Mars Exploration Documentary ‘Good Night Oppy’ In Works From Amazon Studios, Amblin TV & Film 45

Former Legendary Television President Nick Pepper is joining Amazon Studios.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterNick Pepper is joining Amazon Studios as head of studio creative content, where he will be tasked with packaging and maximizing the studio’s intellectual property and talent deals.The hiring follows a restructuring of Amazon Studio’s executive leadership team last month, which included Marc Resteghini’s elevation to head of development and the addition of Laura Lancaster as head of series.

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has signed on to finance and distribute the Hannah Marks-directed father-daughter adventure dramedy Don’t Make Me Go starring John Cho (Harold & Kumar, Star Trek).

The Tiger King is getting the Louis Theroux documentary treatment. Joseph Maldonado-Passage, better known as Joe Exotic, will be the subject of a new feature- length film from the BBC's famed doc maker, who returns to America for the first time since 2019.

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Rock’s beloved autobiographical family sitcom Everybody Hates Chris is coming back as an animated series, with Rock expected to return as the narrator. Global hit Israeli drama Shtisel is getting an American remake, written by Insatiable creator Lauren Gussis and directed by Oscar winner Kenneth Lonergan.

Amazon Studios set a personal record for Oscar nominations this morning with 12 nominations, beating its previous record of seven, set in 2017 by Manchester By The Sea.

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has put in development The Wives, a series adaptation of Tarryn Fisher’s bestselling novel, from writer-producer Kayla Alpert (Netflix’s Wednesday) and producer Patrick Moran.

EXCLUSIVE: The Time 100 Women of the Year initiative is getting a scripted anthology series treatment. Amazon Studios is developing Women Of the Year, a TV adaptation of the Time 100 Women of the Year project and special issue, conceived by filmmaker Alma Har’el, which launched for International Women’s Day 2020 to recognize the contributions of female leaders, innovators, activists, entertainers, athletes and artists who defined the century from 1920 through 2019.

Amazon Studios and AmblinTelevision are heading to Mars in a new feature doc, with the help of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Good Night Oppywill tell the true story of Opportunity — a Mars exploration rover that was active from 2004 to 2018 — and the bond forged between the robot and the humans that created her.

Also Read: NASA Renames Headquarters After Pioneer Mary W. Jackson, Subject of 'Hidden Figures'“Good Night Oppy” includes visual effects created by ILM that are designed to transport viewers to the Red Planet alongside Opportunity.

Natalie Oganesyan editorAmazon Studios, Film 45, Amblin Television and Tripod Media are co-producing the upcoming feature documentary “Good Night Oppy” from director Ryan White.With the support of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Industrial Light & Magic, the film recounts the true story of Mars exploration rover Opportunity and the bond forged between the robot and the humans that created her.

EXCLUSIVE: Derek Kolstad, the screenwriter behind the John Wick series, is collaborating with Amazon Studios to develop a live-action feature film based on the iconic Japanese action-horror manga Hellsing.

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.

Gary Tank Commander's next job could be working with the monkeys and the sharks at the zoo according to creator Greg McHugh.Actor and creator Greg McHugh was asked by fans what Gary Tank Commander would be doing these days after being deployed from the Army.The hit show began as a one off for More 4 in 2008 and ran on the BBC from 2009 to 2012 and featured the exploits of Gary McLintoch, a corporal in the fictional 104th Royal Tank Regiment of the British Army.The last few times we have

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.

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios is developing Am I There Yet? a comedy series based on Mari Andrew’s bestselling semi-autobiographical book, from writer Camilla Blackett (Skins) and Rachel Brosnahan’s Scrap Paper Pictures.