by Ben | Oct 14, 2019 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON & CULVER CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 11, 2019– Today, Howard University and Amazon Studios (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced the launch of Howard Entertainment, a program designed to diversify the entertainment industry by creating a...
by Ben | Sep 18, 2019 | Press Releases
CULVER CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sep. 17, 2019– (NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon Studios announced today that its series based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s iconic fantasy novels The Lord of the Rings will shoot in New Zealand. Pre-production has started, and...
by Ben | Jun 16, 2019 | Press Releases
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jun. 14, 2019– Amazon Studios announced today that Lili Reinhart (Riverdale) will star in writer/director Richard Tanne’s coming-of-age drama and romance film, Chemical Hearts. Based on the beloved novel Our Chemical...
by Ben | Mar 27, 2018 | Press Releases
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mar. 26, 2018– (NASDAQ: AMZN)– Amazon Studios today announced it has greenlit a straight-to-series order of a four-hour miniseries based on the epic saga of Hernan Cortes. The series, from three-time Academy...
by Ben | Nov 15, 2017 | Press Releases
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov. 13, 2017– (NASDAQ: AMZN)–Amazon today announced it has acquired the global television rights to The Lord of the Rings, based on the celebrated fantasy novels by J.R.R. Tolkien, with a multi-season...