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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jan 19, 2015 8:59:25 GMT -6
deadline.com/2015/01/amazon-studios-original-movies-ted-hop-transparent-jeff-bezos-1201353181/A week after taking home two Golden Globes for its breakout series Transparent, the Jeff Bezos-founded studio said today that its aiming for the big screen. Amazon Studios announced that it will produce and acquire movies to be shown on the big screen before moving online on Amazon Prime. “Whereas it typically takes 39 to 52 weeks for theatrical movies to premiere on subscription video services, Amazon Original Movies will premiere on Prime Instant Video in the U.S. just 4 to 8 weeks after their theatrical debut,” said the company Monday morning. To that end, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Eat Drink Man Woman, among others, producer Ted Hope was named as the Head of Production for Amazon Original Movies. “Amazon Original Movies will be synonymous with films that amaze, excite, and move our fans, wherever customers watch,” Hope said Monday. “We look forward to expanding our production efforts into feature films. Our goal is to create close to twelve movies a year with production starting later this year,” said Roy Price, Vice President, Amazon Studios in a statement today. “Not only will we bring Prime Instant Video customers exciting, unique, and exclusive films soon after a movie’s theatrical run, but we hope this program will also benefit filmmakers, who too often struggle to mount fresh and daring stories that deserve an audience.”
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jan 19, 2015 15:55:56 GMT -6
variety.com/2015/digital/news/amazons-2015-theatrical-movies-wont-come-from-its-current-film-slate-1201408799/Amazon’s 2015 Theatrical Movies Won’t Come from Its Current Film Slate Amazon Studios currently lists 14 movie projects in development, which it has procured through its over-the-transom script-submission process. But the company said those won’t be among the titles it releases as part of its new initiative for theatrical-first distribution. On Monday Amazon announced that it would produce or acquire up to 12 movies per year, to be released in theaters four to eight weeks before becoming available on Prime Instant Video. The company has hired producer Ted Hope to run the group and expects budgets to be in the range of $5 million-$25 million. It hasn’t specified genres it’s pursuing at this point except to say the movies “will focus on unique stories, voices and characters from top and up-and-coming creators.” The new titles are anticipated as coming through a traditional studio development process, not via Amazon Studios’ script-submission program. In a statement, Amazon Studios VP Roy Price said, “We still have an open door for TV and movie scripts at Studios.amazon.com. We are very happy to have that source of ideas. As in TV, though, we do not expect that most of the movies in the Amazon Original Movies program will come from that source.” Price added, “We are still developing some movies as part of that program that would not fit into the Amazon Original Movies program announced today.” Films listed on Amazon’s slate include “Touching Blue,” a thriller from producer Denise Di Novi (“Crazy, Stupid, Love,” “The Nightmare Before Christmas”), about a teenage girl with psychic powers who must stop a mysterious killer. The e-commerce giant launched Amazon Studios in 2010, touting its approach as “a new way to develop feature films and episodic series” — open to proposals from filmmakers and creators anywhere in the world. Under the program, anyone can upload a script online; Amazon Studios says it reviews all submissions but does not guarantee that it will necessarily greenlight them.
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