Amazon Studios has entered the arms race for top TV showrunner talent with a mega overall deal with Westworld creators/executive producers/showrunners Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, and their company Kilter Films.

No one would comment but I hear the pact, which had been in the works for months, is for five years and is v…

Amazon Studios boss Jennifer Salke sidestepped addressing Woody Allen's $68 million lawsuit against the streamer at the TCA in February, but the Jeff Bezos-founded company's lawyers were pretty blunt today.

While not calling for a full dismissal of the self-described "pariah" director's big bucks February 7th filed com…

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios will release this year’s Sundance U.S. Grand Jury Prize winning documentary One Child Nation on Aug. 9.

The film from documentarian Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang explores China's One Child Policy, the extreme population control measure which made it illegal for couples to have more than one chi…

Amazon Studios has given a pilot order to a half-hour comedic drama based on the Israeli format On the Spectrum, from Jason Katims and his True Jack Productions, original series’ creators and producer yesStudios and Universal TV.

Written by Katims, On the Spectrum is a coming-of-age comedic drama about three…

The Grand Tour star James May is heading to Japan for a travelogue for Amazon. The British TV star is fronting Our Man In… Japan with James May for the SVOD service.

Amazon Studios has ordered the six-part unscripted series from Plum Pictures, which has produced a slew of May-fronted series including James May's Toy St…

Mere seconds pass before several people are fired in this first trailer for Amazon Studios’ Late Night, with Emma Thompson as a monstrous boss and talk-show host doing the head-chopping. The assistant-firing Murphy Brown at her most ruthless was compassion incarnated compared to Thompson’s Katherine Newbury.

Late Night…

Adesuwa McCalla, the principal of literary management firm MetaMorphic Entertainment, has signed a first-look deal with Amazon Studios. Under the pact, McCalla will develop original series via MetaMorphic to be available exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.

As principal of MetaMorphic, McCalla identifies under-the-radar …

Indian actor Akshay Kumar is to star in The End (w/t) for Amazon. The series marks the actor's digital streaming debut – Kumar is one of the most prolific Indian actors with over 100 films including Housefull and Khiladi star.

The action thriller is produced by Abundantia Entertainment, the company behind Amazon crime …

The brothers are back! The Jonas Brothers that is. After six years, Kevin Jonas, Nick Jonas, and Joe Jonas have reunited with their new single “Sucker” and the pop trio announced today that they are partnering with Amazon Studios, Philymack, and Federal Films for a new documentary.

The news of the project comes after t…

EXCLUSIVE: Rebecca Hall (Vicky Christina Barcelona) has been tapped as the female lead in Tales From the Loop, Amazon’s hourlong genre series based on the acclaimed sci-fi art of Simon Stålenhag. It comes from writer Nathaniel Halpern, director Mark Romanek, Matt Reeves' 6th & Idaho, and Swedish production and…

Amazon Studios has inked a first-look deal with Heather Rae, the producer behind such films as Tallulah and Frozen River. Under the pact she will develop original series to stream on Amazon Prime Video in more than 200 countries and territories.

Rae’s dozens of producing credits also include such documentaries as…

EXCLUSIVE: Julia Roberts is in discussions to star in and executive produce Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win, a limited series at Amazon based on the bestselling novel by Jo Piazza. The project is backed by wiip and Roberts' Red Om Films production company, along with Amazon Studios. The series is being adapted by Jon Robi…