![]() And then we went out and pitched it around and Hulu bit. I’m a visual storyteller off the bat, and the important thing that I did, especially important for a science fiction series where people need to see the imagery, was put together a visual deck and sizzle reel to explain the concept. I come from sort of a musical video/commercial background. Most of the characters you see were in the first pitch and then we started putting stuff together. And then they worked with our development executive over the next two years. And especially young people of culture and LGBTQ+ and indigenous people, and their culture really in the future.”Īnd that’s where the conversation started and I can’t say there were like “Yeah!”.Īt first, they were like “Okay, that’s interesting.” I don’t think they ever thought of that either, so I went away and kind of developed a quick four/five page concept of the idea in a controlled future society, a very curated future society that has left out certain things to make this “perfect” society that some young people would rediscover hip-hop culture at the beginning and what that kind of injection of a rebellious culture, of a culture that’s based in free speech and speaking on things you see in your environment and life… what that would do to that type of society. ![]() I know about the history of hip-hop, and we’re living in the present of it where it dominated pop culture and dominates the trends, but I’ve never seen that in the future. They asked me what I thought would be a cool type of a project for YA, and I just kind of off the cuff said “I’ve never really seen the culture I grew up with, hip-hop culture and whatnot, I’ve never really seen that in the future. I think they were interested in doing something that was music related. Initially, I met with the production company, Sonar Entertainment, and they were interesting in doing something different and in the YA space and they knew I had a reputation in the music video world, especially here in Canada. ![]() Let’s start with you, R.T.: When did you conceptualize the series and how did it evolve over time? This will be my first time talking about the show with spoilers.īNP: Oh, this is gonna be fun then. Robyn: I’ve been so used to giving spoiler alerts. R.T.: Does this mean we can talk spoilers? I guess we can.īNP: Yeah, I think it’s been long enough. From jump, their passion and enthusiasm were very much infectious.īNP: So, Robyn and R.T., I just finished Utopia Falls last week and I am very excited to talk to you about the series. ![]() Thorne, the creator of the series, and Robyn Alomar who played Aliyah-5, one of the central characters in the ensemble. ![]() While it was very much Dystopia 101 meets Intro to Hip Hop that adult-me couldn’t fully engage with, I also recognize that a younger version of me would have devoured this series had it been around during my teen years.īy the time the credits rolled on the season finale, “If I Ruled the World,” two thoughts passed through my head:ġ) The entire cast seemed to have a blast filming.Ģ) I really wanted to know more about how this series came into existence.Īs such, I was lucky enough to get to sit down with both R.T. And after watching the entirety of the first season a few weeks ago, I honestly do think the best way to describe it would be, “What if The Hunger Games had an America’s Got Talent – Hip Hop Edition styled competition instead of a deathmatch?” And yes, I too was skeptical about such an outlandish premise but ultimately, I found myself invested in the series. Over the last couple of weeks, you may have seen Utopia Falls on your Hulu dashboard. ![]()
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