Amazon MGM Studios has won a hotly contested auction to secure the rights to true-crime podcast series Murder 101, with Spider-Man: Homecoming‘s Jon Watts set to produce and direct. Murder 101 will be a feature film based on KT Studios’ and iHearts podcast series, which tells the story of a small Tennessee town, where a […]
Josh Gad-scripted Spaceballs 2 gets the go-ahead at Amazon MGM Studios
It’s a story that has been orbiting the entertainment news pages since 1987, but now a sequel to Mel Brooks’ Star Wars parody Spaceballs is set to become a reality over at Amazon MGM Studios. According to Deadline the legendary comedy director will remain on board as a producer on Spaceballs 2, which will be […]
Ben Barnes and Mary-Louise Parker to lead Stephen King adaptation The Institute
MGM+ has announced that it has given a eight-episode series order to The Institute, an adaptation of the 2019 novel from Stephen King. The series is being executive produced by King veterans director Jack Bender (Mr. Mercedes) and writer Benjamin Cavell (The Stand), and will see Ben Barnes (Shadow and Bone) and Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds) […]
Jensen Ackles to lead thriller series Countdown
Supernatural veteran Jensel Ackles has landed a new series over at Prime Video. Ackles will lead the thriller Countdown from One Chicago creator Derek Haas. Countdown follows “a suspicious murder in broad daylight, which leads to LAPD officer Mark Meachum (Ackles) being recruited to join a secret task force of undercover agents from all branches of law enforcement to investigate. […]
Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage’s Brothers acquired by Amazon MGM
Amazon MGM has bought the action comedy Brothers starring Josh Brolin (Dune: Part Two) and Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones). The film will have a limited theatrical release before premiering on Prime Video. Brothers tells the story of “a reformed criminal (Brolin) whose attempt at going straight is derailed when he reunites with his sanity-testing twin brother (Dinklage) […]
Nicolas Cage to play Spider-Man Noir in live-action Sony series for MGM+ and Prime Video
Having been revealed back in February of last year that Sony was developing a live-action Spider-Man Noir series for Prime Video, it has now been announced that Nicolas Cage is set to portray the title character, reprising his voice role from the Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Titled Noir, the show mark the first series […]
Legally Blonde spin-off in the works at Amazon
Elle Woods is a staple movie character of the 00s. Reese Witherspoon took the blonde law student and made her a culture icon, and she’s getting another stab at it. But this time, she’s taking over the small screen. Deadline broke the news that Witherspoon’s company, Hello Sunshine, is developing something related to Legally Blonde at […]
Jake Gyllenhaal’s Nine Stories signs first look deal with Amazon MGM Studios
After kicking down the streaming records for Prime Video, Jake Gyllenhaal is making a home at Amazon MGM Studios. Gyllenhaal is fresh off Road House, which became Amazon’s biggest-ever movie launch with 50 million viewers. He has penned a three-year, first-look film deal with his company, Nine Stories. “Jake is a one-of-a-kind talent whose passion and […]
Julia Roberts teams with Luca Guadagnino for After the Hunt
The movie queen herself is heading to Amazon Studios as Julia Roberts boards a new thriller. Roberts will join filmmaker Luca Guadagnino for After the Hunt. Screenwriter Nora Garrett is attached, and Brian Grazer and Allan Mandelbaum will produce for Imagine Entertainment. After the Hunt is described as an intense dramatic thriller about a college […]
