Mr. & Mrs. Smith composer David Fleming joined Deadline’s Sound & Screen Television live-music event to discuss the nuances of creating the perfect spy score built on the foundation of trust. Prime Video’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith centers on two lonely strangers who land jobs working for a mysterious spy agency that offers them a glorious life of espionage, wealth, world
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Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy, Rebel Moon) is set to lead Ed Brubaker’s Prime Video graphic novel series Criminal. He joins the previously announced series regular cast of Adria Arjona, Richard Jenkins and Kadeem Hardison. Criminal is an interlocking universe of crime stories based on the multi-Eisner Award-winning graphic novel series created by Brubaker and
EXCLUSIVE: Andrew Koji (Warrior) has been tapped for a major recurring role in Haven, Prime Video‘s heist thriller series starring Sophie Turner, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd and Archie Madekwe. The series is produced by Drama Republic (One Day, The English) and Amazon MGM Studios. Crime novelist S.A. Nikias pens Haven in his series writing debut and developed the series
Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s regular strand that shines a light on breakout series and films that are shaking up the international market. In a globalized industry, a hit show can come from anywhere and local success stories can become international sensations. In this edition we have one of the hottest new shows on the
Ahead of the series premiere of Cross, Prime Video officially gave the thriller an early Season 2 renewal. Deadline recently revealed exclusively the new Aldis Hodge-led series was prepping its sophomore season. A first-look teaser starring Aldis Hodge as the titular Alex Cross can be found above. The streamer has yet to set a premiere
The stars and writer-director of the Prime Video limited series Expats sat down Sunday at the Deadline Studio at Prime Experience. Based on Janice Y.K. Lee’s bestselling novel of the same name, Expats revolves around the lives of a group of expatriates in Hong Kong — more specifically, it’s story of three women from different
Doug Liman‘s reboot of the 1980s cult title, Road House, has clocked a massive 50M-plus viewers on Prime Video over its first two weekends. Amazon reports that it’s a record — beating the eyeballs of any original movie they’ve ever produced for Prime Video. The Amazon MGM feature, shot with Imax cameras, dropped on March 21.
EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video UK and Ireland is returning to the British true crime space for its latest original. Indie Woodcut Media is currently in production on feature documentary The Murder of Sandra Rivett, which distributor Abacus Media Rights (AMR) is will be present to buyers at the upcoming MIPTV market after taking worldwide sales. The 90-minute film goes back to 1974, when an
Surprise, but no surprise: X Chairman and SpaceX founder Elon Musk made a cameo at Prime Video‘s Fallout experience on SXSW Thursday night. While not an everyday occurrence in Hollywood, it wasn’t shocking to see Musk tonight as he’s a longtime friends with Fallout EP and director Jonathan Nolan. No to mention, Musk reportedly lives
Prime Video has ordered Lazarus (working title), a limited series from Quay Street Productions, producer of Netflix’s hit Fool Me Once, starring Sam Claflin (Daisy Jones & The Six), Bill Nighy (Living) and Alexandra Roach (Killing Eve). Based on an original story idea and written by Fool Me Once author Harlan Coben and Danny Brocklehurst,
A glitch in Amazon’s reporting couldn’t stop Reacher from hitting the top of the Nielsen streaming charts. The series put up another 1.2B viewing minutes during the December 18 to 24 interval, despite the fact that the new episode released on Dec. 20 is not counted in this reporting. Nielsen says the glitch with Prime
EXCLUSIVE: Earlier this morning, Amazon revealed that it was letting go several hundred employees across Prime Video and Amazon Studios as part of a review of its business. Details have emerged about the cuts, which were described by one source close to the company as a “bloodbath”. Execs let go include Nancy Cotton, Arturo Interian,
James May has left the car door open to a reunion with Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond after they park their Prime Video series The Grand Tour for a final time. During BBC Radio 4’s Today program, which he was guest editing this morning, he responded to a question about the future of the series
Amazon announced in September that ads were on the way for Prime Video‘s entertainment content. Now we have a date. On January 29, commercials will be introduced to series and movies airing on the service in the U.S., UK, Germany and Canada. That will be followed by France, Italy, Spain, Mexico, and Australia later in the
Midseason is the new fall. As Hollywood and the broader industry continue to recover from the debilitating dual actors and writers strikes, the 2024 television landscape is coming into focus. All of the broadcast networks have set return dates for most of their shows, with the postponed Emmy Awards now set for January 15 and no
EXCLUSIVE: The Amazon MGM comedy The Underdoggs is shifting from its planned Jan. 26 theatrical release to an exclusive Prime Video debut in homes on that date in more than 240 countries and territories around the globe. Snoop Dogg, who stars and produces the Charles Stone III directed ensemble announced the news today on his
Saltburn, the gothic romance thriller from Oscar winner Emerald Fennell, will be available to stream worldwide on Prime Video on Dec. 22. The news comes after the Jacob Elordi, Barry Keoghan, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, and Carey Mulligan movie had an amazing post-Thanksgiving hold at the box office of -10% in its third weekend
Prime Video is not proceeding with a second season of drama series Riches. Series creator/executive producer Abby Ajayi on Friday shared the news of the show’s end on Instagram. “This time last year we launched,” she wrote, referring to the Riches Dec. 2, 2022 premiere on Prime Video. “Much love to this incredible ensemble of