Veteran NFL QB Ryan Fitzpatrick Joins Prime Video’s All-Pro Thursday Night Football Team

Naman Ramachandran A wealth of film and TV titles are available at launch on streamer Studiocanal Presents, which is now available as an Amazon Prime Video channel in the U.K.Some 300 films and series from Studiocanal’s catalogue are available at launch, including Francis Ford Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now: Final Cut” in 4K; Brian Helgeland’s “Legend”; Joel and Ethan Coen’s “Inside Llewyn Davis”; a digitally restored version of Carol Reed’s “The Third Man”; Lynne Ramsay’s “You Were Never Really Here,” zombie horror “Train to Busan” and Céline Sciamma’s “Girlhood.”Also available are Nicolas Roeg’s “The Man Who Fell To Earth” and Sidney Lumet’s “Murder on the Orient Express,” award-winners “Manchester by the Sea” and “Room,” seminal titles like Luis Buñuel’s “Belle de Jour” and Jean-Luc Godard’s “Breathless” and modern British classics “Submarine” and “Four Lions.” Other recent additions include Sharon Stone classic “Basic Instinct” and John Carpenter’s “Escape From New York.” Studiocanal Presents also offers TV series showcasing the best of Studiocanal and Canal+’s own TV productions, including “Hannibal,” “Spiral” and “All the Way Up,” which broke streaming records upon its launch on Canal+ in France.A variety of new titles will launch on the channel every month, many of which can’t be streamed anywhere else in the U.K. New titles arriving include “Possessions,” “Animal Kingdom” and “The Guard.” After a seven-day free trial the service costs £4.99 ($6) a month.

Michaela Coel (I May Destroy You), John Turturro (Severance) and Paul Dano (The Batman) have joined the cast of Prime Video’s TV reboot of Mr. and Mrs. Smith. They join previously announced Donald Glover and Maya Erskine, who star in the title roles in the series from Amazon Studios.

Ukonwa Ojo, who arrived at Amazon Studios and Prime Video close to two years ago as Chief Marketing Officer, is exiting.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaUkonwa Ojo has stepped down as chief marketing officer of Amazon’s Prime Video and Amazon Studios, the company announced to staff on Tuesday. During her time at the streamer, Ojo led the marketing campaigns for movies like “Coming 2 America” and “Being the Ricardos,” as well as the series “The Boys,” “Wheel of Time,” and “The Underground Railroad.” “For nearly two years, Ukonwa has supported the Prime Video brand and its broad and growing content slate with focus, passion, and commitment,” Mike Hopkins, SVP Prime Video & Amazon Studios, wrote in a note to staff.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCharissa Thompson, a regular presence at Fox Sports, is broadening her horizons.The sportscaster, known for hosting “Fox NFL Kickoff” on Sundays during the NFL season, will also be working Thursday nights. Amazon’s Prime Video has selected Thompson to host its pregame, halftime and postgame coverage of “Thursday Night Football,” of which the first season under its aegis will launch this fall.

Charissa Thompson has joined Prime Video’s “Thursday Night Football” anchor team.The veteran reporter will host “TNF’s” NFL pregame, halftime and post-game coverage. She will anchor Prime Video’s wraparound coverage alongside Tony Gonzalez, Richard Sherman and Ryan Fitzpatrick.

Prime Video has developed a sizable portion of its programming that could be called “Dad TV.” Without trying to stigmatize or stereotype their viewers in the slightest, the truth is that shows like “Bosch,” “Jack Ryan,” and “Reacher” all appeal to a relatively similar audience. They’re all based on hit series of books with male protagonists who generally subscribe to an old-fashioned code while also trying to adapt to a changing world.

EXCLUSIVE: Mistresses exec producer Rina Mimoun is joining the campaign trail.

Heidi Klum had legs for days as Scheana Shay flaunted her taut midriff at Prime Video and Freevee's Summer Solstice party in Santa Monica on Tuesday. The sizzling duo of stars led a cavalcade of celebrities who flooded into the Santa Monica Proper Hotel for the glittering soiree. For her latest public appearance Heidi, 49, put her statuesque legs on display to full advantage in a summery floral pencil skirt.

The plot thickens! The Summer I Turned Pretty made quite a splash with its debut on Prime Video — and Belly’s (Lola Tung) love triangle with brothers Conrad (Christopher Briney) and Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno) is only going to get even more complicated in season 2.

Amazon Prime Video is expanding its footprint in Africa with a three-picture deal with Lagos City-based production house Nemsia Films.

K.J. Yossman Amazon Prime Video has set an exclusive three-picture feature deal with Nigerian studio Nemsia Films.The first title to be announced under the deal is “Breath of Life,” written and directed by BB Sasore, Nemsia’s co-founder, and produced by Eku Edewor.

Amazon Prime Video, you’ve come to the right place. June marks the streaming debut of Daniel Craig’s final James Bond film, “No Time to Die,” but that’s far from all.

Instagram post shows most of the cast of the new series, adapted from Jenny Han’s book trilogy, eager to complete the task. David Iacono, who plays Cam, Belly’s third love interest after Conrad (Christopher Briney) and Jeremiah Fisher (Gavin Casalegno) exclaimed “I’m so excited to do this right now.”A sequence then shows Lola Tung, Gavin Casalegno, David Iacono, Summer Madison, Rain Spencer, Minnie Mills, Sean Kaufman and Chris Briney all waving what look to be striped straws in a flourish to make the arrow. What used to be a fixture for Disney Channel changed when the company changed the logo slightly, still having cast members trace ears, but in a more simplified way.

EXCLUSIVE: Jenna Coleman (The Serpent) and Oliver Jackson-Cohen (The Invisible Man) have been cast as co-leads of Amazon Original drama series, Wilderness, from Firebird Pictures. Filming begins this month in the U.S., Canada and UK, with the series launching on Prime Video next year in over 240 countries and territories.

EXCLUSIVE: Casey Benesch, a former Netflix executive who helped build up the streaming giant’s stature in comedy, is moving to rival Prime Video to head up comedy marketing.