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Maybe you've seen the news, but we're getting more Lord of the Rings thanks to Amazon Studios and a multi million-dollar deal Confirmed earlier today, the streaming service is contracted for a multi-season production commitment with possibilities for additional content within the Tolkien world. Here's a list of shows we'd love to see happen when it comes time[...]

Variety reported exclusively on the initial development news, which is set to be produced by Amazon Studios in conjunction with the Tolkien Estate and Trust, publisher HarperCollins, and New Line Cinema, a division of Warner Bros Entertainment. The new television series will explore new storylines preceding The Fellowship of the Ring, with the deal also including potential additional[...]

Roberts also will serve as executive producer through her production company RedOm, with her partners Lisa Gillan and Marisa Gill set to co-executive produce. Amazon Studios will have global rights to broadcast the television series, which will premiere globally exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. Source: Deadline: Hollywood Streaming services are appreciating that podcasts aren't just about true[...]

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And some of them-sometimes-need to be taken out of the picture That's when you call in THE BOYS Since Sharon Tal Yguado took over as head of scripted series for Amazon Studios, the streaming service has been aiming to up its genre programming slate and direct-to-series orders To that end, creators behind such hits as The[...]

The end of the world is getting a little more crowded, with Amazon’s Good Omens series having found their demon Beelzebub and three of their Four Horseman. 

We can't wait for customers to see these incredible new universes from Diarra, Bridget, Michael and George." – Joe Lewis, Comedy, Drama and VR for Amazon Studios Here's a rundown on each of the three series pilots: The Climb: From creator and star Diarra Kilpatrick (American Koko, The Last O.G.) and The Mark Gordon Company comes a comedy[...]

Leave it to Amazon Studios to prove that you can't keep a good action hero down, following up on an earlier teaser and poster release for Jean-Claude Van Damme's meta action-comedy series Jean-Claude Van Johnson with a full trailer and some official pics The series is set to premiere on Amazon Prime on Friday, December[...]

Fallout from the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault and rape scandal continued, as Amazon Studios announced that it would be severing ties with The Weinstein Company (TWC) In a statement released Friday evening, the streaming service stated that it "no longer plans on moving forward with the David O'Russell Project As for Matthew Weiner's The Romanoffs,[...]

Welcome back to The Weekly Static on a very sunny and chilly Friday the 13th in the northeast as we look back on the week in television!

Many look at the close relationship between Amazon Studios head Roy Price and Weinstein as the reason for Amazon green-lighting both big money projects: The Romanoffs is an eight-episode deal at a cost of $70 million; and Russell's series is a two-season deal with a price tag of $160 million. So far, TWC's involvement in both[...]

Mad Men alum Jon Hamm will be joining David Tennant and Michael Sheen on the set of Amazon Studios and BBC Two's Good Omens as the archangel Gabriel, the primary messenger of God. Based on Neil Gaiman's (American Gods) and Terry Pratchett's (Colour of Magic) novel and written by showrunner Gaiman, the six-episode series introduces us[...]

Further emphasizing a recent shift towards a larger investment in series development, Amazon Studios announced development of three series adaptations of popular sci-fi works: Lazarus, based on the comic book by Greg Rucka (Marvel's Jessica Jones) and Michael Lark (Gotham Central); Snow Crash, based on Neal Stephenson's cult novel; and Ringworld, based on Larry Niven's '70s sci-fi[...]

...Amazon announced that Emmy Award-winning actress Glenn Close (Damages) will be starring in their half-hour pilot Sea Oak...

Right now, It Came In The Mail by Michael Rabb is on Amazon Studios' trailerboard – with a comic book treatment for the film by David Gallaher and Steve Ellis If you like it enough (and I do like it) then it might become a film That simple. 12-year-old Joel orders an incredible monster through a[...]