Utopia’s violence proved controversial (Picture: Channel 4)

Channel 4 series Utopia is to get a US remake, according to reports, with Fight Club director David Fincher interested in producing.

Director Marc Munden and producer Rebekah Wray-Rogers, the duo behind the show in the UK, are also looking for Looper director Rian Johnson to pen script, according to Daily Mars.

Despite its modest ratings, the show was recommissioned for a second series by Channel 4, thanks to the buzz it created amongst its fanbase and a good response from critics.

The dark thriller centred on a group of people who find the manuscript of a graphic novel called The Utopia Experiments, which predicted all of the last century’s worst disasters.




The group fight to prevent future catastophes while attempting to escape a mysterious organisation known as The Network.

Created by Dennis Kelly, Utopia series one starred Fiona O’Shaughnessy, Adeel Akhtar, Paul Higgins, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Alexandra Roach, Oliver Woollford and Neil Maskell.