Tag: Amazon Studios

MIPCOM 2019, which will be held under the theme The Streaming Offensive, has confirmed as keynote speakers Amazon Studios' James Farrell, Twitter’s Kay M. Madati and Tubi's Farhad Massoudi and Adam Lewinson.

Amazon Studios and Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society have entered into a first-look deal to develop and produce original series.

Maya Rudolph and Natasha Lyonne, under their Animal Pictures banner, are set to create original series for Amazon Prime Video's global footprint.

Blumhouse Television will produce eight thematically connected feature films for Amazon Prime Video, to be directed by "diverse and underrepresented filmmakers." 

Amazon Studios has elevated James Farrell to the role of head of international originals, a newly created post.

Amazon Studios has signed an overall TV deal with writer Neil Gaiman, in addition to working on an adaptation of the fantasy novels The Wheel of Time and teaming up with Mark Burnett for the competition series Eco-Challenge.

Among the new projects unveiled by Amazon Studios is The Expatriates, from Nicole Kidman’s Blossom Films, as well as an international event series with the Russo brothers. 

Amazon Studios has given the go-ahead to Invincible, an hour-long animated superhero show for adults based on the hit comic series from Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead), co-creator Cory Walker and artist Ryan Ottley.

Amazon Studios has hired Vernon Sanders in the newly created position of co-head of television, working alongside Albert Cheng.

Jennifer Salke, who recently took over as head of Amazon Studios, is shaking up the television division, appointing COO Albert Cheng as co-head of TV.