{"id":8163,"date":"2017-08-11T10:37:26","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T14:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/robert-kirkman-skybound-tie-amazon\/"},"modified":"2017-08-11T11:52:42","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T15:52:42","slug":"robert-kirkman-skybound-tie-up-with-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/robert-kirkman-skybound-tie-up-with-amazon\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Kirkman &#038; Skybound Tie Up with Amazon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon Studios has scored an overall deal with Robert Kirkman\u00a0and a first-look deal with Kirkman\u2019s Skybound Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Kirkman and Skybound\u2014behind the TV hits\u00a0<em>The Walking Dead<\/em>, <em>Fear the Walking Dead<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Outcast<\/em>\u2014will develop television projects to debut exclusively on Prime Video. Skybound was co-founded by Kirkman and longtime collaborator\u00a0David Alpert, both of whom will oversee the Amazon project slate in conjunction with Skybound Entertainment\u2019s co-presidents of film and television,\u00a0Bryan and Sean Furst.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRobert is a gifted storyteller who shares our passion for elevated genre storytelling that pushes boundaries,\u201d said\u00a0Sharon Tal Yguado, the head of event series at Amazon Studios. \u201cRobert and the team at Skybound are some of the most innovative and fearless creatives in the business. Together, we plan to explore immersive worlds and bold ideas for Prime Video.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Skybound Entertainment we strive to tell the best stories in the most unique and creative ways in an effort to always break new ground,\u201d added Kirkman. \u201cA forward-thinking company like\u00a0Amazon\u00a0is the perfect home for us. Their new foray into genre fiction has us at peak optimism for what can be accomplished during this unprecedented partnership.\u00a0Sharon Tal Yguado\u00a0has been an instrumental force in the success of <em>Walking Dead<\/em> and <em>Outcast<\/em> from day one.\u00a0Being able to not only continue that relationship, but also expand it into new territory with the vast resources of\u00a0Amazon, means great things are ahead for myself,\u00a0David Alpert, Skybound and fans of awesome entertainment.\u00a0Look out world, here we come!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon Studios has scored an overall deal with Robert Kirkman\u00a0and a first-look deal with Kirkman\u2019s Skybound Entertainment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":8164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[210,1457,1458],"class_list":["post-8163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-amazon","tag-robert-kirkman","tag-skybound-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Robert Kirkman &amp; 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