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Amazon is doing more clearing the decks with the cancellation of three comedy series: Tig Notaro’s One Mississippi, Jill Soloway’s I Love Dick and Jean-Claude Van Damme’s Jean-Claude Van Johnson. One Mississippi was canceled after two seasons, while I Love Dick and Jean-Claude Van Johnson were axed after one…

When the pilot for Jean-Claude Van Johnson first popped up on Amazon in August of last year, I have to admit I liked the Dave Callaham-created project, but I really didn't think it could work as a series. Well, now that the six-episode first season of the series starring Jean-Claude Van Damme is set for a December 15…

“My name is Jean-Claude Van Damme. I used to be super famous.” But things have changed. So begins the official trailer for Amazon’s upcoming series Jean-Claude Van Johnson. It stars Jean-Claude Van Damme as Jean-Claude Van Damme, a global martial arts and film sensatio — except he’s operating under the simple alias of…

Puerto Rican actress Paola Andino (Every Witch Way) is set to recur on the second season of of USA Network's drama series Queen of the South. Based on best-selling book La Reina Del Sur by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Queen of the South tells the powerful story of Teresa Mendoza (Alice Braga), a woman who is forced to run…

Amazon has ordered to series comedies I Love Dick, Jean-Claude Van Johnson and The Tick. All will premiere exclusively on Prime Video in 2017 in the U.S., UK, Germany, Austria and Japan. Amazon went three-for-three, picking up all three comedy pilots it released for a trial run for Prime subscribers in August, in what…

Jean Claude Van Damme’s recent career renaissance playing characters who as often as not are commentaries on his storied (and sometimes infamous) action movie career has been a lot of fun. Hopefully it won’t end soon, but it might be reaching its logical conclusion with Jean Claude Van Johnson, an upcoming Amazon…

Amazon has set the lineup for its 2016 comedy pilot season. I Love Dick, starring Kathryn Hahn, Kevin Bacon and Griffin Dunne; The Tick, a superhero tale based on the acclaimed comic, and Jean-Claude Van Johnson starring martial arts film star Jean-Claude Van Damme, will debut August 19 in the U.S., UK, Germany…

Kat Foster is set as the female lead opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme in his Amazon comedy pilot Jean-Claude Van Johnson. Written by David Callaham (Godzilla) and to be directed by Peter Atencio (Key & Peele), the project from Scott Free Prods sees Van Damme come out of retirement to put on the mantle of his alter ego…