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Hulu Releases Trailer For Sci-fi Hip-Hop Musical Drama ‘Utopia Falls’

by Dave Elliott

Hulu has released a trailer for new drama Utopia Falls, which tries to answer the question “what if ‘Footloose’ was set in a sci-fi future?”

Hundreds of years in the future, in the last living colony on earth, a city called New Babyl, twenty-four teenage candidates are chosen to take part in an annual musical competition known as The Exemplar. For all of them, it’s a chance to write their names in the history books, but for Aliyah (Robyn Alomar – ‘Riot Girls’), the independent and adventurous daughter to a city government official, it’s the beginning of an incredible adventure. Through the discovery of a mysterious archive, she is exposed to hip-hop, an ancient form of music culture, which will lead her to question everything she has ever known and change her world forever.

The journey to unravel that mystery will play out over the course of the first season while our candidates prepare and participate in The Exemplar competition. Channelling the rebellious spirit of Hip-hop, Aliyah and her friends face off against the government for the freedom of the people in a finale that will rock the very foundation of their society, changing all of their lives forever.

The series stars Robyn Alomar (‘Riot Girls’), Akiel Julien (‘American Gods’), Robbie Graham-Kuntz (‘Full Out’), Phillip Lewitski (‘Supernatural’), Humberly Gonzalez (‘Orphan Black’), Devyn Nekoda (‘Degrassi: The Next Generation’) and Mickeey Nguyen (‘Make It Pop’). Also joining the cast are Kate Drummond (‘Wynonna Earp’), Jeff Teravainen (‘Dark Matter’), Huse Madhavji (‘Saving Hope’) and Dwain Murphy (‘The Strain’), and hip hop icon Snoop Dogg as the voice of the Archive.

Whilst this may seem like a somewhat off-the-wall concept, I am really intrigued to see more. The main reason for that being that the showrunner on the series is the brilliant Joseph Mallozzi, the man behind ‘Dark Matter’ and the ‘Stargate’ tv franchise. The drama was created by writer/director R.T. Thorne (‘Blindspot’, ‘Find Me in Paris’) who serves as exec producer with Mallozzi. Boi-1da, the renowned music producer of acts such as Drake, Rihanna, Eminem, Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, and Kendrick Lamar, serves as Executive Music Producer, with Tanisha Scott, the three-time MTV VMA-nominated choreographer who has worked with people such as Cardi B, Rihanna, and Sean Paul, choreographing the dance moves. Andrea Gorfolova and Ashley Rite for Sonar Entertainment also exec produce.

Utopia Falls‘ Season 1 premieres Friday, February 14, 2020 on Hulu in the US. There is no UK broadcaster yet, but we’ll let you know when we hear more.

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