
Many of the themes in the book are still relevant today, but given the Coronavirus and the Black Lives Matters protests, some of them feel even more so than originally planned.

I think that we found solutions that feel resonant today,” he adds. Both of them serve the same purpose, which is, you know, to reinforce the sense of superiority that people from the new world have when they come to the savage lands. One great example is, in the book, his Savage Lands are in Anasazi Indian Reservation, and in our story, the savage lands become an adventure park. “There were a lot of opportunities to take an idea of Huxley’s and then infuse it with our own sense. The series takes some of Huxley’s ideas and updates them. Then there’s other hugely problematic aspects of the book, as well, in terms of how he deals with some of his female characters, with how the book intersects with race, and those were things that we needed to apply a more evolved, modern view of it to, and obviously, our sense of utopia is different than what Huxley’s sense of a utopia was,” he admits. “The book is a challenging adaptation anyway in that, to a certain degree, he wrote a book that’s an exploration of philosophical ideas, but doesn’t necessarily translate dramatically. Homecoming co-exec producer Wiener came on board in February 2018, after a script from Grant Morrison and Brian Taylor. The project has been more than five years in development and has gone through various networks and writers. John’s arrival in the New World soon threatens to disrupt its utopian harmony, leaving Bernard and Lenina to grapple with the repercussions. Bernard and Lenina are rescued by John the Savage, played by Ehrenreich, who escapes with them back to New London. NBCUniversal Is Becoming "Fairly Indifferent" As To Whether Programming Goes On Streaming Or Linear TV, CEO Jeff Shell Says Theme Park Success "Defies Logic A Little Bit"Īs citizens of New London, Bernard Marx, played by Lloyd, and Lenina Crowne, played by Brown Findlay, embark on a vacation to the Savage Lands, where they become embroiled in a harrowing and violent rebellion.
