{"id":13965,"date":"2020-10-22T09:14:32","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T13:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/amazon-studios-greenlights-lightyears\/"},"modified":"2020-10-22T13:16:30","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T17:16:30","slug":"amazon-studios-greenlights-lightyears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/amazon-studios-greenlights-lightyears\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Studios Greenlights Lightyears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon Studios has picked up the new drama series <em>Lightyears<\/em>, with Juan Jos\u00e9 Campanella set to direct and executive produce the first two episodes.<\/p>\n<p>Co-produced by Amazon Studios and Legendary Television, <em>Lightyears<\/em> follows Franklin and Irene York, a couple who discover a chamber buried in their backyard that leads to a strange, deserted planet. The project is written and co-executive produced by Holden Miller, with Daniel C. Connolly serving as showrunner and executive producer, and Mosaic\u2019s Jimmy Miller and Sam Hansen serving as executive producers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHolden and Dan have created an ambitious story, one that\u2019s fantastical but filled with utterly human characters,&#8221; said Vernon Sanders, co-head of television at Amazon Studios. &#8220;We\u2019re so pleased to team with Legendary on another compelling new series, and we can\u2019t wait to see how this team brings this world to life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to continue to grow our business with Amazon Studios,\u201d said Nick Pepper, president of Legendary Television. \u201cHolden and Dan have led an inspired team in crafting this wholly original, deeply emotional story and we couldn\u2019t be more excited to bring <em>Lightyears<\/em> to audiences around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon Studios has picked up the new drama series Lightyears, with Juan Jos\u00e9 Campanella set to direct and executive produce the first two episodes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":13966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[1632,345],"class_list":["post-13965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-amazon-studios","tag-legendary-television","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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