Amazon drops a Dietland teaser trailer

With summer rapidly approaching, we’re one step closer to Amazon’s latest exclusive acquisition, Dietland – and a new teaser trailer gives us a taste of what to expect.

Based on Sarai Walker’s 2015 best-selling novel of the same name, the … Read More

Amazon Studios no longer accepts script submissions

There is bad news for budding writers this week, as Amazon Studios has closed its doors on unsolicited screenplays.

The online giant’s development arm has been undergoing a major shift in strategy these past six months, as Amazon seeks to … Read More

Amazon adds Discovery Kids to Prime Video Channels

Amazon has added Discovery Kids to its Prime Video Channels line-up in the UK.

Prime Video Channels is Amazon’s pick-and-choose TV platform, which allows Prime members to add standalone channel subscriptions that would usually come with a pay-TV contract … Read More

Amazon’s Cold War joins Cannes 2018 line-up, as Netflix sits out

The films set to premiere at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival have been unveiled, and Amazon’s Cold War is part of the line-up.

The movie, which is directed by Oscar-winning director Pawel Pawlikowski, will chart a romance across Poland, Berlin, … Read More

Amazon appoints Albert Cheng co-head of TV amid team restructure

Amazon Studios has appointed Albert Change as the co-ahead of TV, as it completes its restructure in the wake of last year’s departures.

Former boss Roy Price and his deputy, Joe Lewis, were ousted from the online giant’s development arm, … Read More

Explained: What the EU portability rules mean for Netflix, Amazon and Brexit

The start of this month introduced a major change for the way you watch your favourite shows when travelling across Europe.

What is it?

The Regulation on the Portability of Online Content Services is the new EU law that … Read More

Mozart in the Jungle cancelled after four seasons

Mozart in the Jungle has been cancelled after four seasons.

Amazon’s classical music comedy, which is based on Blair Tindall’s memoirs of being a professional musician, follows the politics, art and relationships of the fictional New York Symphony orchestra, which … Read More

Trailer: Sci-fi mystery The Crossing to premiere on Amazon this Easter

Amazon has snapped up the UK TV rights to sci-fi mystery drama The Crossing, which will premiere on Prime Video this Easter.

The series tells the story of a group of refugees from a war-torn country 250 years in the … Read More

The Crown leads 2018 British Academy Television Craft Awards nominees

The Crown is leading the pack in this year’s British Academy Television Craft Awards. Netflix’ royal drama has picked up seven nominations, including Costume Design, Editing: Fiction, Photography & Lighting: Fiction, Production Design, Sound: Fiction and Special, Visual & Graphic … Read More

First look: Anthony Hopkins and Florence Pugh in Amazon and BBC’s King Lear

Anthony Hopkins, Florence Pugh and Richard Eyre are teaming up for a new adaptation of King Lear this spring, and Amazon Prime Video and BBC Two have unveiled our first look at the cast in action.

Set in the fictional … Read More