Amazon Studios Pilots More Content for Prime Instant Video

SEATTLE: Amazon Studios has greenlit three new half-hour comedy pilots, including a project from Jason Schwartzman, which will be hosted on Amazon Instant Video for viewers to provide feedback on.

The new pilots include Mozart in the Jungle, written by Oscar-nominated writer and director Roman Coppola (Moonrise Kingdom, The Darjeeling Limited), actor and musician Jason Schwartzman (Saving Mr. Banks, Moonrise Kingdom, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), and Tony-nominated writer and director Alex Timbers (Peter and the Starcatcher). There's also The Outlaws, written by Jeremy Garelick (The Break-Up) and Jon Weinbach, and Transparent, written and directed by Emmy Award-nominee Jill Soloway (Six Feet Under).

Customers are invited to watch and provide feedback that will help determine which pilots should be produced as series to air exclusively on Prime Instant Video and Amazon’s LOVEFiLM in the U.K. in early 2014.

“We are thrilled to be working on these pilots with such talented creators with passionate visions for new shows,” said Roy Price, the director of Amazon Studios. “We are excited to hear what customers think of the shows.”

“Many shows are in a single world; Mozart in the Jungle is an unusual show in that there are two worlds fused together. On one side is the high-level skill and sophistication that comes with classical music, and at the same time it’s a story that includes people rising up from the bottom, trying to make it in the big world. I love the sense of contrast, the high and the low, the refined and the more base—I hope audiences will love it too,” said Coppola, co-creator of Mozart in the Jungle. “Amazon has been incredibly supportive and they have given us their blessing to make this show. We are very much in harmony and we feel lucky to be working with a partner that is so in sync with us and what we want to do.”

“Jon Weinbach and I could not be more excited about The Outlaws, it’s been great transforming this story into a pilot with the help of Amazon,” added Garelick. “We have found Amazon’s support for original and edgy content to be second to none; the opportunity to blend crushing comedy and hits is endless. We want to make Outlaws the show that everyone will love—not just football fans.”

“With my astonishingly talented cast and crew we created an incredible pilot,” said Soloway. “I hope we’ll be making a full season very soon. I am so grateful to Amazon for their trust and for allowing this story to unfold onscreen in such a human, organic way. They have provided me with one of the most creative experiences of my career.”