‘Wytches’: Prime Video Orders Animated Horror Series Adaptation Of Comic Books From Plan B Entertainment

The official trailer for the upcoming Prime Video series Swarm has arrived and it shows the murderous lengths an obsessed fan will go.

The Power.” The first three episodes will premiere March 31, with the remaining six episodes available each Friday until the finale on May 12. Based on Naomi Alderman’s novel of the same name, the new sci-fi series follows as a group of teenage girls who have developed the power to electrocute people — and learn to monitor this newfound gift. Toni Collette and John Leguizamo star in the series, along with Auli’i Cravalho, Toheeb Jimoh, Josh Charles, Eddie Marsan, Ria Zmitrowicz, Zrinka Cvitešić and Halle Bush. “The Power” is produced by Amazon Studios and Sister, with Raelle Tucker serving as showrunner,

Old friends and one-time lovers Elaine (Brittany O’Grady from Season One of “The White Lotus”) and Craig (Nat Wolff) are workaholic employees at a rising game company headed by a divisive tech kid named Sang (Brian Yoon). They make those mobile games to which we’re all woefully addicted, killing brain cells to the rhythm of microtransactions that make people like Sang billionaires.

The working week is over once more, which means some exciting new content has dropped on streaming services. If you’re at a loss for what films and TV shows you can sink your teeth into this week, we’ve done the leg work for you.

Scots drama The Rig is returning for a second series, it has been confirmed.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Anke Engelke and Bastian Pastewka will star in a new German original series for Prime Video to be produced by Bldundtonfabrik (btf). The series is due to appear on the platform next year. Further details on the show have yet to be announced. “Anke Engelke and Bastian Pastewka are a real dream team in front of the camera. Viewers can look forward to their first series project together on Prime Video,” said Philip Pratt, head of German originals for Prime Video. The series joins a lineup of German originals that includes “We Children from Bahnhof Zoo,” “Deutschland 89” and “LOL: Last One Laughing.” Engelke, who is best known for her comedy roles but also appears in dramas, has recently been seen in “Kurzschluss,” “Der Onkel” and “Eingeschlossene Gesellschaft.” Among her shows that took German Television Awards were best comedy for “Ladykracher” (2002) and best entertainment show for “Wer stiehlt mir die Show” (2021).

All is fair in love and war and, um, MMA. That’s the gist of “Perfect Addiction,” an upcoming romantic thriller on Amazon Prime Video.

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International One of the hottest packages at the EFM has been taken off the table for international. Sources tell Variety that Prime Video has snapped up all international rights, excluding the U.S., to Justin Kurzel’s “The Order,” which stars Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult in a story about the titular white supremacist organization that operated in the 1980s. The project is penned by Oscar- and BAFTA-nominated writer Zach Baylin (“King Richard”), who based the screenplay on Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt’s book “The Silent Brotherhood.” Published in 1989, the book details the activities of the radical-right hate group The Order, which was one of the most sinister organizations to emerge in America since the Ku Klux Klan.

Starz said today it’s partnered with Amazon to bundle with MGM+ on Prime Video in the U.S.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Lionsgate’s Starz and Amazon’s MGM+ are joining forces through a new 20% discounted bundle offer for Prime members in the U.S., in the hopes of seeing a bump in subs. The bundle arrangement is part of a new long-term deal between Starz and Amazon. The MGM+/Starz bundle on Prime Video in the U.S. will launch “in the coming weeks,” priced at $11.99 per month, according to Starz. That’s a 20% discount off the combined price of both standalone subscriptions (Starz is $8.99 per month and MGM+ is $5.99 per month). The deal is available to members of Prime ($139 per year or $14.99 per month in the U.S.) or the standalone Prime Video service ($8.99 per month).

As the Berlin International Film Festival gets underway, so do big purchases on the European Film Market for future movie projects. And Deadline has the scoop on the first big deal at the Berlinale.  Amazon Prime Video has snatched up the international rights to “The Bluff,” a Caribbean action-survival movie with Zoe Saldaña and the Russo Bros.

EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video’s Hitchcockian thriller Holland, Michigan continues to round out its cast with the addition of Rachel Sennott (Bodies Bodies Bodies), Lennon Parham (Minx), Isaac Krasner (Power Book III: Raising Kanan) and Jeff Pope (Interview with the Vampire).

EXCLUSIVE: Patrick Radden Keefe’s The Snakehead, a book described as a mix between The Godfather and Chinatown, could be heading to the small screen after A24 won the rights.

Star Trek: Picard is set to air later this week.The Star Trek spin-off was first announced back in 2018 with a trailer following in 2019. Star Trek: Picard then premiered in 2020, with a second season airing in 2022.Set in in 2399, 20 years after Jean-Luc Picard’s last appearance in Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), Star Trek: Picard finds the character deeply affected by the death of Data and the destruction of the planet Romulus.“Retired from Starfleet and living on his family’s vineyard, Picard is drawn into a new adventure when he is visited by an apparent daughter of Data, one of several new synthetic beings, or ‘synths’,” reads a synopsis.A third and final season was “informally” green lit back in 2020, so it could be filmed back-to-back with season 2 before Stewart officially confirmed the season in 2021, with filming wrapping in March 2022.US audiences can watch the first episode of Star Trek: Picard season 3 on Thursday, February 16 via Paramount+ with the show hitting Amazon Prime Video the following day (February 17) for UK audiences.Episodes will then be released weekly, with UK viewers able to watch them at midnight GMT.

Carnival Row, season two is released later this week.Neo-noir fantasy Carnival Row premiered on Amazon Prime Video in 2019 and focused on mythical creatures the Fae, who had fled their war-torn homeland only to deal with rising tensions from the human citizens of their new home who weren’t happy about the immigrant population.In Carnival Row, Orlando Bloom stars as Rycroft “Philo” Philostrate, a police inspector investigating a string of unsolved murders that point to a dark conspiracy while Cara Delevingne stars as Vignette Stonemoss, a Fae and his former lover.A second season was confirmed before the first season even aired, and four years later, it’s finally set for release.The first episode of Carnival Row season 2 releases on Amazon Prime Video on February 17, 2023. For those in the UK, the season premiere will be available to watch from midnight GMT.The following nine episodes will be released weekly, with the finale set to air April 21.An official trailer was released last month and can be viewed above.A synopsis reads: “In a fantasy world where humans and creatures clash, season 2 of Carnival Row picks up with former inspector Rycroft Philostrate (AKA Philo) investigating a series of gruesome murders stoking social tension.”“Vignette Stonemoss and the Black Raven plot payback for the unjust oppression inflicted by The Burgue’s human leaders, Jonah Breakspear (Arty Froushan) and Sophie Longerbane (Caroline Mary Ford).

Riley Keough and Sam Claflin are on their way to making a good thing bad in the latest trailer for Prime Video‘s Daisy Jones & the Six.

EXCLUSIVE: As the European Film Market is set to kick off this week, Lionsgate has made a splash with the acquisition of domestic distribution rights to Guy Ritchie’s upcoming World War II movie The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.

About two years ago, Donald Glover signed an overall deal with Amazon Studios. And now, his first output from that deal is ready to go: “Swarm,” which premieres at SXSW next month.

About two years ago, Donald Glover signed an overall deal with Amazon Studios. And now, his first output from that deal is ready to go: “Swarm,” which premieres at SXSW next month.

Prime Video is restructuring its international business along regional lines in EMEA, APAC and the Americas.