Amazon Studios has struck an exclusive first-look deal with Oscar-winning filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan, writer of Manchester by the Sea. The two-year deal for directing and writing will cover both film and television projects. “I’m thrilled to renew my connection to Amazon Studios. They’ve done amazing work wherever they’ve turned their attention, they did a perfect job … [Read more...] about Manchester by the Sea’s Kenneth Lonergan agrees exclusive first-look deal with Amazon
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Amazon order new animated series from BoJack Horseman co-creator
Amazon Studios has greenlit Undone, a new animated show co-created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg (BoJack Horseman) . The series, which is expected to premiere in 2019 on Amazon Prime Video in over 200 countries, is a half-hour animated dramedy that explores the elastic nature of reality through its central character, Alma, slated to be played by Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel). … [Read more...] about Amazon order new animated series from BoJack Horseman co-creator
Amazon confirms All or Nothing’s return date
Amazon's NFL series, All or Nothing, is returning for a third series that follows the Dallas Cowboys through their tumultuous 2017 season, which they enter with Super Bowl aspirations and exit with disappointment, one game short of the playoffs after a rollercoaster of controversy and emotion. Available for Prime and Prime Video members on 27th April, the eight-part series … [Read more...] about Amazon confirms All or Nothing’s return date
Amazon to adapt Iain M. Banks’ Consider Phlebas
Iain M. Banks' novel Consider Phlebas is being adapted by Amazon, with the late writer's Estate serving as Executive Producer. The famed space opera features Banks’ interstellar utopian society, the Culture, in which an advanced and highly progressive society end up at war with the deeply religious Idirans, a warlike race intent on dominating the entire galaxy. The story … [Read more...] about Amazon to adapt Iain M. Banks’ Consider Phlebas
Prime Video scoops UK rights to new Jeff Daniels drama, The Looming Tower – watch the trailer
Jeff Daniels’ new drama, The Looming Tower, will get its exclusive UK debut on Amazon’s Prime Video. Based on Lawrence Wright’s Pulitzer-winning exposé of the same name, the 10-part drama traces the rising threat of Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda, and takes a controversial look at how rivalry between the CIA and FBI may have inadvertently set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 … [Read more...] about Prime Video scoops UK rights to new Jeff Daniels drama, The Looming Tower – watch the trailer