Comic Book Conspiracies For ‘Gone Girl’s Gillian Flynn

Edward Davis

July 23, 2020 4:03 pm

News, Television, Trailers

It’s been a minute since we heard from “Gone Girl” writer Gillian Flynn, though that’s maybe not entirely accurate. She also wrote Steve McQueen’s “Widows,” but that film failed to make a splash in the same wa...

Adele, Lady Gaga, Sterling K. Brown & 839 More Invited To Join The Academy

Gregory Ellwood

July 1, 2019 5:21 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences started off the month by inviting 842 new members into the mix. Assuming they all agree to join, which is never the case, this swells the membership to almost 9,0...

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‘Utopia’: ‘Happy Death Day’ Star Jessica Rothe Joins The Cast Of Gillian Flynn’s Amazon Thriller Series

Charles Barfield

May 3, 2019 1:22 pm

News, Television

You may know her as the lead from the two “Happy Death Day” films, but actress Jessica Rothe has been an actress on the rise for a while now, showing up in the films “Forever My Girl” and a small role in “La La...

Sasha Lane Steps Into Rooney Mara’s Old Role in Amazon’s Gillian Flynn Series ‘Utopia’

Rodrigo Perez

January 29, 2019 1:52 pm

News

Once upon a time, David Fincher was going to make a follow-up project with Gillian Flynn to "Gone Girl." It was an ambitious British series adaptation called "Utopia," set up at HBO, Gillian Flynn writing the s...

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‘Widows’: Gillian Flynn On Working With Steve McQueen And Potentially More ‘Sharp Objects’ [Interview]

Gregory Ellwood

November 28, 2018 10:30 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, Features, Interviews, News

Impressively, Gillian Flynn hasn't turned into a one-screenplay hit wonder. The former television critic made her name as a novelist, but when she adapted her own novel "Gone Girl" into a movie she earned Gol...

Steve McQueen’s ‘Widows’ Is A Stylish Thriller Starring Viola Davis [TIFF Review]

Jason Bailey

September 9, 2018 9:05 am

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

Early in "Widows," Steve McQueen’s stylish new adaptation of Lynda La Plante’s British miniseries, two Chicago politicians talk over the stakes of their upcoming special election. One is the current alderman, T...

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