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Amazon has struck a first-look deal with Good As Hell singer Lizzo. Lizzo, real name Melissa Viviane Jefferson, is to work with the streamer to develop and produce TV series. Albert Cheng and Vernon Sanders, Co-Heads of Television at Amazon Studios, revealed the news as part of the company’s virtual press tour. Lizzo…

Amazon Studios has ordered a second season of its hit conspiracy thriller drama series Hunters, starring Al Pacino, Logan Lerman and Jerrika Hinton. Created by David Weil and executive produced by Jordan Peele, the first season of Hunters followed a diverse band of Nazi hunters living in 1977 New York City. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has released the first trailer for Get Duked!, the debut feature from director Ninian Doff. Eddie Izzard, Kate Dickie, Georgie Glen, James Cosmo, Samuel Bottomley, Viraj Juneja, Rian Gordon and Lewis Gribben star in the horror comedy, set deep in the Scottish Highlands. It’s described as an…

In the wake of Regina King’s feature directorial debut One Night in Miami making this year’s Toronto Film Festival premiere list, Amazon Studios has scooped up the movie’s global rights for a release later this year in time for awards season. The If Beale Street Could Talk Oscar-winning actress’ movie based on…

Amazon Studios will release the documentary All In: The Fight for Democracy to select theaters on September 9 ahead of its global launch on Prime Video on September 18. The film features Stacey Abrams, the first Black woman to become the gubernatorial nominee for a major party in the United States. All In: The Fight fo…

EXCLUSVE: After finishing production on the Netflix pic Midnight Sky, George Clooney has found his next film to direct. We are hearing Clooney is in negotiations to direct and produce The Tender Bar at Amazon Studios. Amazon had no comment. If a deal closes, Clooney and his producing partner Grant Heslov would produce…

Amazon Studios brings the story of Marie Curie to the screen with Radioactive starring Oscar-nominated actress Rosamund Pike as the pioneering scientist. Directed by Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis) and written by Jack Thorne, Radioactive is based on the 2010 graphic novel Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love…

After Skydance sent the next Ryan Reynolds-Shawn Levy movie to Netflix, Paramount is finalizing a deal to move its adaptation of Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse to Amazon Studios, we have confirmed. The film stars Michael B. Jordan, Jodie Smith-Turner and Jamie Bell with Stefano Sollima directing. Taylor Sheridan penned…

Amazon Studios has put in development The Undesirables, a half-hour comedy series that hails from Ken Cheng and Arvin Chen, who will write and executive produce the project that hails from from Crab Club Inc. and SB Projects. The deal marks the first scripted series project to stem from Amazon Studios’ first-look deal…

The action drama Hanna is coming back to ruthlessly fight for another season. Amazon Studios on Monday ordered a third season of the series based on Joe Wright’s 2011 film. The renewal comes after the second season premiered on the streamer July 3. The series follows the titular character, played by Esmé Creed-Miles…

Viola Davis and Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions is staying in business with Amazon Studios. The company has expanded its exclusive first-look deal to include television, in addition to extending its film deal. As part of the new pact, JuVee will continue to develop and produce features as well as television series…

Amazon Studios has put in development Tether, a supernatural drama from The Black List scribes Kevin Hamedani and Travis Betz (The Saviors), and Daniel Dae Kim and his 3AD production company. The project was brought into the studio by Kim under his first-look deal with the studio, and it is the first project in…