Laura Lancaster Joins Amazon Studios as Head of Series, Marc Resteghini to Lead Development

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios’ forthcoming George Clooney-directed adaptation of The Tender Bar based on the memoir by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer J.R. Moehringer has rounded out the cast with Sondra James (Joker), Max Martini (Sgt.

Fresh Off the Boar star Constance Wu is returning to series television as the female lead opposite Chris Pratt in Amazon’s conspiracy-thriller series The Terminal List, based on Jack Carr’s bestselling novel. Pratt also executive produces the series along with Antoine Fuqua, who directs, and writer David DiGilio. The Terminal List is a co-production from Amazon Studios and Civic Center Media in association with MRC Television. Taylor Kitsch also stars.

Also Read: 'Nine Days' Trailer: Winston Duke Interviews 5 Souls to Give One Life on EarthAcclaimed playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah wrote the screenplay, which Esther Douglas developed with the support of the BFI Film Fund. He will also serve as an executive producer.Set in the 1920s, “Marked Man” follows a young black man who joins J.

Linda Cardellini and Kelly Hutchinson — who met on the Netflix hit Dead to Me — are partnering on a feature film project that has just been acquired as a pitch by Amazon Studios in a competitive situation that drew multiple offers from four studios and streamers. Titled Murder Party, the project is described as a comedic murder mystery in the vein of Clue and Knives Out and will be led by an all-female ensemble cast with Cardellini in one of the roles.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterMarc Sadeghi had just returned from a work trip to New Zealand when he was asked to meet with someone from Human Resources.Sadeghi was settling into his job as global head of visual effects for Amazon Studios, based at the streamer’s Culver City office.

Mayor Pete, director Jesse Moss's documentary about former U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, has landed at Amazon Studios.

Also Read: Pete Buttigieg Launches New Podcast With iHeartMediaMoss’ recent film, “Boys State,” was acquired out of the Sundance Film Festival by Apple and A24 and won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary.

Pete Buttigieg, look no further than the heavyweight filmmakers and top distributor who will mount the story of his historic presidential campaign.“Mayor Pete,” directed by Jesse Moss, the co-director of last year’s “Boys State” and director of the 2014’s “The Overnighters,” will take the audience inside Buttigieg’s quest to be the first openly gay president in United States history.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterJenny Slate and Charlie Day have been tapped to star in a new romantic comedy from Amazon Studios.In the movie, titled “I Want You Back,” Slate and Day will play 30somethings, dumped by their respective partners and terrified that their shot at a fairytale life — complete with marriage, kids and houses in the suburbs — are over.

Amazon Studios has hired a new executive to spearhead the marketing of big franchises like its forthcoming The Lord of the Rings series. Greg Coleman joins the streamer as global head of franchise marketing, where he will oversee the team dedicated to getting the word out about fantasy and sci-fi originals films and TV series.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterAmazon Studios has brought on board Greg Coleman as its global head of franchise marketing, where he will be tasked with overseeing the team in charge of TV and film fantasy and sci-fi originals — including the upcoming “Lord of the Rings” series.In leading Amazon’s genre-focused marketing, Coleman and his team will look to engage mass audiences across the world via the streaming studio’s marketing campaigns and support global expansion of the fantasy and sci-fi

In Ukonwa Ojo’s first major hire since she joined Amazon Studios as Chief Marketing Officer Of Prime Video, she has brought in Disney’s Greg Coleman as Global Head of Franchise Marketing. He will start March 1, reporting to Ojo.

Minnie Driver is heading to Amazon!

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterDonald Glover has inked an eight-figure overall deal with Amazon Studios, sources tell Variety, marking an exit from his current deal with Disney’s FX.Sources also say that Malia Obama is joining the writers’ room of a Glover project at the streaming service’s studio, a mini-room for a Janine Nabers project.An Amazon spokesperson declined to comment. The Hollywood Reporter first reported news of the pact.More to come…

Jamie Lang ViacomCBS International Studios (VIS) has boarded Amazon Prime Video and RTVE’s resurrection of Chicho Ibáñez Serrador’s legendary Spanish horror series “Historias Para No Dormir,” (“Stories to Stay Awake”), which started filming this week in Madrid.Set as a four-part anthology miniseries, “Historias Para No Dormir” boasts a superstar cast and crew on either side of the camera, with episodes to be directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Rodrigo Sorogoyen (“Mother”), Spanish Academy

As the volume of Amazon Studios’ TV development, current series and overall deals increases, the company has moved in to restructure and streamline its programming operations.

Naman Ramachandran Rob Delaney (“Catastrophe”) and Alice Eve (“Belgravia”) have joined the cast of Amazon Studios’ upcoming drama thriller “The Power” as recurring guest stars.Edwina Findley (“Treme”), Jacob Fortune-Lloyd (“The Queen’s Gambit”) and Simbi Ajikawo (“Top Boy”) also feature in the cast as recurring guest stars alongside series regulars Zrinka Cvitešić (“London Spy”), Archie Rush (“Black Mirror”) and Gerrison Machado (“Prank”) and Pietra Castro (“Jingle Bell Bride”).Previously