Friday 20 April 2018

Amazon signs award winning author Gillian Flynn's Utopia series

KUALA LUMPUR, April 20 (Bernama) -- Amazon.com Inc has ink a deal with award-winning, best-selling author and screenwriter, Gillian Flynn for Utopia, a nine-episode series where Amazon Studios across television - marking Utopia the first project - available exclusively on Prime Video in more than 200 countries and territories.

Flynn will be the creator, executive producer and showrunner of Utopia, and executive producers include Jessica Rhoades, Sharon Hall, Karen Wilson, Dennis Kelly and Diederick Santer, a statement said.

Head of Alternative Series for Amazon Studios, Nick Hall said Flynn crafts stories hold her audience in a constant state of suspense and subverts the expectations behind her characters.

"She will deliver Prime Video members a series they won't forget, and Utopia's relevance is sure to connect with viewers around the globe," he added.

Utopia is a series which focuses on a group of young adults, who meet online are mercilessly hunted by a shadowy deep state organisation after they come into possession of a near mythical cult underground graphic novel.

The group discover the conspiracy theories in the comic's pages may actually be real and are forced into the dangerous, unique and ironic position of saving the world.

Prime Original series are available for its members to stream and enjoy using the Prime Video app for TVs, connected devices including Amazon Fire TV, and mobile devices, or online with other Prime Original series at Amazon.com/originals with no additional cost.

Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence and long-term thinking. More information at www.amazon.com/about.

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