Eddie Murphy Signs Three-Picture and First-Look Film Deal With Amazon Studios

The teen spy Alex Rider will be back on Amazon Prime Video soon, and despite his hankering for a more normal adolescence he’s going to be pitched back into the clandestine underworld of espionage.

The world is getting its first look at Timothée Chalamet as a young Willy Wonka.

delivered by Gene Wilder in his portrayal of Wonka in the 1971 adaptation of Roald Dahl's iconic novel.A post shared by Timothée Chalamet (@tchalamet)It was first announced in May that Chalamet was set to play the iconic chocolate maker and candy inventor in a new origin film from Warner Bros. and The Roald Dahl Story Co.

HBO is giving fans a look at Brittany Murphy’s life, and tragic death, beyond headlines in the first look at “What Happened, Brittany Murphy?”

for Spanish-language content, all of which will fuel Univision’s upcoming streaming service launching in 2022. Univision will have the first look at all Spanish-language TV and film projects controlled by 3Pas Studios and Derbez, including movies and series intended for SVOD or for theatrical releases.

Leigh-Anne Pinnock has delighted Little Mix fans with the first glimpse of her movie debut in the festive romantic comedy, Boxing Day. The singer is aptly playing an international pop star, who is the ex-girlfriend of the newly-engaged protagonist.

RuPaul has signed a first-look scripted deal with Sony Pictures Television. Former State Street Pictures executive Jay Marcus has joined RuCo as its head of film and television.Marcus held the same job at State Street.Under the new deal, RuCo will focus on telling queer, character-driven stories, centered around RuPaul’s iconic brand of positivity, empowerment, humor, and music, according to Sony.

RuPaul Charles, the Emmy-winning host and executive producer of RuPaul’s Drag Race, has signed a first-look scripted deal with Sony Pictures Television. Under the pact, Charles is ramping up his RuCo production banner, with former State Street Productions executive Jay Marcus joining the company as Head of Film and Television.

EXCLUSIVE: David Duchovny and Nia Long have rounded out the cast of a new untitled Netflix comedy starring Jonah Hill with Kenya Barris directing. They join an ensemble that already includes Lauren London, Eddie Murphy, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Sam Jay and Molly Gordon.

Selome Hailu editorAfter finishing a two-decade tenure as an executive at the Sundance Institute, Bird Runningwater has signed a first-look deal with Amazon Studios, where he will produce television and film projects for Amazon Prime Video.A member of the Cheyenne and Mescalero Apache Tribal Nations, Runningwater has been at the Sundance Institute since 2001 as the director of Indigenous programs, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs and artist programs.

The first look photos from Bridgerton season 2 have just been unveiled by Netflix!

Netflix’s big global event, TUDUM, has launched today giving us fresh looks at their upcoming streaming goodies. Jason Bateman and showrunner Chris Mundy have created one of Netflix’s most dependable hits with the drama “Ozark.” The series has engrossed fans and critics alike thus far.

EXCLUSIVE: Lauren London is set to join Jonah Hill in a new untitled Netflix comedy with Kenya Barris directing. Sam Jay and Molly Gordon are also joining the cast. They join a cast that includes Hill, Eddie Murphy and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Barris and Hill co-wrote the script.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAnnie Murphy has signed with CAA for representation, Variety has learned exclusively.Murphy was previously represented by Gersh. She continues to be repped by Molly Mandel and Peter Kousakis at Mosaic, as well as Pam Winter at GGA.Murphy is best known for her critically-acclaimed role on the Pop TV-CBC series “Schitt’s Creek.” She starred in all six seasons of the show in the role of Alexis Rose, the pampered socialite daughter of Johnny and Moira Rose.

Screen Engine/ASI’s weekly PostVODTM ranking, the comedy was the #1 streamed movie of that particular opening weekend and boasts the #1 opening weekend of any other streaming movie in 2021 to date or in the past 12 months. The film in its debut week also topped Nielsen’s weekly streaming rankings among all streamed SVOD content.“Eddie is a legend both in front of and behind the camera,” Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon Studios, said in a statement.

I Know This Much Is True exec producer Lynette Howell Taylor has struck a first-look TV deal with Endeavor Content via her 51 Entertainment production company.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Emmy and Academy Award-nominated producer Lynette Howell Taylor and her production banner 51 Entertainment have inked a first-look TV deal with Endeavor Content to develop and create premium scripted and unscripted shows for both streamers and linear networks.

Sylvie’s Love star and producer Nnamdi Asomugha has entered into an exclusive first-look deal with Amazon Studios via his iAm21 Entertainment. Under the pact, Asomugha will develop and produce projects to premiere in theatres and on Amazon Prime in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. The deal follows Asomugha’s recent Emmy nomination for outstanding television movie for the Amazon Original movie, Sylvie’s Love.

Asomugha has received an Emmy nomination as producer of the Amazon film “Sylvie’s Love,” which he also starred in alongside Tessa Thompson. Amazon also released Asomugha’s 2017 film “Crown Heights,” which premiered at Sundance and earned him supporting actor nominations at the Independent Spirit and NAACP Image Awards.