Utopia - Population Control - People lining up to get vaccinated - John Cusak & Rainn Wilson

Utopia Show - People Lining their arms up to get vaccinated - John Cusak & Rainn Wilson

In June 2018, it was announced the series would start filming by the fourth quarter of 2018. On August 8, 2018, it was announced the series would consist of nine episodes, and probably have three different directors at work, one every three episodes, although it was later confirmed that there would be eight episodes in the first season. Flynn stated, "It won’t have a single director the entire way through. I think we’ll probably have multiple directors. It’s nine episodes, so I think we’ll do it in blocks of three, three and three, and not one director, the whole time through."

On October 16, 2019, the creator of the show, Gillian Flynn, announced that the series' filming was completed.

On August 10, 2020, it was revealed that Jeff Russo would compose the music for the series.