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MGM+ names Michael Katzer as head of international

Amazon-owned streamer MGM+ has appointed Michael Katzer to become its head of international. Katzer is moving to London and will oversee all operations outside of the US, reporting into MGM+ Global’s general manager, Josh McIvor. He will work with execs across Amazon’s streaming operations, including Prime Video, as well as MGM’s US-based team. Kazter has […]

Nancy Cotton & Marcy Kaplan among senior exits as Amazon restructures MGM teams

MGM+ execs Nancy Cotton, EVP of scripted programming, and Marcy Kaplan, head of production, are among a slew of senior executives being let go from tech giant Amazon, which is consolidating its MGM scripted, unscripted and MGM+ teams into a single division. Further details of exec departures and the new structure come after yesterday’s news […]

Content London: ‘Clarkson’s Farm’ to return to Prime Video; Sony’s Ahuja talks ‘cooling’ US market; MGM+ unveils roll-out plans

Prime Video’s Clarkson’s Farm to return Prime Video’s Clarkson’s Farm will return for a fourth season, despite reports that the show’s future was in doubt after presenter Jeremy Clarkson’s comments about Meghan Markle. The news broke at Content London, where Fozia Khan, head of UK unscripted at Amazon Studios, said that shooting was soon to […]

MGM+ picks up docuseries on infamous serial killer Ed Gein

Amazon-owned streamer MGM+ has picked up true crime docuseries Psycho: The Lost Tapes Of Ed Gein, about the infamous US serial killer. Directed and executive produced by James Buddy Day, via his Pyramid Productions, alongside Jill Latiano Howerton and Josh Kunau for Roots Productions, the series will premiere in MGM+ in September. The four-part series […]

MGM+ adapts Bernard Cornwell’s Arthurian epic ‘Warlord Chronicles’ with Bad Wolf

Amazon-owned streamer and linear channel MGM+ has ordered The Winter King, a “revisionist” take on Arthurian legend, based on the Warlord Chronicles book series by Bernard Cornwell. Produced by Sony Pictures Television-owned Bad Wolf, the series is set to premiere globally on 20 August. Otto Bathurst (Peaky Blinders, His Dark Materials) serves as lead director […]

Amazon Studios moves into distribution with new Chris Ottinger-led sales division

Amazon Studios will sell its originals including The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Hunters to buyers around the world, after setting up a new sales arm. Amazon MGM Studios Distribution will sell both films and TV from the Amazon originals slate, as well as current and library titles from MGM. Its first outing will be the […]

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