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EXCLUSIVE: Amazon has put in development Troll, a comedy from writer Lee Sung Jin (Undone), and Joe Lewis’ Amplify Pictures. Rhys Thomas (Documentary Now!) is attached to direct and executive produce. Written by Lee, Troll is a comedy series about an eternal optimist, who refuses to give up on his dreams of being a…

The executive shakeup at Amazon Studios continues. Just days after studio head Roy Price was fired following a suspension over sexual harassment allegations, also out is his top lieutenant, Head of Half Hour and Drama Series Development Joe Lewis. He is in negotiations for a producing deal with the streaming…

Amazon Studios has promoted head of comedy Joe Lewis to Head of Half Hour and Drama Series Development. In his expanded role, he will now oversee hour-long series development for the studio, in addition to his previous role of overseeing development of half-hour series. Morgan Wandell, formerly Head of Drama…

It seems so: Yesterday LA-based exec Joe Lewis — a former director of production at 20th Century Fox and former executive at Comedy Central’s series Tosh.0 — briefly changed his LinkedIn profile citing his occupation as “Vice-President of Original Television at Amazon,” Fortune magazine says. Good thing the…