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TV Review – Amazon’s Utopia

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Martin Carr reviews Amazon’s Utopia… There is nothing else more topical on television right now than Utopia. No news broadcast, no change to lock down protocol and certainly no social distancing signifiers. Viruses have been part of the conversation globally for a while now, so people have inadvertently turned to television for solace. Needless to […]

New trailer and poster for Nick Frost and Simon Pegg’s Truth Seekers

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Amazon Prime has released a new trailer and poster for the Nick Frost and Simon Pegg-produced supernatural comedy Truth Seekers. The series follows a group of paranormal investigators as they team-up to uncover a deadly conspiracy and features a cast that includes Frost, Pegg, Emma D’Arcy, Samson Kayo, Malcolm McDowell, Susan Wokoma, and Julian Barratt; […]

Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings star says the show is “continually mind-blowing”

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With Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings recently resuming production in New Zealand following the film and TV industries shutting down due to the ongoing global health crisis, one of the stars of the series has teased her experience on-set so far. During an interview with NME, star Morfydd Clark, who is set to play young […]

Exclusive Interviews – The Boys Season 2 Cast and Crew

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Tai Freligh interviews the cast and crew of The Boys Season 2… The Boys, on Amazon Prime Video, is an irreverent take on what happens when superheroes, who are as popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians and as revered as Gods, abuse their superpowers rather than use them for good. Showrunner Eric Kripke along […]

Amazon picks up Awkwafina and Karen Gillan action comedy Shelly

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Jumanji: The Next Level co-stars Awkwafina and Karen Gillan are set to team up again in the upcoming action-comedy Shelly with Awkwafina as an assassin who targets her high school bully, and Deadline reports that Amazon Studios has picked up the rights to the film. Shelly follows the two women “a decade after an embarrassing prom […]

Amazon’s conspiracy thriller Utopia gets a trailer, key art and images

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Amazon Prime Video has released a trailer, poster and images for the conspiracy thriller Utopia, ahead of its arrival on the VOD service next month. Written by Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl, Sharp Objects), the series features a cast that includes Sasha Lane, Dan Byrd, Jessica Rothe, Ashleigh Lathrop, Desmin Borges, Cory Michael Smith, John Cusack […]

Welcome to the Blumhouse first-look images, casts and synopses revealed

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Earlier this week Amazon and Blumhouse announced a partnership to debut eight new horror features this October under the banner of Welcome to the Blumhouse, and now we have first-look images, casting details and synopses for the first four movies: Black Box, The Lie, Evil Eye and Nocturne. Check them out here… Black Box Directed […]

Amazon to launch Welcome to the Blumhouse, an eight-movie horror program

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Amazon Video is going to get a lot scarier this Halloween season. The streaming service will host eight brand-new horror films from genre giant Blumhouse, in a new horror program called Welcome to the Blumhouse. Coming this October, this two-week event is an upcoming collection of “eight unsettling, genre movies,” which are produced by Jason […]

Hunters renewed for second season by Amazon Studios

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The Nazi-hunting, Al Pacino-starring Hunters, will return for more hunting. Amazon Studios renewed the series for a second season following what many believe to be a stellar first season. The show comes from creator David Weil and sees Jordan Peele serve as its executive producer. The first season starred talents like Al Pacino, Logan Lerman, […]