Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ reportedly has its first cast member

Amazon may have picked the first cast member for its upcoming Lord of the Rings TV series. Sources told several media outlets today that Australian actress Markella Kavenagh will be a series regular in the streaming giant's high-budget rendition of t...

Amazon plans series based on the Jack Reacher novels

Amazon is reportedly working on a series based on Jack Reacher, the character from Lee Child's bestselling crime-thriller novels. According to Deadline, Amazon Studios landed the rights to develop a script-to-series drama. Scorpion creator Nick Santo...

Jurassic World’s J.A. Bayona to direct Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series

Amazon's highly anticipated TV rendition of Middle-earth has secured some directing talent. Spanish director J.A. Bayona will direct the first two episodes of The Lord of the Rings series and serve as executive producer, reported Deadline. The young...

Amazon’s sci-fi drama ‘Bliss’ to star Salma Hayek and Owen Wilson

What if Elon Musk is right and we're living in a simulation? Salma Hayek and Owen Wilson will star in Bliss, a new sci-drama for Amazon Studios that explores this question further. Written and directed by Mike Cahill (Another Earth), the production s...

Amazon’s first ‘Lord of the Rings’ teaser is a minimal Middle-earth map

As things stand, we know very little about Amazon's Lord of the Rings Prime Video series. We do know it will last several seasons and it will include some familiar characters from J.R.R. Tolkien's books, though Amazon was clear it's not remaking Pete...

Amazon’s new video originals include ‘The Power’ and a FIFA scandal

In a bid to counter Netflix's aggressive overseas expansion, Amazon has ordered a raft of international content for its Prime Video subscription service. Of the 20 shows on its 2019 slate, 17 are new originals, according to Variety. They include a Br...