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Amazon Studios
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Amazon Studios rejigs development execs as Marc Resteghini steps down
Amazon Studios has rejigged its development team, with Marc Resteghini set to step down. The…
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Exclusive: How to rescue a scripted series from cancellation
Shows get cancelled all the time, but a fortunate few get a second chance when…
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Exclusive: Amazon seeks FAST & AVOD execs as hiring spree continues
Amazon Studios is on the hunt for new senior execs as it continues to bolster…
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Amazon promotes Albert Cheng to VP of Prime Video in US
Amazon Studios’ COO Albert Cheng has been promoted to VP of Prime Video in the…
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Amazon Prime Video greenlights ‘Blade Runner 2099’, with Ridley Scott to exec produce
Amazon has picked up Blade Runner 2099, a live-action series set in the Blade Runner…
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US media giants pledge $4m for underrepresented talent
A coalition of media companies, including Amazon Studios, Disney, Fox, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, Paramount, and…
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Amazon snags NBCU exec as hiring spree continues
Amazon has appointed NBCUniversal (NBCU) exec Jessica Morganroth as senior content acquisitions manager for its…
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Amazon hires HBO & A+E veterans for senior Prime Video & Freevee roles
Amazon has appointed HBO Asia veteran David Simonsen as director of Southeast Asia for its…
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Amazon Studios boosts South African & Nigerian originals team
Amazon Studios has made several new appointments across its local originals development team for South…
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Amazon Studios’ chief in Europe Georgia Brown to step down
Amazon Studios’ chief in Europe, Georgia Brown, is stepping down. Brown has led Amazon’s output…
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Amazon Studios restructures unscripted, unveils UK originals
Amazon Studios has restructured the unscripted operations of its Prime Video and Freevee teams in…
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Amazon Prime Video orders Dr. Seuss baking show & Leeds United docuseries
Amazon Prime Video has greenlit Dr. Seuss Baking Challenge, a culinary competition show inspired by…
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Amazon cancels sci-fi drama ‘Night Sky’ after one season
Amazon’s Prime Video SVOD service has cancelled sci-fi drama series Night Sky after just one…
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Disney hires Hulu, ABC & Amazon Studio execs for Rob Mills’ Alternative arm
Disney has added Hulu, ABC and Amazon Studio execs to its nascent unscripted production division…
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Network TV ‘can’t sustain’ action shows of scope, says ‘Terminal List’ showrunner
There is “no way” that upcoming Amazon Prime Video action series The Terminal List could…
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Amazon animation boss talks rights flexibility & building “bigger worlds”
Amazon Studios is looking to create franchises with its animation content and said that while…
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A+E, Amazon, Banijay and Warner Bros. Discovery join Coded For Inclusion initiative
A+E Networks, Amazon Studios, Banijay Americas and Warner Bros. Discovery have signed on to support and participate in…
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Amazon plans summer of love, with trio of reality dating shows
Romance is in the air at Amazon Prime Video, which has announced three new reality…
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Amazon to investigate ‘The Unsolved Murder of Beverly Lynn Smith’
Amazon Prime Video has commissioned true-crime docuseries The Unsolved Murder of Beverly Lynn Smith as…
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Amazon snaps up outgoing BBC diversity boss Miranda Wayland
Amazon has hired BBC diversity head Miranda Wayland to work across Prime Video and Amazon…
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‘Chernobyl’ producer Sister hires Amazon Studios UK scripted chief
Chernobyl producer Sister has hired Amazon Studios’ head of UK scripted as an exec producer….
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Amazon Studios sets animated comedy in first-look deal with Ramy Youssef
Amazon Studios has signed a first-look deal with actor, director and comedian Ramy Youssef. Under…
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Amazon begins production on Australian comedy original ‘Deadloch’
Amazon Prime Video has begun production on Deadloch, a new Australian original comedy series from…
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News round-up: Amazon reaches for more ‘Reacher’; TVOkids blasts off with ‘Riley Rocket’; Apple TV+ gets ‘Sunny’ with Rashida Jones
Amazon reaches for more ‘Reacher’ Amazon Prime Video has renewed action thriller series Reacher for…
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Amazon expands ‘The Boys’ universe with ‘Diabolical’ animation
Amazon has ordered a second spin-off from its subversive superhero drama The Boys, this time…
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Amazon seeks ‘The Consultant’ from ‘Servant’ creator Tony Basgallop
Amazon Prime Video has commissioned The Consultant, a new darkly comedic workplace thriller series, starring…
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IMDb TV orders original comedy from Shea Serrano & Michael Schur
Amazon-owned AVOD IMDb TV has ordered Primo (working title), a new original single-camera comedy from…
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Amazon Studios hires Warner Bros. TV veteran as head of drama series
Amazon Studios has appointed long-standing Warner Bros. exec Odetta Watkins to a newly created role…
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Amazon confirms ‘The Boys’ spin-off set in US superhero college
Amazon Studios has confirmed a spin-off series from its subversive superhero drama The Boys. The…
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Amazon expands UK originals slate with thriller ‘Wilderness’ & KSI doc from Louis Theroux
Amazon Studios has commissioned two new UK originals – psychological thriller Wilderness and a documentary…