The American science fiction series
Utopia
, starring John Cusack, will not be continued.
The Hollywood Reporter
reports that
.
The series was shown on the Amazon Prime streaming service for one season.
A reason for stopping the series is not given.
Utopia
, a remake of the British original of the same name, premiered in September and received mixed reactions.
The nine-part series follows a group of young people who meet online and come into possession of a mysterious comic book.
They discover that the disaster scenarios described therein, including a global pandemic, may be closer to the truth than they thought.
In addition to John Cusack, Sasha Lane and Rainn Wilson also star in the series.
Utopia
was written and produced by Gillian Flynn, who previously wrote the novels
Gone Girl
and
Sharp Objects
, as well as the screenplays for the respective film adaptation and miniseries.
