Amazon Studios earned a single Academy Award nomination Tuesday morning, with “Argentina, 1985” getting a nod for best international feature film. Netflix stole the show among streaming services, garnering 16… Read More
A documentary film about wildlife conservation and the redemptive power of nature, shot primarily in the Amazonian rainforest of Peru, has a connection to another Amazon — in Seattle. The… Read More
One year ago, the last question put to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos during his final shareholder meeting as the company’s CEO was an important one. It was, in essence: Has… Read More
Amazon scored four nominations Tuesday for the 94th Academy Awards, led by three stars of the film “Being the Ricardos, about “I Love Lucy” stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.… Read More
Are you ready to head back to Middle Earth? Amazon Studios revealed the title and trailer Wednesday for its highly anticipated prequel to the “Lord of the Rings” series, called… Read More
Amazon’s desire to be an even bigger player in Hollywood could involve the acquisition of MGM, according to an exclusive report by The Information on Monday. The report cites a… Read More
Russell Wilson and Ciara are getting into the film and television production business with Amazon Studios. The Seattle Seahawks quarterback and his Grammy-winning entertainer wife have signed a first-look deal to… Read More
— Ad Lightning co-founder Scott Moore is stepping down from his CEO role for personal reasons but will remain on the board of directors and support the company’s business strategy.… Read More
Amazon picked up two Oscars Sunday night during the 93rd Academy Awards as the annual celebration of the best in film took on a more subdued approach because of the… Read More
After a year in which most moviegoers had to avoid theaters and catch films at home, streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon cleaned up Monday in nominations for the… Read More
Amazon captured another three Golden Globe awards Sunday night as the annual celebration of film and television took on the look of a long-running Zoom meeting from the homes of… Read More
How will Amazon maintain its culture as it approaches 1.3 million employees and prepares for its founder Jeff Bezos to step down as CEO? One answer is the set of… Read More
Amazon is headed to the 78th Golden Globe Awards later this month on the strength of 10 nominations, the most the company’s studio division has received since 2017. With more… Read More
Streaming television’s recent awards show successes took a bit of a back seat on Sunday night, as HBO outpaced Netflix, Amazon and others at the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards. Netflix… Read More
“The Joker” was laughing at the rest of Hollywood on Monday morning with a leading 11 Oscar nominations, including best picture, lead actor and director, but Netflix again streamed its… Read More
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the creator and star of the Emmy Award-winning Amazon Prime Video series “Fleabag,” has signed a new deal with Amazon Studios that could be worth around $20 million,… Read More
Amazon pulled out all the stops — and stopped the flow of traffic — with a Los Angeles promotion on Thursday for its television hit “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” In… Read More
Amazon is reworking its film strategy, looking to get back on track after a couple of box office misses and a reportedly rough transition into self-distribution. In an interview with… Read More
There’s plenty of s*it on television. Promoting it as such is generally not the norm for studios. Amazon Studios was having some fun on Twitter on Thursday and Friday —… Read More
Amazon returned to another awards show and took home more prizes Sunday night, as the tech giant won again at the Golden Globe Awards. CEO Jeff Bezos was on hand… Read More
In a tumultuous year for Amazon Studios, Amazon’s motion picture and video division, head of film Jason Roppell has stepped down, according to Screen Daily. The move comes after an… Read More
The head of Amazon Studios confirms that the plan to announce the rescue of “The Expanse” was cooked up while Amazon’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, was sitting at a dinner… Read More
LOS ANGELES — I wanted to start out talking with Jeff Bezos tonight about his vision for settling outer space, but the billionaire founder of Amazon and Blue Origin had other… Read More
Just days after the Syfy channel announced it was canceling “The Expanse,” sparking a fan campaign to save the space opera, The Hollywood Reporter says Amazon Studios is in talks… Read More
Actor Anthony Hopkins made a star turn in a commercial for Amazon during the Super Bowl this year, but his latest work for Amazon Studios and the BBC will be… Read More
The back-and-forth battle for awards season supremacy among the streaming services shifted back to Netflix on Sunday night at the 90th Academy Awards. “Icarus,” a film that helped expose widespread… Read More
Amazon Studios officially fired actor and Transparent star Jeffrey Tambor Thursday following an investigation into sexual harassment allegations, according to a report by the Hollywood Reporter. Amazon confirmed to GeekWire… Read More
Amazon Studios has named NBC Entertainment executive Jennifer Salke as its new leader, several months after Roy Price was forced to resign as the head of the studio amid allegations… Read More
A year after taking home three Academy Awards in a first for any streaming service, Amazon Studios will return to the big event thanks to a nomination this year for… Read More
Amazon has consolidated its Fresh, Prime Now and Restaurant delivery services under one executive: Stephenie Landry. The move was reported by Recode. Landry is, by all measures, a rising star at… Read More