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"I mean, Jim Brown always been Jim Brown," laughs One Night In Miami star Aldis Hodge of the NFL legend he portrays in the Regina King-directed film. "The fact that he is still with us adds a different degree of pressure for me because I know that he is going to see it," Hodge added. "And any time you do a biopic, you…

EXCLUSIVE: In competitive bidding, Amazon Studios is in negotiations for Fuel, a pitch for an action vehicle movie for Lovecraft Country star Jurnee Smollett. She is attached to produce with Lovecraft Country EP Misha Green. The script will be written by Kat Wood. The plan is to develop this as a vehicle for Smollett…

Amazon isn’t being transparent in the weekend viewership of Coming 2 America, the Eddie Murphy comedy sequel the streamer picked up for $125 million back in October, which we first told you about. Rather they’ve serviced a statement pointing to The Digital Entertainment Group/Screen Engine/ASI’s VOD weekend rankings…

EXCLUSIVE: The Time 100 Women of the Year initiative is getting a scripted anthology series treatment. Amazon Studios is developing Women Of the Year, a TV adaptation of the Time 100 Women of the Year project and special issue, conceived by filmmaker Alma Har'el, which launched for International Women’s Day 2020 to…

Andrea Martin (Great News), Robert Ri’chard (Empire), Juani Feliz (Blue Bloods), Kate Rockwell (Mean Girls: The Musical) and Sullivan Jones (The Surrogate) are set for recurring roles on Amazon's Harlem, the comedy series from Tracy Oliver (Girls Trip), Amy Poehler's Paper Kite Productions and Universal TV. They’ll…

Georgia Brown, the director of European originals at Amazon Studios, is to become the advisory chair of the 2021 Edinburgh TV Festival. Brown is the first executive from a streaming company to take up the position, from which she will set the agenda and tone of the television biz’s annual gathering in Scotland. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon has greenlit a creepy thriller series from Hartswood Films, the British production company behind shows including Sherlock and Dracula. From the mind of rising British writer Tom Moran, The Devil’s Hour is a UK original that tells the story of a woman who wakes up every night at exactly 3.33AM, in…

Amazon’s serving up a new round of high fashion looks as Making the Cut has been renewed for Season 2. The fashion competition show, hosted by Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, will return to for its sophomore season in the summer. Making the Cut is filmed in Los Angeles and will feature  supermodel Winnie Harlow and designer…

An Amazon manager Charlotte Newman has sued the giant company for racial discrimination in hiring and accused several executives of abusive behavior and sexual harassment. In the expansive lawsuit filed Monday in District Court in Washington, D.C. (read it here), Newman, a former aide to Sen. Cory Booker, alleges the…

Republican Senators have asked Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in a letter why a book that “challenges the transgender movement” was pulled from sale on the website. The book, When Harry Became Sally by Ryan T. Anderson, was an Amazon bestseller. Its description says it provides “thoughtful answers to questions arising from our…

UPDATED, 11:40 AM: More than 1,700 members of the WGA East and West have signed a petition supporting the unionizing efforts of Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, AL. Signers include Tina Fey, Seth Meyers, Adam McKay, Sarah Silverman, Alfonso Cuarón, David Simon, Michael Schur, Tony Kushner, Damon Lindelof, WGA West…

Amazon Studios has acquired worldwide rights to My Name Is Pauli Murray, the Participant, Drexler and Storyville Films documentary which made its world premiere at Sundance. Fifteen years before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat, a full decade before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned separate-but-equal…