Hollywood icons! Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz’s boundary-breaking relationship and career evolution is the subject of Amazon Prime Video’s Lucy and Desi documentary.
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Amazon Prime Video is rolling out on-set counsellors to a number of its productions following the success of the measure on Barry Jenkins’ Underground Railroad.
The Moonlight director brought in Mental Health Counselor Kim Whyte for the production of the traumatic miniseries adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel, which starred Joel Edgerton and told of a group of people escaping slavery in the 1800s.
Margy Elliott, Amazon Prime’s Senior Strategy Manager, D&I, said Jenkins’ move is now considered by the streamer to be best practice in terms of mental health and safety on set.
“We’ve taken the best practice that Barry set up and used that in other sets,” she told a European Film Market panel session entitled Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the Streaming Industry.
Speaking to the LA Times in May, Whyte, who provides counselling services for the military, schools and community groups, said she was “allowed to interact with everyone on set” and all cast and crew had been “encouraged to utilize me.”
Elliot was one of the main figures behind the creation of the Amazon Studios’ Inclusion Policy and Playbook, which was released six months ago and set standards on its productions in areas such as representation in creative roles, pay equity, casting and commissioning from suppliers owned by women or people from ethnic minority backgrounds.
Although U.S.-specific, Amazon’s teams around the world are beginning to adapt and create versions of the Playbook, including the German division led by Head of German Originals Philip Pratt.
“We are super inspired by what the U.S. has done and are now thinking about how we can specifically work on German guidelines,” Pratt told the same EFM panel session.
His approach focuses on four areas:
Hollywood icons! Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz’s boundary-breaking relationship and career evolution is the subject of Amazon Prime Video’s Lucy and Desi documentary.
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Amy Poehler is once again stepping into the role of director for a new documentary exploring one of Hollywood's most iconic couples: Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. brings together 10 contenders competing for a chance to share the stage with Lizzo on her upcoming world tour. And the long-awaited second season of the sci-fi dramedy is finally here.Access to Prime Video is a perk included in an Amazon Prime membership, available for $15 monthly or $139 for the year. If you aren't already subscribed or interested in subscribing to Amazon Prime and just want access to the Prime Video library, a membership to Prime Video is available for $9 monthly.
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For some reason, out of the crop of new movies headed to Amazon Prime Video this month, many of them are associated with the 1980s. Not just movies from the Me Decade, although there are certainly a handful of classics from the Reagan era, but also movies that feel like they could have been made in that period – including a creature feature about rampaging dragons and a music-world spoof worthy of the ZAZ team.There’s also, of course, one of Steven Spielberg’s most powerful recent films and a 90s staple too.
The Terminal List,” a new thriller series starring Chris Pratt, will premiere on Prime Video July 1, the streamer announced Thursday.Based on the novel of the same name by Jack Carr, “The Terminal List” follows James Reece (Pratt), a Navy SEAL who returns to civilian life after his team is ambushed during a high-stakes mission. Struggling with conflicting memories of the event, Reece soon has to go back to action when he discovers threats against his family and loved ones.Pratt anchors the large ensemble cast of the series, which also includes Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Riley Keough, Arlo Mertz, Jai Courtney, JD Pardo, Patrick Schwarzenegger, LaMonica Garrett, Stephen Bishop, Sean Gunn, Tyner Rushing, Jared Shaw, Christina Vidal, Nick Chinlund, Matthew Rauch, Warren Kole, and Alexis Louder. The series is showrun by David DiGilio, along with writer Daniel Shattuck and Carr.
Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission.For the first time since 2018, Amazon Prime will see a hike in its membership prices.Starting tomorrow Feb. 18, the online retail giant will increase their subscription rate by 16%, raising the monthly price from $12.99 to $14.99 (or $139 annually).
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Amazon Prime Video has signed an expanded multi-year licensing deal for Germany and Austria with Leonine Studios.
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