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Viggo Mortensen has sage advice for whoever plays young Aragorn in the series

sudshr47 November 8, 2018

What should you do if you want to become Aragorn, a Ranger of Middle Earth, and heir to the throne of Gondor?

Viggo Mortensen has offered up some sage, and delightfully nerdy advice for whoever takes on the role of young Aragorn in the forthcoming Amazon series: get reading.

In an interview with Collider, the infamously studious actor, who played the beloved role in Peter Jackson’s Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings trilogy, said that although he hasn’t seen the scripts and there are no actors rumoured for the role, the lucky actor should hit the books. Read more…

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The least believable thing about ‘Jack Ryan’ might be his D.C. commute

sudshr47 September 4, 2018

Hollywood often requires a level suspension of disbelief from its audience, especially in TV shows like Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan re-re-re-re-reboot on Amazon.
But the titular character’s navigation of our nation’s capital is a stretch of the imag…

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Amazon Studios no longer wants your input on TV pilots

sudshr47 July 30, 2018

Amazon will no longer let audiences vote on which TV pilots they want to see developed into full-length series.
According to an Entertainment Weekly report, executives from Amazon Studios told a group of reporters on Saturday that the company would b…

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The stunning trailer for ‘Beautiful Boy’ promises Steve Carell, Timothee Chalamet, and lots of ugly crying

sudshr47 June 27, 2018

Typically, we only get 30 seconds from that first feeling of a lump in our throat to full blown sobbing. Luckily, Amazon Studios’ new trailer has blessed us all with months to prepare for the inevitable ugly crying that will accompany Beautiful B…

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Leaked documents reveal how Amazon’s TV shows make them tons of cash

sudshr47 March 15, 2018

Amazon has been mum about how it makes many of its (sometimes questionable) entertainment programming decisions. Now, based on leaked internal documents, it looks like the answer is cold hard cash.

Reuters has acquired Amazon financial information that for the first time provides insight into just how profitable and widely watched Amazon’s Prime Originals and streaming service are. Significantly, the documents shed light on the financial strategy of Prime Originals — specifically, how Amazon’s entertainment venture contributes to the growth of its Prime subscriber base, and overall subscription business profitability. Read more…

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Amazon renews Lore for a second season

sudshr47 February 26, 2018

Amazon has renewed Lore for a second season, bringing on Sean Crouch (from The Exorcist and Numb3rs) as showrunner. Lore is an anthology series focused on the supernatural, adopted from the Lore podcast by Aaron Mahnke. The first season of Lore c…

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Amazon renews Lore for a second season

sudshr47 February 26, 2018

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Jeffrey Tambor officially fired from ‘Transparent’ following sexual harassment allegations

sudshr47 February 15, 2018

Actor Jeffrey Tambor has officially been fired from Amazon’s Transparent over claims of sexual harassment, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Amazon investigated the harassment claims of Tambor’s former assistant Van Barnes and costar Trace Lysette…

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Amazon greenlights the fifth season of Bosch

sudshr47 February 13, 2018

Amazon Prime Video’s longest running hour-long original series is back for yet another season.
The company has greenlit Season 5 of Bosch, the Emmy-nominated series based on Michael Connelly’s detective/crime fiction novels.
Bosch follows LAPD Detective Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch as he tries to solve the most elusive cases. The fifth season is based on the novel Angels… Read More

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Amazon greenlights the fifth season of Bosch

sudshr47 February 13, 2018

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NBC exec Jennifer Salke named head of Amazon Studios

sudshr47 February 9, 2018

Amazon Studios has finally found a replacement for Roy Price after the executive stepped down in mid-October over sexual harassment claims. Jennifer Salke will be filling in the top spot at the online studio after serving for six years as NBC’s Entertainment President. “We are thrilled to announce that Jennifer Salke will be joining us as the Head of Amazon… Read More

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Amazon is on the hook for three more Woody Allen movies

sudshr47 January 31, 2018

Woody Allen’s actors may be starting to abandon him, but Woody Allen’s distributor won’t get off so easily.

Not only is Amazon Studios already on the hook to release Allen’s A Rainy Day in New York, it’s just the second in a five-picture deal struck in 2016 by Roy Price, the studio head who was pushed out after his own wave of sexual harassment allegations.

In other words, Amazon is now in the unenviable spot of either sticking with Allen, at a time when critics and stars are publicly distancing themselves from him – or paying him a whole bunch of money to sever that contract. Read more…

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