Amazon has greenlit original one-hour superhero drama “The Boys” for 2019, which centers on a group of vigilantes known informally as “the boys” who set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty. Based on the comic book “Preacher” from creator Garth Ennis and […]
New original and off-network series titles for the month of November will appear on the streaming video services Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime. Netflix will premiere its third Marvel series this year with “The Punisher” (Nov. 17) with Jon Bernthal as vigilante antihero Frank Castle. The character was earlier introduced in the second season of […]
Amazon has opted against a second of F. Scott Fitzgerald drama “The Last Tycoon.” Debuting on June 16, “The Last Tycoon” starred Kelsey Grammer, Matt Bomer, and Jennifer Beals, and followed the power struggle between Bomer’s wunderkind studio executive Monroe Stahr and his boss, Grammer’s studio head Pat Brady, in 1930s Hollywood. Nine episodes in total […]
Amazon Studios has greenlit a fifth season of dramedy “Transparent” before its fourth season premiere (on Sept. 22), with an expected 10 new episodes for 2018. The entire Pfefferman family will be back including Jeffrey Tambor, Judith Light, Gaby Hoffmann, Jay Duplass and Amy Landecker. Debuting on Feb. 6, 2014, “Transparent” revolves around a Los […]
Amazon Studios has greenlit “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” from “Gilmore Girls” creator Amy Sherman-Palladino for an unprecedented two seasons on Prime Video. Written and directed by Sherman-Palladino, the series stars Rachel Brosnahan (“House of Cards”) as Miriam “Midge” Maisel, a 1958 New York City woman who has everything she’s ever wanted — the perfect husband, […]
For the 2017 NFL season, Amazon will be the official live streaming service for the NFL’s “Thursday Night Football,” as first reported by Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand on Tuesday, Apr. 4. Amazon and NFL agreed to a one-year deal to livestream the 10 “TNF” games carried by CBS and NBC on television, beating out […]
Amazon is developing a new half-hour comedy called “Late Bloomers,” which will center around a married couple in their 40s who are selected to participate in a human trial for an experimental drug therapy. The drug purports to be able to stop the aging process, and the couple quickly finds out how extending their life […]
