HBO is working on a new television series with The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and Gone Girl director David Fincher that will greatly appeal to our readers.
Utopia, a remake of the BBC series of the same name, follows a girl named Jessica Hyde who learns there’s a secret sequel to a graphic novel she loves and seeks to find it with a group of fellow superfans. “Those who seek it out are thrust into a twisted game in which nothing is as it seems, including the true meaning of the book,” says The Wrap.
Rooney Mara is currently in talks to star in Utopia as Jessica after a successful collaboration with Fincher on Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Notably, Fincher will be directing all episodes of season 1 (HBO has already given it a straight-to-series order) with the entire show penned by Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn.
The premise reminds us a bit of the hit science fiction novel Ready Player One in which contestants go on a quest to receive a gigantic prize from a world-renowned video game creator.
Having Flynn and Fincher respectively write and direct the entire series will give the show a feel of consistency across the entire season.
We think this show will connect with our readers because it follows a set of super fans who are desperate to read more about a world created by their favorite author. It’d be like if J.K. Rowling announced she hid a copy of Harry Potter 8 in a secret location somewhere in the world and gave all of her fans a couple of difficult clues to help hone in on its whereabouts.