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  • Amazon Studios adds comedy ‘Catastrophe’ to its original series line-up

    Amazon Studios adds comedy ‘Catastrophe’ to its original series line-up

    MUMBAI: Amazon Studios, known for television series such as multi-Golden Globe winner Transparent, and comedy Mozart in the Jungle, has now added the hit comedy Catastrophe to its line-up of Amazon Original Series available exclusively on Prime Instant Video, for Prime members to enjoy at no additional cost to their membership.

     

    Written by US comedian and bestselling author, Rob Delaney, and award-winning actress, Sharon Horgan, Catastrophe is a half-hour comedy set in London about an Irish woman and American man struggling to start a relationship after their clumsy lust leads to pregnancy. Already a critical hit in the UK, Catastrophe is an Avalon Television production with co-producers Birdbath Productions and Merman. The series will be available exclusively for Prime members in the US this spring and will come to Prime Instant Video in the UK later this year.

     

    “Rob and Sharon have created an engaging, contemporary, funny and moving story. We are excited to bring Catastrophe exclusively to our Amazon Prime customers and can’t wait to hear what they think of the series,” said Amazon Studios vice president Roy Price.

     

    “We are delighted to be working with Amazon Studios, whose programming is rapidly proving to be some of the most original television currently being produced,” said Avalon Television joint managing director Jon Thoday.

     

    Catastrophe is produced by Jack Bayles and directed by Ben Taylor along with executive producers Richard Allen-Turner, Kara Baker, Rob Delaney, Sharon Horgan and Jon Thoday.

  • Amazon’s Prime Instant Video greenlights children’s pilots for production

    Amazon’s Prime Instant Video greenlights children’s pilots for production

    MUMBAI: Amazon Studios, the movie and series production arm of online retail major Amazon.com, has announced that five children‘s test pilots have been greenlit for production. This announcement comes on the heels of the first pilot production commitment in December, which greenlit six comedy pilots, bringing the total number of Amazon Studios pilots currently in production to 11.

    Once completed, all 11 pilots will be posted on Amazon Instant Video, Prime Instant Video, Lovefilm UK and Lovefilm Germany for Amazon customers to watch for free. Viewer feedback will help determine which series Amazon Studios should produce.

    Amazon Studios director Roy Price said, “Production is already under way for the first set of comedy pilots we announced last month, and now we are excited to add even more pilots to the list-five amazing preschool children‘s series. Our children‘s series come from industry luminaries with credits such as ‘Blue‘s Clues‘, ‘Sid the Science Kid‘ and ‘Dino Dan‘. We think parents-and our very youngest customers-are going to love the magical combination of entertainment and learning that they‘ll discover in these children‘s series.”

    Angela C Santomero (Blue‘s Clues), creator and executive producer of the debut series, which is one of five children‘s series to receive a pilot order said, “We are thrilled to be working with Amazon Studios on our pilot and can‘t wait to soar into a creative arts curriculum with Creative Galaxy. We know that art can have a powerfully positive effect on children, and through our proven signature approach to preschool television, we will actively help young viewers learn how to think creatively in their own lives. Working with Amazon Studios has been fantastic, and we look forward to jumping into the production process.”

    Children‘s pilots include ‘Creative Galaxy‘ which is an animated interactive art adventure series, designed to inspire kids‘ creative thinking through crafts, story, music and dance.

    Meanwhile ‘Oz Adventures‘ is a problem solving series, Dot, Dorothy‘s daughter, goes off to Oz everyday with the children of the beloved characters from L. Frank Baum‘s classic book, The Wizard of Oz. In each episode, the yellow brick road leads Dot to a new magical location where she solves problems alongside her Oz friends.