{"id":7358,"date":"2017-02-27T09:22:34","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T14:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/amazon-picks-up-fortitude-for-season-two\/"},"modified":"2017-02-27T13:11:02","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T18:11:02","slug":"amazon-u-s-picks-up-fortitude-for-season-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/amazon-u-s-picks-up-fortitude-for-season-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon U.S. Picks Up Fortitude for Season Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SEATTLE: The second season of <em>Fortitude<\/em>\u00a0is headed to Amazon&#8217;s Prime Video service in the U.S., after the first season aired on the now-shuttered broadcaster Pivot.<\/p>\n<p>The first season has also been available on Prime Video in the U.S. since\u00a0January 2016. Season two of the Arctic\u00a0thriller will become an Amazon original series. Featured among the cast are Richard Dormer\u00a0(<em>Game of Thrones<\/em>),\u00a0Dennis Quaid\u00a0(<em>Vantage Point<\/em>),\u00a0Sofie Gr\u00e5b\u00f8l\u00a0(<em>The Killing<\/em>),\u00a0Luke Treadaway\u00a0(<em>Clash of the Titans<\/em>) and\u00a0Darren Boyd\u00a0(<em>Stan Lee\u2019s Lucky Man<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The first season of\u00a0<em>Fortitude<\/em>\u00a0premiered on Sky Atlantic in 2015 and became the network\u2019s most successful original drama commission to date, with the first episode watched by an accumulative audience of more than 3.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn\u00a0<em>Fortitude<\/em>, our customers will experience\u00a0Dennis Quaid\u00a0in a remarkably compassionate role, joined by an ensemble cast that has resonated with audiences globally,\u201d said\u00a0Joe Lewis, the head of comedy, drama and VR at Amazon Studios. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to add such a beautiful and captivating series to our originals slate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmazon is the perfect home for\u00a0<em>Fortitude<\/em>\u00a0in the U.S.,\u201d said\u00a0Jane Millichip, the managing director of Sky Vision. \u201c<em>Fortitude<\/em>\u00a0is high-end, addictive viewing and perfectly suits\u00a0Amazon&#8217;s\u00a0scripted portfolio.\u00a0Amazon\u00a0has been a keen supporter of the series from the outset, having taken an SVOD window on season one.\u00a0We&#8217;re delighted to now extend the relationship and make\u00a0Amazon\u00a0the home of our most successful returning Sky Atlantic original drama series.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEATTLE: The second season of Fortitude is headed to Amazon&#8217;s Prime Video service in the U.S., after the first season aired on the now-shuttered broadcaster Pivot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":7359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[92,301,508],"class_list":["post-7358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-amazon-prime-video","tag-fortitude","tag-sky-vision","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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