It’s amazing what some award success can do not just for one’s reputation, but for their bank balance as well. Fresh from winning three Emmys for her hit comedy series Fleabag comes the news that Amazon has offered series creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge a massive $20 million deal to produce content for the streaming service for the next few years.
In 1862, daredevil balloon pilot Amelia Wren (Felicity Jones) teams up with pioneering meteorologist James Glaisher (Eddie Redmayne) to advance human knowledge of the weather and fly higher than anyone in history. While breaking records and advancing scientific discovery, their voyage to the very edge of existence helps the unlikely pair find their place in the world they have left far below them. But they face physical and emotional challenges in the thin air, as the ascent becomes a fight for survival.
The world's biggest studio is getting into the streaming game this November and it wants to allow a few more countries to experience that force when it does.
Carnival Row is Amazon's upcoming Victorian-style urban fantasy series starring Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne. With a serial killer loose on Carnival Row, and a government that turns a blind eye to the deaths of its lower class citizens, Rycroft Philostrate (Bloom), a war-hardened investigator, is the only person willing to stop the murders and maintain the fragile peace. But when Vignette Stonemoss (Delevingne), a faerie refugee, turns up in the Burgue, she forces Philo to reckon with a past he's tried to forget.
Event Horizon may be one of the most disturbing films ever made. The film hasn't aged too well though and is now getting adapted, this time into a TV series by Amazon.
The Boys TV series makes some major changes from its comic book source material, and it's all the better for it.
Just how do you go about creating the most expensive and highly anticipated TV series of all time? Well, for a start you need to have perhaps the best creative people possible to ensure that your massive investment is translated successfully.
After a competitive bidding process Amazon have won the rights to produce a TV series based on author Lee Child's most famous creation - Jack Reacher. This is the latest high profile acquisition the online giant has scored in recent years that's based on a best-selling series of novels.
Use a game soundtrack to build a coherent music video campaign, with vertical launch clips, lore videos and reusable artwork while gameplay footage is still in development.
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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