Amazon Studios Lands Hot Package ‘Ex-Husbands’ From Berlanti/Schechter Films, Billy Eichner And Paul Rudnick

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Billy Porter is set to direct a queer teen comedy feature titled To Be Real for Amazon Studios, which is being helmed by Gabrielle Union’s I’ll Have Another Productions.Porter, who is currently working on his feature directorial debut What If?, will direct an original screenplay written by Ryan Shiraki, whose directorial credits include several episodes of television series On My Block.According to Variety, the LGBTQ-centred film will be similar in tone to coming-of-age comedies

Gabrielle Union’s I’ll Have Another Productions has made a deal with Amazon Studios for a queer teen comedy tentatively titled To Be Real. Emmy/Tony/Grammy-winner Billy Porter is on board to direct. Ryan Shiraki wrote the script.

Kate Aurthur editorAfter a competitive bidding war that received multiple offers, Gabrielle Union’s I’ll Have Another Productions has sold a queer teen comedy feature, with the working title “To Be Real,” to Amazon Studios. Tony winner, current Emmy nominee and recent Emmy winner Billy Porter — who’s been shooting his feature directorial debut “What If?” for Orion Pictures this summer — is attached to direct an original script by Ryan Shiraki, as sold from a pitch.

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios, 3AD and Motoko Kimura are teaming up to develop the feature film This Is Always with Mina Shum writing and directing and Daniel Dae Kim in talks to star.

Billy Eichner has revealed that Carrie Underwood blocked him on Twitter.

EXCLUSIVE: Bridgerton’s Phoebe Dynevor has found her next TV series starring vehicle. The actress, who received global recognition for her role as Daphne on the hugely popular Netflix Regency-era romance, has closed a deal to executive produce and is attached to star in Exciting Times, a series in development at Amazon Studios which explores contemporary romance with a twist. 

Longtime Amazon Studios development executive Steven Prinz has left the executive ranks, signing an overall TV deal and a first-look feature deal with the company.

Billy Eichner is looking back at his conversation with Colton Underwood on The Bachelor.

A welcome surprise! Billy Eichner is “happy” for Colton Underwood, who came out as gay earlier this year, but the comedian never saw it coming.

Mindy Kaling and Jessica Kumai Scott will produce via Kaling International. Kaling co-created and executive produces the Netflix series “Never Have I Ever.” She is currently in production on the first season of her HBO Max/Warner Bros.

EXCLUSIVE: Breakthrough and Miracles From Heaven producer DeVon Franklin and his Franklin Entertainment are developing a feature film based on Michael Todd’s New York Times bestseller Relationship Goals: How to Win at Dating, Marriage, and Sex with Amazon Studios. Michael Elliot (Brown Sugar) and Cory Tynan (Woman Thou Art Loosed) will write the script.

Amazon Studios has landed the rights to a pitch, “Coyote Blue.” The action film will be written by Derek Kolstad, the screenwriter behind “John Wick” and “Nobody,” with “This is Us” Emmy-winner Sterling K. Brown attached to star.

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EXCLUSIVE: Discussions are underway between Amazon Studios executives and all of the studio’s upcoming U.S.-based series productions about making Covid vaccinations for actors as well as those who come into contact with them on set mandatory. I hear the talks have been going on for awhile, and the goal is to implement the policy across the board.

EXCLUSIVE: Bill Marsilii and Terry Rossio have closed a deal to develop the feature film Time Zone for Amazon Studios. Davis Entertainment will produce.

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