{"id":10292,"date":"2018-11-02T09:31:26","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T13:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/amazon-first-look-tv-deal-barry-jenkins\/"},"modified":"2018-11-02T11:46:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T15:46:07","slug":"amazon-in-first-look-tv-deal-with-barry-jenkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/amazon-in-first-look-tv-deal-with-barry-jenkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon in First-Look TV Deal with Barry Jenkins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon Studios has secured a first-look television deal with Academy Award winner Barry Jenkins\u2019 PASTEL.<\/p>\n<p>Jenkins (<em>Moonlight<\/em>) is slated to direct for Amazon Studios the upcoming limited series <em>The Underground Railroad<\/em>, based on Colson Whitehead\u2019s Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning novel. He will exclusively develop TV series for Amazon Studios that will premiere globally on Amazon Prime Video in over 200 territories.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBarry is clearly a master of groundbreaking, authentically emotional storytelling and we are so proud to have him share that gift with us,\u201d said Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon Studios. \u201cWe are incredibly fortunate to have also secured his directorial vision for the entire limited series <em>The Underground Railroad<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe at PASTEL are excited to continue our Amazon relationship begun on <em>Underground Railroad<\/em> and look forward to growing that partnership on projects near and beyond,\u201d said Jenkins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon Studios has secured a first-look television deal with Academy Award winner Barry Jenkins\u2019 PASTEL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[1632,2529],"class_list":["post-10292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-amazon-studios","tag-barry-jenkins","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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