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‘The Rings of Power’ Showrunners Sign New Amazon Deal, Begin Early Work on Season 3 (Exclusive)
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power showrunners have struck a new overall deal with Amazon MGM Studios, a potentially bullish sign for the future of the fantasy series. Patrick McKay and JD Payne have signed a three-year deal which also launches their own production company, 10:40 PM Productions. The duo wrote and executive […]
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The Kid Laroi Doc From Amazon MGM Set to Debut This Month
A documentary feature about the swift rise to fame for singer The Kid Laroi is heading to Prime Video. The 20-year-old musician, known for the 2021 hit “Stay” that he performed with Justin Bieber, is the focus of filmmaker Michael D. Ratner’s forthcoming movie Kids Are Growing Up. The film from Amazon MGM Studios is […]
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America Ferrera’s Directorial Debut ‘I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter’ Moves to Amazon MGM From Netflix
Amazon MGM Studios’ Orion Pictures is developing America Ferrera’s feature directorial debut, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, after the project was previously set up at Netflix. Ferrera is set to direct from a script by Linda Yvette Chávez that adapts author Erika Sánchez’s best-selling 2017 young adult novel of the same name. The […]
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Zac Efron Hires John Cena to Become His Best Friend in Peter Farrelly’s ‘Ricky Stanicky’ Trailer
John Cena is the best friend whom Zac Efron never had in the first trailer for Prime Video’s comedy Ricky Stanicky. Peter Farrelly directed the Amazon MGM Studios feature that begins streaming March 7. The movie follows Dean (Efron) and two lifelong friends who invent an imaginary pal named Ricky Stanicky as someone to blame […]
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‘The Underdoggs’ Review: Snoop Dogg Drops a Fun and Dirty Football Comedy
Tika Sumpter and Mike Epps co-star in the R-rated Amazon Prime sports flick, which was produced by Kenya Barris.
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Jake Gyllenhaal’s a Nice Guy With a Mean Uppercut in Trailer for Doug Liman’s ‘Road House’
Jake Gyllenhaal is the Mr. Rogers of bar brawls in the first look at Doug Liman’s updated take on the Patrick Swayze and Sam Elliott 1989 classic, Road House. In the trailer, which is nearly two and a half minutes of nonstop knockouts, Gyllenhaal leads as Elwood Dalton, an ex-UFC middleweight fighter who takes one […]
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Tessa Thompson, Amazon MGM Studios Ink First Look Film Deal
Fresh from her appearance in the box office hit Creed III, Tessa Thompson and her Viva Maude production banner have signed a first-look film deal with Amazon MGM Studios. Viva Maude, launched by Thompson in 2020, is already in business with Amazon MGM Studios, under its Orion Pictures banner, on Hedda. Thompson has been cast to […]
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‘Role Play’ Director Reveals Scrapped Chaotic Ending for Kaley Cuoco and David Oyelowo’s Married Pair
[This story contains spoilers for the Prime Video film Role Play.] The team behind the Prime Video action-comedy movie Role Play had initially intended to make things a little extra challenging for Kaley Cuoco and David Oyelowo’s lead characters before the lights went up. Thomas Vincent, who directed the recent Amazon MGM Studios film from […]
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Amazon Makes Big Play for Faith-Based Content
Amazon MGM Studios is getting spiritual. The company announced Wednesday that it’s brokered a partnership with the recently formed Wonder Project, which bills itself as an independent studio designed to “develop series and films rooted in spirituality.” The latter is led by veteran producer Jon Erwin (Jesus Revolution) and former Netflix and YouTube exec Kelly […]
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Amazon MGM Studios Plans Toronto Production Hub With Five Stages Leased From Pinewood Group (Exclusive)
Amazon MGM Studios has signed a lease for 160,000 square feet of new soundstages and office space at Pinewood Toronto Studios to establish a Canadian production hub. Amazon has had a presence in Canada since 2015 and Prime Video is home to shows like Reacher and The Boys, both of which are shot in and around Toronto. The deal […]
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‘The Beekeeper’ Review: Jason Statham Makes Honey Out of David Ayer’s Bruisingly Silly Revenge Thriller
Josh Hutcherson, Jeremy Irons and Phylicia Rashad also star in this body pileup orchestrated by a retired government killing machine taking down a massive phishing scam.
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‘Expats’ Trailer Sees Nicole Kidman’s Privileged Life in Hong Kong Spiral Out of Control
The first trailer for Amazon Prime Video’s Hong Kong-set Expats has dropped, and we get our clearest look at the Lulu Wang-directed drama based on the bestselling novel The Expatriates by Janice Y. K. Lee. In the clip, we see three American women living in Hong Kong during 2014, a year when the city was […]
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