Amazon Studios is launching Amazon MGM Studios Distribution, a division that will distribute Amazon originals in addition to MGM’s current and library titles.
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Lizzo Extends First-Look Deal With Amazon Studios
April 4, 2023
Amazon Studios and Lizzo have renewed their first-look deal, following the success of the Emmy-winning series Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls.
Amazon Freevee Greenlights Live Music Performance Series
February 14, 2023
Amazon Freevee has greenlit the performance program Monumental: An Artists Den Experience, which is set to debut on March 31 in the U.K., U.S. and Germany.
Rola Bauer, Lindsay Sloane Take on New Roles in MGM Restructuring
November 30, 2022
Amazon Studios has restructured operations within MGM, with new roles for Rola Bauer and Lindsay Sloane.
Prime Video Orders Sausage Party Series
October 27, 2022
Prime Video has ordered Sausage Party: Foodtopia, a series based on the 2016 animated feature film, from Annapurna Television, Sony Pictures Television, Amazon Studios and Point Grey Pictures.
New Partners on Board for Coded For Inclusion Initiative
May 27, 2022
A+E Networks, Amazon Studios, Banijay Americas and Warner Bros. Discovery have signed on to utilize and support Coded For Inclusion, which aims to disrupt the biased hiring systems in the industry by providing their productions access to the Staff Me Up hiring platform.
Amazon Studios Renews Upload for Season Three
May 12, 2022
Amazon Studios has greenlit a third season of the sci-fi comedy series Upload, created and executive produced by writer Greg Daniels (The Office, Parks and Recreation).
IMDb TV Greenlights Comedy from Shea Serrano & Michael Schur
October 26, 2021
IMDb TV has given the green light for the single-camera comedy Primo from Shea Serrano (The Rap Year Book) and Michael Schur (The Good Place, Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn Nine-Nine), produced by Amazon Studios and Universal Television.
Eddie Murphy Pacts with Amazon Studios
September 23, 2021
Amazon Studios has signed a three-picture and first-look film deal with Eddie Murphy to develop original movie projects with the potential to star.
Amazon Studios Unveils Inclusion Policy & Playbook
June 16, 2021
Amazon Studios has released a comprehensive Inclusion Policy that extends its commitment to diversity, inclusion and equity for its content and productions, as well as a Playbook with guidelines for its collaborators.