amazon studios
Latest
Amazon is laying off ‘several hundred’ employees at Prime Video and MGM Studios
Amazon is laying off hundreds of people across Prime Video and Amazon Studios. This is a money-saving move, as usual, and follows the company gutting Twitch by 35 percent.
Walton Goggins joins Amazon's 'Fallout' show in a lead role
Filming is slated to start this year.
Amazon is reportedly fast tracking a live-action Blade Runner series
Ridley Scott may direct some episodes of 'Blade Runner 2099.'
Amazon gives its ‘Lord of the Rings’ series a redundant name
Try saying 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' five times fast.
Amazon is reportedly interested in developing a Mass Effect TV series
Amazon Studios is "nearing a deal" to develop a series based on Electronic Arts and BioWare's Mass Effect franchise.
Amazon is turning hit sci-fi podcast 'From Now' into a TV show
It's adapting 'From Now,' which stars Richard Madden and Brian Cox.
Netflix dominates the Golden Globes with help from 'The Crown'
The Golden Globe awards were handed out last night and the evening's biggest winner was Netflix, as streaming companies continue to dominate the pandemic.
Netflix kicks off award season with 42 Golden Globe nominations
The streaming service racked up 22 film and 20 television nominations, led by popular titles like Mank, The Trial of the Chicago 7 and The Crown.
Amazon is making a Fallout series with the creators of 'Westworld'
Amazon’s latest sci-fi series will be a familiar one to gamers — the company is partnering with Bethesda to make a show based on the post-apocalyptic Fallout series. Tweets from both Bethesda and Amazon confirmed this, and Bethesda also confirmed that Westworld creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy are developing the show through their Kilter Films production company. Bethesda says it has been looking for ways to adapt Fallout to a movie or series for the last decade and that Nolan and Joy’s vision for the series is the first that made them think it could be done right.
Amazon's 'Making the Cut' is the ultimate example of product placement
This was an Amazon-produced show, airing on Amazon’s own streaming service, with the winning products sold on Amazon.com. That’s perhaps the driving force behind Making The Cut: to get rid of this reputation and make Amazon a place where you would feel comfortable buying clothes online.
Amazon drops out of SXSW due to coronavirus concerns
Following Twitter and Facebook, Amazon has become the latest high-profile company to drop out of South by Southwest (SXSW) 2020 due to coronavirus-related concerns. The company's Amazon Studios subsidiary and employees won't attend the annual music, technology and entertainment festival, according to Variety.
The Engadget staff on 'The Man in the High Castle' finale
It's been almost five years since The Man in the High Castle pilot premiered on Prime Video. The show, which explores an alternate timeline where the Nazis won World War II, was set up to be the next big Amazon original after Transparent and Mozart in the Jungle. And while the first episode performed well -- it was Amazon's most-watched pilot at the time -- the show never grew into the Game of Thrones-level behemoth that the company clearly wanted. Still, the e-commerce juggernaut backed the alt-history epic to its dramatic fourth-season conclusion earlier this month. So what did we think of the ending? And has it changed our overall opinion of the show? In this week's video IRL, Engadget editors Nick Summers and Matt Brian discuss the many highs and lows of High Castle and how they will remember the writing, acting and production design of the finale. (This article contains spoilers for 'The Man in the High Castle' season four)
Howard University and Amazon want to diversify the entertainment industry
Howard University and Amazon Studios are working together to diversify the entertainment industry. Today, they announced Howard Entertainment, a program that will give African American, Latinx and Native American students a chance to study and train alongside entertainment executives.
Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ series will shoot in New Zealand
Amazon Studios' Lord of the Ring series will be filmed in the lush green forests of none other than New Zealand. The streaming platform announced today that production on the series will begin in Auckland in the coming months. Few details have been revealed about the high-budget project, other than the events it depicts will likely take place during the Second Age, long before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings novels. "As we searched for the location in which we could bring to life the primordial beauty of the Second Age of Middle-earth, we knew we needed to find somewhere majestic, with pristine coasts, forests, and mountains, that also is a home to world-class sets, studios, and highly skilled and experienced craftspeople and other staff. And we're happy that we are now able to officially confirm New Zealand as our home for our series based on stories from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings," said showrunners and executive producers J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay in a statement.
Adam Driver investigates post-911 CIA tactics in 'The Report' trailer
It's been nearly five years since the Senate's report on the CIA's use of enhanced interrogation methods made a permanent mark on America's human rights record. Amazon Studios today released the trailer for The Report, a film that depicts the struggle of Daniel J. Jones, a staffer for Senator Dianne Feinstein, to reveal the truth about years of detainee abuse under CIA's detention and interrogation program.
Amazon unveils trailer for third season of ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’
Get ready for more Jewish jokes and mile a minute dialogue. Amazon unveiled a trailer today for the third season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. The Amy Sherman-Palladino comedy series about a 1950s New York City housewife who moonlights as a stand-up comic is up for 20 Emmys this year.
Chris Pine to star in Watergate biopic from Amazon
Just in case the current presidency isn't scandal-ridden enough for you, a new film will chronicle the exploits of former Nixon counsel John Dean. Variety reported that Amazon Studios bought a feature pitch about the key Watergate player with Chris Pine (Wonder Woman) attached to star. The company bought the rights to the project from producer Bob Cooper and screenwriter Billie Ray of Home Run Productions.
Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ reportedly has its first cast member
Amazon may have picked the first cast member for its upcoming Lord of the Rings TV series. Sources told several media outlets today that Australian actress Markella Kavenagh will be a series regular in the streaming giant's high-budget rendition of the J.R.R. Tolkien work. Engadget has reached out to Amazon for comment, and will update if we hear back.
Amazon plans series based on the Jack Reacher novels
Amazon is reportedly working on a series based on Jack Reacher, the character from Lee Child's bestselling crime-thriller novels. According to Deadline, Amazon Studios landed the rights to develop a script-to-series drama. Scorpion creator Nick Santora will write, executive produce and serve as the series' showrunner.
