Amazon acquires Black List script Holland, Michigan

Amazon has acquired 2013’s top Black List script, Holland, Michigan.

The Black List, which is announced every year at list.blcklst.com, is a chart of the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood, as chosen by a list of over 200 film executives. … Read More

David O. Russell, De Niro and Julianne Moore head to Amazon with new series

David O. Russell, Robert De Niro and Julianne Moore are heading to Amazon Studios with their new series.

Russell, who has directed such big hitters as Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle and Joy, is the latest high-profile feature director to … Read More

Black Sails will return to Amazon UK in January for fourth and final season

Black Sails will return to Amazon Prime Video in January 2017 for a fourth and final season.

The last run of the Starz original series, which is a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, follows a dramatic Season 3, … Read More

Watch the opening minutes of The Man in the High Castle Season 2

Tate Donovan has joined the cast of The Man in the High Castle for Season 2.Read More

Please Like Me Season 4 to premiere on Amazon Prime Video this November

Australian comedy series Please Like Me will return to Amazon Prime Video this November for a fourth season.

The award-winning series, created by comic Josh Thomas, follows a boy, his dog and the parents, friends and lovers who rely on … Read More

Amazon’s Chi-Raq gets UK release

Amazon’s Chi-Raq has finally got a UK release date. Spike Lee’s stirring, stunning musical is the first original movie produced by Amazon.

A modern adaptation of the Greek play Lysistrata, by Aristophanes, Chi-Raq stars Teyonah Paris as Lysistrata, who leads … Read More

Goliath is Amazon’s most binged US original series

Amazon’s Goliath is its most-binged US original series, the streaming service has announced.

The legal drama, which is created by David E. Kelley, premiered on Amazon Prime Video last month, with Billy Bob Thornton on fine form as Billy McBride, … Read More

Red Oaks prepares for Season 2 with spectacularly 80s video

Red Oaks returns next month for a second season and its embracing its 1980s period more than ever with a brilliantly terrible new trailer.

The video takes every VHS-era advert cliche you can think of and runs with it, resulting … Read More

Netflix and Amazon spend more than CBS, HBO and Turner on content

Netflix and Amazon are now spending more on original programming than CBS, HBO and Turner, a new report reveals.

The research by IHS Markit highlights just how big a part of the streaming landscape original content has become. Indeed, in … Read More

Amazon suffers the axe again, as CBS scraps shows

Amazon’s bad luck with US acquisitions continues this year, with CBS deciding to cancel both BrainDead and American Gothic.

US exclusives are a cornerstone of UK streaming services. While Netflix and Amazon in the US snap up British fare, such … Read More