Stephanie Beatriz, Keith David, Kimiko Glenn Among Prime Video’s ‘Hazbin Hotel’ Voice Cast

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Amazon Prime Video has acquired streaming rights for “Sound of Freedom,” this summer’s unlikely (and controversial) box office hit. The film will be available to Prime Video subscribers in the U.S. for no additional charge on Dec.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large The Academy of Country Music and producer Dick Clark Productions have sealed a new two-year deal to keep the ACM Awards on Amazon’s Prime Video through its landmark 60th anniversary in 2025. The pact, announced Thursday, continues Prime Video’s relationship with the kudocast, which it began airing in 2022 as one of its first major forays into original live programming and the first major awards show to be streamed.

Naman Ramachandran Bollywood war epic “Pippa” will get a direct-to-streaming release on Prime Video. “Pippa” is based on the book “The Burning Chaffees,” written by Brigadier Balram Singh Mehta and the screenplay is by Ravinder Randhawa, Tanmay Mohan and Menon. Ishaan plays Captain Mehta of the 45th Cavalry tank squadron who fought on India’s eastern front during the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971, which led to the creation of Bangladesh.

UK director George Amponsah’s thriller Gassed Up has won the London Film Festival (LFF) Audience Award for Best Feature in the 67th edition running from October 4 to 15, as the event also posts record participation.

Selome Hailu Netflix has set the voice cast for “Carol & the End of the World,” an adult animated series created by Dan Guterman that will debut on Dec. 15. Martha Kelly will play the title role.

Jaden Thompson Prime Video has announced the release date for its upcoming post-apocalyptic drama series “Fallout,” adapted from the popular video game franchise of the same name. “Fallout” will premiere on April 12, 2024. The news was announced on Monday, a.k.a.

Christopher Vourlias Amazon Prime Video and German broadcaster ARD have acquired the distribution rights to “The Morning After,” an eight-part dramedy series starring rising British actress Amara Okereke (“In the Lost Lands,” “Red Rose”), with principal photography now underway in Cape Town. Created by Thierry Cassuto and Karen Jeynes (“Recipes for Love and Murder,” “Puppet Nation”) and set in Cape Town, the show stars Okereke as a young, aspiring singer from the U.K.

Amazon’s Prime Video has renewed another TV show on the heels of a few recent cancellations.

EXCLUSIVE: David Harbour (Stranger Things), Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (The Mandalorian, Kim’s Convenience), Scott Thompson (The Kids In The Hall), and Gabbi Kosmidis (Unicorn Academy) are among voice cast attached for international animation Night Of The Zoopocalypse, which Anton and Charades are launching for the AFM.

The world premiere of “The Boy And The Heron” at TIFF last month marked the first film from Hayao Miyazaki in a decade. And as it’s made its tour on the Fall festival circuit, it’s clear Miyazaki has another winner on his hands.

Valerie Wu Intern Miyazaki’s first animated feature in 10 years, “The Boy and the Heron” has come out with its official English voice cast. GKIDS, which serves as animation group Studio Ghibli’s North American distributor, announced that the full cast will consist of Christian Bale as Shoichi Maki; Dave Bautista as The Parakeet King; Gemma Chan as Natsuko; Willem Dafoe as Noble Pelican; Karen Fukuhara as Lady Himi; Mark Hamill as Granduncle; Robert Pattinson as The Gray Heron and Florence Pugh as Kiriko. They’re joined by Luca Padovan as protagonist Mahito Maki and Mamoudou Athie, Tony Revolri and Dan Stevens as the Parakeets.

Distributor Gkids has announced the English voice cast for Oscar-winning filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki’s new feature, The Boy and the Heron. The dubbed version of the film will feature the voices of Christian Bale, Dave Bautista, Gemma Chan, Willem Dafoe, Karen Fukuhara, Mark Hamill, Robert Pattinson and Florence Pugh.

Concert film BTS: Yet to Come has been set to stream on Amazon’s Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories starting November 9. The K-pop superstars’ concert originally took place in October last year at the Asiad Main Stadium in Busan, South Korea as part of the city’s World Expo 2030 bid. 

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Gargoyles” could finally be returning to television, with a live-action reboot series currently in the works at Disney+. Variety has confirmed that the Disney streaming service is working with writer Gary Dauberman and James Wan‘s Atomic Monster to develop a live-action version of the beloved animated show. Dauberman would serve as writer and executive producer with Wan also executive producing.

Given the chaotic state of both Marvel and DC Comics franchises, it’s increasingly looking like Prime Video is becoming a welcome place for counterprogramming when it comes to the mainstream superhero genre. The streaming service has already tailor-made mature superhero shows such as “The Boys,” “Gen V,” and “Invincible,” with a satirical edge for an audience that might want a bit more than just flashy CGI destruction and convoluted Multiverse cameos.

Prime Video on Saturday unveiled the main cast for its upcoming adult animation series Hazbin Hotel. Season One series regulars include Erika Henningsen as Charlie, Stephanie Beatriz as Vaggie, Alex Brightman as Sir Pentious, Keith David as Husk, Kimiko Glenn as Niffty, Blake Roman as Angel Dust, and Amir Talai as Alastor. with Christian Borle and Joel Perez also joining the cast as notable demons of Hell Vox and Valentino, respectively.

The animated detective story Grimsburg, starring and executive produced by Jon Hamm (Mad Men), will premiere live to all time zones on Sunday, January 7, immediately following the Fox NFL doubleheader.

Prime Video is quietly pushing on with the release of new French Original series Alphonse against the backdrop of an impending court appearance for its director Nicolas Bedos on a sexual assault charge.

The Kelce brothers have scored a touchdown for Prime Video.

Netflix has set November 30 for the premiere of The Bad Guys: A Very Bad Holiday half-hour special, a prequel to the 2022 animated film The Bad Guys.