Amazon acquires UK TV rights for CBS’ American Gothic and BrainDead

American Gothic and BrainDead have been acquired by Amazon for exclusive streaming in the UK.

CBS’ two shows will premiere on Amazon Prime Video every week this summer.

American Gothic, which is created by Corinne Brinkerhoff and James Frey, … Read More

Amazon pilot reviews: The Interestings, The Last Tycoon, Little Big Awesome and more

Amazon’s summer 2016 pilot season is here, with two adult dramas and six kids’ series available for anyone (including non-Amazon Prime Video subscribers) to stream for free. Audience feedback is then used to choose which pilots get commissioned to become … Read More

Eat the World: Amazon orders original cooking series

Amazon is serving up a new cooking docuseries for Prime Video subscribers.

Eat the World with Emeril Lagasse will premiere on Amazon Prime Video on 2nd September. The show will follow Emeril Lagasse (Emeril Live, Top Chef) and some of … Read More

Amazon announces NFL original series All or Nothing

Amazon is taking to the football pitch this summer for a new original series, All or Nothing.

Update (21st July): Official image from the show added.

Produced by NFL Films and narrated by Jon Hamm, the docu-series follows the Arizona … Read More

Amazon’s Annedroids Season 3 will arrive on 24th June

Season 3 of Annedroids will arrive on Friday 24th June.

The live-action adventure series follows Anne, a young female scientist, her human friends and the android assistants she’s created, and the scientific discoveries they make, while undertaking the biggest experiment … Read More

Sundance and chill: The changing relationship between film festivals and VOD

Earlier this year, Amazon and Netflix made headlines by becoming the top buyers at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. By the end of the festival, both companies had secured the rights to multiple titles, with Amazon paying … Read More

Griffin Dunne joins Kevin Bacon in Amazon’s I Love Dick pilot

Jill Soloway is building the cast for her new Amazon pilot, I Love Dick.

The TV episode, which will premiere later this year as part of Amazon’s regular pilot seasons, has lined Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Hahn for its cast – … Read More

Amazon’s The Grand Tour kicks off in Joburg – how to win tickets

Amazon’s The Grand Tour is kicking off in Johannesburg, the VOD service has announced.

The new Clarkson, Hammond and May motoring show, following their split with the BBC, will record its first studio segments for the opening episode in South … Read More

Kelsey Grammar, Mike Newell and Michael Peña lead Amazon’s 2016 pilot season

Amazon has announced the line-up for its summer 2016 pilot season – and Kelsey Grammar, Mike Newell and Michael Peña are just some of the names behind the new shows.

The pilots include two one-hour episodes for adults and no … Read More

Frank Spotnitz steps down as The Man in the High Castle showrunner

Frank Spotnitz stepped down as showrunner of The Man in the High Castle.

Amazon’s original series, based on the book by Philip K. Dick, is one of the streaming service’s best to date, telling the story of an alternate world … Read More