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EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM opened this year’s SXSW with a bang with Road House, and they’re going to end it tonight with another one, that being Michael Showalter’s Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine romance movie, The Idea of You. But an intriguing stat has arisen before tonight’s world premiere and…

Amazon is doubling down on home renovation. The streamer has ordered Going Home with Tyler Cameron, fronted by The Bachelorette star. It comes on the back of series such as Hollywood Houselift with Jeff Lewis, which just aired its second season. The eight-part series launches on April 18…

EXCLUSIVE: Mamie Gummer (True Detective), Caitlin FitzGerald (Succession) and Candice King (The Vampire Diaries) are set as leads in We Were Liars, Prime Video’s series adaptation of E. Lockhart's YA novel We Were Liars, which hails from Julie Plec, Carina Adly MacKenzie, Universal Television and Amazon…

EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video is today beginning job consultations with staff in Europe, we hear. It’s understood a figure of less than 5% of staff face layoffs through the cuts, which were triggered earlier this year when VP of Prime Video in EMEA Barry Furlong unveiled a restructure that impacts Europe…

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Prime Video's remake of British game show The 1% Club has found its host as well as a broadcast partner. Patton Oswalt has been tapped to host the format, which tests the nation's intelligence, based on a scientific survey, and Fox has taken the second window in an interesting and…

"I want you to be nice until it’s time to not be nice," Patrick Swayze's James Dalton says in the original Road House from 1989. That line from the screenplay co-written by David Lee Henry may have taken on a new significance for Amazon Studios, MGM Studios and United Artists on Tuesday with a new…

MGM+’s Michael Katzer is relocating to London to become the streamer’s Head of International. According to an internal note from MGM+ Global General Manager Josh McIvor, Katzer be the GM for all business outside the U.S. at the Amazon-owned platform, overseeing day-to-day operations and supporting…

Amazon is joining the upfronts crowd, scheduling an event on May 14, in the middle of a series of presentations to ad buyers by media and tech companies. The tech giant will host its first event on the morning of May 14, pitching ad buyers on Amazon's streaming TV offerings, including Prime Video…

Amazon is pushing back against recent industry chatter and a new press report indicating that it is planning to shut down Freevee.  “There are no changes to Freevee,” a company spokesperson said in a statement provided to Deadline. “Amazon Freevee remains an important streaming offering providing…

The planned sports streamer team-up between Disney, Warner Bros Discovery and Fox may be stuck at the starting line if Fubo TV gets its way in court. Looking at billions in damages, an antitrust lawsuit filed this morning by the nearly decade old live sports platform aims to stymie the trio's big…

Amazon MGM Studios has a new head of global formats. The company has promoted Anaïs Baker to the role. It follows the departure of CJ Yu, who held a similar role, at the end of last year. Baker, who is LA-based, has been with the company for around two and a half years, previously working under…

Amazon said its spending on video and music content grew 14% in 2023, reaching $18.9 billion. The figure, disclosed Friday morning in the company’s annual report filed with the SEC, includes licensing and production costs for Prime member offerings as well as costs for digital subscriptions and sold…