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  • ‘Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams’ Trailer Unveils Trippy Sci-Fi Anthology Series

    Is this all just a dream?

    In first trailer for Amazon’s “Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams,” one character muses on that very question: “I dreamt you and I think maybe you dreamt me too.” The 10-episode sci-fi anthology series is based on Dick’s collection of writing. Much like “Black Mirror,” each “Electric Dreams” episode tells a unique story starring different actors.

    The heavyweight cast includes Steve Buscemi, Bryan Cranston, Greg Kinnear, Anna Paquin, Terrence Howard, Maura Tierney, Janelle Monae, Richard Madden, Liam Cunningham, Vera Farmiga, Juno Temple, Essie Davis, Benedict Wong, and Jacob Vargas.

    Dick wrote many seminal works, including the novel that inspired “Blade Runner” (which has a new sequel in “Blade Runner 2049”), “Minority Report,” and “The Man in the High Castle.” His stories tend to take place in a dystopian future in which humans lived uneasily with advanced technology.

    “Electric Dreams” is slated to stream on Amazon sometime in 2018.

  • Watch John Krasinski as ‘Jack Ryan’ in Amazon’s Tense First Teaser

    Alec Baldwin. Harrison Ford. Ben Affleck. Chris Pine. And now John Krasinski.

    “The Office” alum is the latest star to take on author “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” in a new Amazon Original Series of that name.

    The series will debut on Prime Video in 2018.

    The stars will make their first appearance at New York Comic-Con this Saturday, Oct. 7, and that’s also when we’ll get the first full trailer.

    For now, fans can check out Amazon’s first-look footage, just giving a glimpse of Krasinski in the lead role of Tom Clancy hero Jack Ryan.

    Check out the first teaser:Here’s more from Amazon:

    “The one-hour, eight-episode dramatic series follows an up-and-coming CIA analyst thrust into a dangerous field assignment for the first time. The series follows Ryan as he uncovers a pattern in terrorist communication that launches him into the center of a dangerous gambit with a new breed of terrorism that threatens destruction on a global scale.

    Amazon will debut Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, from Paramount Television and Skydance Television, in 2018 on Prime Video. The series also stars Wendell Pierce (Ray Donovan, The Wire) and Abbie Cornish (Limitless). It is executive produced by Carlton Cuse (Lost, Bates Motel) who also serves as the showrunner, Krasinski, Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes, and Graham Roland (Almost Human), who wrote the pilot based on a story he and Cuse developed.”

    The role of Jack Ryan was previously played in five films. First Alec Baldwin was Jack Ryan in “The Hunt for Red October” (1990), then Harrison Ford in both “Patriot Games” (1992) and “Clear and Present Danger” (1994). Years later, Ben Affleck had the role for “The Sum of All Fears” (2002), and then Chris Pine for his own movie, “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” (2014).

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  • Thank God! Jon Hamm to Play Angel in ‘Good Omens’ Series

    HBO's Post Emmy Awards Reception - ArrivalsOn a day when we could all use some good news, the folks at Amazon have blessed us with a heavenly bit of casting: Jon Hamm is set to play an angel in the streaming service’s upcoming TV adaptation of “Good Omens.”

    Hamm, who starred on “Mad Men” and most recently appeared in a recurring role on “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” will return to TV in the role of the archangel Gabriel, a part that has been expanded significantly from the original book, co-written by Neil Gaiman and the late Terry Pratchett. In a statement, Gaiman explained the thinking behind that decision.

    According to the author, he and Pratchett first dreamed up the concept of giving the 1990 book’s angels a bigger platform when they were working on a sequel. Though that tome never materialized, they continued with the idea while penning a “Good Omens” movie. That project also foundered.

    “So when, almost thirty years later, I started writing ‘Good Omens’ for TV, one thing I knew was that our angels would have to be in there,” Gaiman explained in his statement. “The leader of these angels is Gabriel. He is everything that Aziraphale isn’t: he’s tall, good-looking, charismatic and impeccably dressed. We were fortunate that Jon Hamm was available, given that he is already all of these things without even having to act. We were even more fortunate that he’s a fan of the books and a remarkable actor.”

    “I read ‘Good Omens’ almost twenty years ago,” Hamm said in his own statement. “I thought it was one of the funniest, coolest books I’d ever read. It was also, obviously, unfilmable. Two months ago Neil sent me the scripts, and I knew I had to be in it.”

    “Good Omens” stars Michael Sheen as the angel Aziraphale and David Tennant as the demon Crowley. It’s expected to debut on Amazon with a six-episode run sometime in 2019.

    [via: Empire]

  • Apple, Amazon Vie For James Bond Rights, Making a TV Show Possible

    The competition for the film rights to James Bond has been shaken and stirred by the arrival of new contenders in Apple and Amazon.

    According to the Hollywood Reporter, the digital companies are bidding for 007, a move that drastically changes the landscape for the property — considered one of the last big “untapped brands.”

    MGM and Eon Productions have been looking for a new distribution deal since their last one with Sony expired after 2015’s “Spectre.” Warner Bros. is apparently still in the lead, with Sony, Universal, and Fox also in the mix, but Apple and Amazon bring big, fat checkbooks.

    Apple, in particular, is considered a fearsome contender. The tech giant is investing more into original content. Two former Sony Television execs defected to Apple, and their involvement leads to speculation that Apple (or Amazon) could develop a James Bond TV series to stream on their platforms.

    “In the world of Lucasfilm and Marvel, Bond feels really underdeveloped,” a source told THR. Both of those other franchises utilize their properties in both movies and TV.

  • Cara Delevingne Joins Orlando Bloom in Amazon’s ‘Carnival Row’

    Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Mexico City film PremiereModeling? Check. Movies? Check. Now, “Suicide Squad” star Cara Delevingne is setting her sights on television.

    The supermodel/actress is joining Orlando Bloom in the upcoming Amazon series “Carnival Row.” The eight-episode fantasy drama revolves around mythical creatures who flee their war-torn homes to settle in a city, where tensions arise between citizens and the refugees. The fraught atmosphere only gets worse after a string of unsolved murders.

    Delevingne will play Vignette Stonemoss, a faerie harboring secrets. Bloom is a police detective who investigates the death of a faerie showgirl on Carnival Row, despite the prejudices against the faerish refugees.

    This is Delevingne’s (and Bloom’s) first major television role. She most recently appeared in “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,” and before that, “Suicide Squad.” Her next film is “Tulip Fever,” out this weekend.

  • ‘Fleabag’ Season 2 Coming to Amazon in 2019


    Good news: “Fleabag” is returning for a second season. Bad news: Not until 2019.

    Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who created and starred in the acclaimed British dark comedy, said in a statement, “I asked myself if Fleabag has more to say and frankly she hasn’t shut up since. Series two will be a whole new adventure and I’m beyond thrilled to be coming back.”

    “Fleabag” followed the life of an unnamed British woman who used biting humor to battle overwhelming grief. The show deployed both flashbacks and breakdowns of the fourth wall, when Waller-Bridge addressed the camera with snarky quips. It was hailed by critics, though never quite attained mass buzz or the Emmy nominations it deserved.

    (Seriously, if you haven’t seen it: Run to Amazon right now and binge it. Thank us later.)

    The long wait between seasons is due to Waller-Bridge’s burgeoning career. She booked a role, reportedly as a droid, in the upcoming young Han Solo “Star Wars” movie. She’s also writing and producing the BBC America drama “Killing Eve,” starring Sandra Oh.

  • Lucille Ball Biopic Starring Cate Blanchett Is Coming to Amazon

    'Manifesto' premiere - 2017 Tribeca Film FestivalAfter several years in development, it looks like the Lucille Ball biopic starring Cate Blanchett is finally moving forward, with Amazon Studios snagging the rights to the high-profile project this week.

    Deadline reports that the flick, called “Lucy and Desi,” is currently casting to find its other titular star, with producers reportedly looking for a big name to play Ball’s on- and off-screen husband, Desi Arnaz. According to the trade, Blanchett’s fellow Oscar winner Javier Bardem is being floated as one possibility.

    Stars of a similar wattage are also reportedly being sought to play the other members of the key “I Love Lucy” foursome, William Frawley and Vivian Vance, a.k.a. Lucy and Ricky’s friends and landlords, Fred and Ethel. No specific names have been made public just yet, though.

    Blanchett was first linked to the feature back in 2015, and according to The Hollywood Reporter, is still not officially on board, but is currently in talks. The script for “Lucy and Desi” was penned by Aaron Sorkin, and chronicles the relationship of Ball and Arnaz, who were married for 20 years before splitting in 1960. The couple’s children, Lucie Arnaz Luckinbill and Desi Arnaz Jr., are producing the authorized biopic, which will be based in part on memoirs written by both of their late parents.

    Stay tuned to see who they find to play the Desi/Ricky to Blanchett’s Lucy.

    [via: Deadline, THR]

  • New ‘Black America’ Series Has Everything Twitter Wanted From ‘Confederate’

    Fifth Annual New York Times Arts & Leisure WeekendCheckmate. Amazon slyly waited until after the backlash to HBO’s “Confederate” to reveal the plot of its own upcoming alternate U.S. history series, “Black America,” and so far fans like this one much better.

    “Black America” has been in the works at Amazon for over a year, with Deadline first announcing the project in February, simply as an untitled alt-universe series similar to Amazon’s “The Man in the High Castle.” New details just came out today, and the post-“Confederate” timing is not coincidental. At all.

    As Will Packer (shown below) — lead producer of the project alongside Aaron McGruder (shown above) — told Deadline, “It felt this was the appropriate time to make sure that audiences and the creative community knew that there was a project that preexisted and we are pretty far down the road with it.”

    US-ENTERTAINMENT-GIRLS TRIPLike “Confederate,” “Black America” also envisions a different post-Civil War outcome in the U.S. However, in this case, slavery did not continue into modern times. Here’s more on “Black America,” via Deadline:

    “It envisions an alternate history where newly freed African Americans have secured the Southern states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama post-Reconstruction as reparations for slavery, and with that land, the freedom to shape their own destiny. The sovereign nation they formed, New Colonia, has had a tumultuous and sometimes violent relationship with its looming “Big Neighbor,” both ally and foe, the United States. The past 150 years have been witness to military incursions, assassinations, regime change, coups, etc. Today, after two decades of peace with the U.S. and unprecedented growth, an ascendant New Colonia joins the ranks of major industrialized nations on the world stage as America slides into rapid decline. Inexorably tied together, the fate of two nations, indivisible, hangs in the balance.”

    That immediately sounded better to fans than the alt-history of “Confederate.” Supporters of #NoConfederate — which was trending on Twitter during last Sunday’s “Game of Thrones” — joined others to cheer “Black America,” getting it trending on Twitter:

    “Black America” has been in the works for a while, so we should expect to hear more about it — casting, premiere date, etc. — fairly soon, as opposed to “Confederate,” which was still in the early planning stages.

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  • ‘Transparent’ Season 4 Trailer Sends the Pfeffermans to Israel

    “Transparent” is going Holy (to the Holy Land, that is) in Season 4.

    Amazon released the first trailer for the fourth season of its Emmy-nominated series. When Maura (Jeffrey Tambor) heads to Israel for a conference, the entire Pfefferman clan decides to tag along to learn more about their family history. Dysfunctional family dynamics ensue!

    “I have no idea what boundaries are,” says Shelly (Judith Light) at one point, which just about sums it all up.

    The trailer checks in on all of the family members, with siblings Sarah (Amy Landecker), Ali (Gaby Hoffmann) and Josh (Jay Duplass) attempting to count the number of their sexual partners. Alia Shawkat makes an appearance as a new acquaintance. And Maura drops the stunning revelation that she’s dating … a man!

    The show included a statement with the trailer, seemingly directed at President Donald Trump, who recently tweeted that transgender people could no longer serve in the military.

    We are honored to share the trailer for ‘Transparent’ Season 4. We feel very lucky to get to make art inspired by themes of love, home and boundaries, and how they operate in both human beings as well as nations.” “At ‘Transparent’ we believe in the integrity of the trans community, which we know firsthand because we are all either trans or allies to the trans community.

    It is a revolutionary act for a trans person to simply leave the house and walk down the street. We tap into the incredible history of survival the trans community has achieved against all odds, knowing that our fight is noble and on the side of justice and human rights.

    “Transparent” Season 4 will be available to stream Sept. 22 on Amazon.

  • Channing Tatum’s ‘Comrade Detective’ Trailer for Amazon Is a Dubbed Retro Romanian Riot

    Can you even imagine how the pitch for “Comrade Detective” went at Amazon? Let’s make an ’80s Cold War Romanian buddy cop comedy spoof and dub it in English with a voice cast led by Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Brilliant!

    The trailer takes it to a meta level, starting with Channing Tatum as Channing Tatum, receiving a VHS tape of “our favorite forgotten Romanian television show,” which stars Romanian actors Florin Piersic Jr. and Corneliu Ulici with their lines dubbed by Tatum and Gordon-Levitt. The rest of the Romanian cast will be dubbed by stars including Fred Armisen, Nick Offerman, Jenny Slate, and Jerrod Carmichael.

    Watch the spoof trailer now:This has cult classic written all over it, but seeing will be believing. Because this looks and sound insane.

    Here’s the full synopsis from Amazon:

    “In the thick of 1980’s Cold War hysteria, the Romanian government created the country’s most popular and longest-running series, Comrade Detective, a sleek and gritty police show that not only entertained its citizens but also promoted Communist ideals and inspired a deep nationalism. The action-packed and blood-soaked first season finds Detectives Gregor Anghel (played by Florin Piersic, Jr and voiced by Channing Tatum) and Joseph Baciu (played by Corneliu Ulici and voiced by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) investigating the murder of fellow officer Nikita Ionesco and, in the process, unraveling a subversive plot to destroy their country that is fueled by—what else—but the greatest enemy: Capitalism. Though the beloved show was sadly forgotten about after the fall of the Berlin Wall, it has been rediscovered and digitally remastered now with its main heroes voiced by Tatum and Gordon-Levitt. Comrade Detective is a true portal into a time and place and a powerful reminder of what art can be—and it is now ready to be seen by the modern world on a larger scale than ever before.”

    “Comrade Detective premieres Friday, August 4 on Amazon Prime Video.

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