Amazon Prime Video’s ‘The Lake’ Producer Amaze Signs COO & Business Affairs VP
29.07.2022 - 12:15 / variety.com
Ellise Shafer “The Wilds” has been canceled at Amazon Prime Video after two seasons, Variety has confirmed.The drama series revolves around a group of teenage girls who are left stranded on an island following a plane crash — and soon discover that it is all part of a social experiment. The show’s first season launched on Dec. 11, 2020 and Season 2 premiered on May 6.The series starred Sophia Ali, Shannon Berry, Jenna Clause, Reign Edwards, Mia Healey, Helena Howard, Erana James, Sarah Pidgeon, David Sullivan, Troy Winbush, Rachel Griffiths, Charles Alexander, Zack Calderon, Nicholas Coombe, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Aidan Laprete, Tanner Ray Rook and Reed Shannon.“The Wilds” is created and executive produced by Sarah Streicher alongside showrunner and executive producer Amy B.
Harris. The late Jamie Tarses of FanFare and Dylan Clark of Dylan Clark Productions served as executive producers. The series is co-produced by Amazon Studios and ABC Signature, part of Disney Television Studios.
In an interview with Variety in 2020, Harris said the show’s goal was to reveal the inherent similarities in all human beings. “Obviously we’re living in a very divided world right now and people are behind their computer screams trolling one another and screaming strong opinions and not listening to one another. What would happen if you pulled people out of that world… would they start to see common ground? We felt like they would,” Harris said.
Amazon Prime Video’s ‘The Lake’ Producer Amaze Signs COO & Business Affairs VP
More than 350,000 households ditched subscriptions to the likes of Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ last quarter, according to regulator Ofcom’s annual Media Nations UK report, which showed a record year for British high-end TV production.
Nielsen and Amazon have signed a three-year agreement to measure Prime Video’s exclusive NFL “Thursday Night Football” beginning this fall.The deal marks the first time a streaming service will have one of its live programs measured as part of Nielsen’s National TV measurement service.“Thursday Night Football” will be “processed” like other NFL agains, per Nielsen, using the company’s panel, allowing for the same metrics to be reported across all other national networks, continued trending, and comparability, Nielsen said in a release.“Nielsen is the long-time leader in the measurement space, providing gold-standard currency to the media industry and we’re thrilled that Amazon recognizes that and is working with us to bring a streaming service into our National TV measurement for the first time ever,” Deirdre Thomas, managing director, U.S. Audience Measurement Product Sales, Nielsen, said in a statement.
When it was announced that Amazon was spending nearly $250 million to land the rights to “The Lord of the Rings,” the average person was taken aback by the sheer cost to gain the rights to tell the story. Then it was announced that the first season of the series, only eight episodes, would cost almost $500 million to produce.
K.J. Yossman Amazon Prime Video have given fans a first look at their upcoming U.K.
Showing everything from light-hearted comedy to nail-biting drama, a plentiful supply of brand new action will be arriving to Prime Video, Disney+ and Apple+ subscribers this August. Among the releases are some highly-anticipated series and all-action blockbusters.
“Licorice Pizza” starring the Haim sisters as well as “The Lost City,” which is loaded with stars like Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe and Brad Pitt.Those looking for older classic films won’t be disappointed either as Meryl Streep-studded “The Devil Wears Prada,” and “Mamma Mia! ”will also head to the streamer (with the musical gracing Freevee’s catalog). Nicholas Cage’s “Face/Off” and the late James Caan’s “Thief” arrive August 1 along with “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion,” which stars the late Paul Sorvino’s daughter Mira.
Global streamer Prime Video is supercharging its investment in Nigeria by unveiling its first Amazon Originals from the country, and for the first time allowing customers to sign up in the local currency, the Naira.
Manori Ravindran International EditorAmazon Prime Video has ordered the Nigerian originals “Gangs of Lagos” and “LOL: Last One Laughing Naija,” and opened up local currency services for the platform in the country.Crime thriller “Gangs of Lagos,” which will launch on the platform later this year, is a high-stakes action-crime thriller that follows a group of friends who each have to navigate their own destiny, growing up on the bustling streets and neighbourhood of Isale Eko, Lagos.The show stars Tobi Bakre, Adesua Etomi-Wellington and Chiké. “Gangs of Lagos” is directed and produced by Jade Osiberu, produced by Kemi Lala Akindoju and co-produced by Akin Omotoso.Meanwhile, “LOL: Last One Laughing Naija” is a local adaptation of the wide-traveling Amazon original.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeAmazon Prime Video is activating its Emmy Phase 2 plans, throwing an “FYC Fest” the weekend of Friday, Aug. 12 through Sunday, Aug. 14 to tout its 30 Emmy nominations.The weekend event will take place in three different locations in the Los Angeles area, including Sherman Oaks, Santa Monica and West Hollywood.
Manori Ravindran International Editor“Poldark’s” Aidan Turner will star as a maverick coach guiding an up-and-coming tennis player (Ella Lily Hyland) to stardom in Amazon Prime Video’s new U.K. drama “Fifteen-Love.”Created by Hania Elkington, “Fifteen-Love” explores the fictional story of Justine Pearce (Hyland), a young sports prodigy, who enjoyed a meteoric rise in the world of Grand Slam Tennis, aided by her coach Glenn Lapthorn (Turner), with whom she shared an intense rapport.Together they reached the semi-final of the French Open but Justine’s dream was cut brutally short by a devastating injury and the end of her professional career.
Amazon’s Prime Video has announced another cancellation and fans are not happy with this news!
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAmazon is to launch localized versions of its Prime Video streaming platform in three countries in Southeast Asia. It will accompany the business initiative with fresh investments in local content.The service will launch in Indonesia, Thailand and The Philippines from Monday.
Amazon Prime Video has announced its first slate of Southeast Asian local-language originals, including a trio of situational comedy improv shows, Comedy Island, across Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines, and projects from local talents including Joko Anwar, Kamila Andini and Banjong Pisanthanakun.
“Any Day” (2015)“Assimilate” (2019)“Baby Boom” (1987)“Backstage” (2021)“Backwoods” (2020)“Bad Frank” (2017)“Bad Therapy” (2020)“Basic” (2003)“Battle Scars” (2020)“Before Midnight” (2013)“Big Brother Volcano” (2017)“Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” (1969)“Clockstoppers” (2002)“Courage Under Fire” (1996)“Crossed the Line” (2014)“Dating My Mother” (2017)“Derek’s Dead” (2020)“Disappearance” (2019)“Don’t Click” (2012)“Downhill Racer” (1969)“Drive Me Crazy” (1999)“Eadweard” (2015)“Escape From Alcatraz” (1979)“Everbody Loves Somebody” (2017)“Evil Dead” (2013)“Face/Off” (1997)“Filth” (2014)“Firewalker” (1986)“Follow the Prophet” (2010)“Fright Night” (2011)“Un Gallo Con Muchos Huevos” (2015)“Getting to Know You” (2020)“Gonzo” (2008)“Goodbye Butterfly” (2021)“Grand Cru” (2018)“Happy Yummy Chicken” (2017)“Hardball” (2001)“Here On Out” (2019)“He’s Way More Famous Than You” (2012)“I Am A Ghost” (2014)“I Like Me” (2019)“I Love You, Beth Cooper” (2009)“Iceland Is Best” (2020)“I’m Still Here” (2010)“Impossible Monsters” (2019) “International Falls” (2019)“I’ve Got Issues” (2020)“Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero” (2016)“King Arthur” (2004)“King Kong” (1976)“King of Knives” (2020)“Kingpin” (1996)“Leaving Las Vegas” (1996)“Letter from Masanjia” (2018)“Line of Descent” (2019)“Lost Bayou” (2020)“Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound” (2019)“Man from Reno” (2015)“McLintock” (1963)“Mermaids” (1990)“Misma Luna (Under the Same Moon)” (2008)“Mr.
told TheWrap of Season 2 in a May interview.
Variety reported.“Bee made television history in the late night space, paving the way for female voices in what has traditionally been, and continues to be a male-dominated landscape,” the 52-year-old comedian’s reps said to The Post about her seven-season run. ” ‘Full Frontal with Samantha Bee’ consistently broke barriers with Sam and her team boldly using political satire to entertain, inform and empower viewers, while embracing critically underrepresented stories, particularly about women.”Premiering Feb. 8, 2016, Bee’s gig came months ahead of Donald Trump’s whirlwind presidency.
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee will no longer be continuing on TBS.
Deadline. The weekly late-night series is the latest to be cut from the Warner Bros.