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Russell Crowe's The Last Druid picked up by Amazon for UK release

by Dan Cooper | Nov 13, 2024 | News

Amazon MGM has secured the UK rights to Russell Crowe's latest film, The Last Druid, from Land Of Bad director William Eubank....

Freevee | Amazon to shut service, merge it into Prime Video

by Simon Brew | Nov 13, 2024 | News, TV

Amazon is retiring its Freevee service, it's been announced, as it seeks to bolster its main Prime Video streaming platform....

Bob the Builder | Jennifer Lopez producing film adaptation at Amazon

by Jake Godfrey | Nov 05, 2024 | News, TV

Bob the Builder is heading to the big screen, courtesy of Amazon and Jennifer Lopez, here are the details....

Tomb Raider, played by her first live-action incarnation, Angelina Jolie

Lara Croft | Four contenders in the running for new Tomb Raider series

by Dan Cooper | Oct 31, 2024 | Gaming, News

Amazon is making a TV show of Tomb Raider, with casting for the lead role of Lara Croft now in its final stages....

God Of War | Progress on TV series reportedly scrapped, creators starting again

by Dan Cooper | Oct 18, 2024 | Gaming, News

Sony and Amazon have reportedly ordered a creative reset of their planned adaptation of God Of War, the PlayStation hack'n'slash videogame series....

James Bond | Amazon MGM boss “not concerned at this point”

by Simon Brew | Oct 10, 2024 | News

It's taking a long time to get a new James Bond film made - but Amazon MGM is not rocking the boat with Eon at the moment....

Amazon UK bigs up its Prime Video ads, new advertising formats

by Simon Brew | Oct 03, 2024 | News

Different types of ad formats are coming to Prime Video in the UK shortly, Amazon confirms, as it heralds the success of its advert roll-out....

RoboCop | New TV series revealed, James Wan overseeing

by Dan Cooper | Sep 26, 2024 | News, TV

With plans for a new RoboCop film seemingly not advancing, we're now getting a(nother) RoboCop TV series instead....

Steve McQueen's next project could be sci-fi drama series for Amazon

by Dan Cooper | Sep 19, 2024 | News

With the trailer for Blitz now revealed, Steve McQueen could be headed to the small screen for his next project....

The Sims movie given an official greenlight

by Dan Cooper | Sep 18, 2024 | Gaming, News

Margot Robbie's LuckyChap is partnering with Amazon Studios to bring The Sims to the movies - more details here....

Megalopolis | Francis Ford Coppola's plans to make the film interactive were scuppered by job losses at Amazon

by Ryan Lambie | Sep 16, 2024 | News

Originally, Francis Ford Coppola wanted to use an Alexa device to let audiences interact with his epic, Megalopolis. Then job losses at Amazon blew...

American Speed | Tom Holland, Austin Butler to star

by Dan Cooper | Sep 16, 2024 | News

Austin Butler and Tom Holland are set to start in a 1980s-set drama, American Speed, about car-racing, drug-smuggling brothers....

Jack Huston joins Brendan Gleeson and Nicolas Cage in Spider-Noir

by Maria Lattila | Sep 11, 2024 | News, TV

Jack Huston is the latest addition to the cast of Amazon’s upcoming series, Spider-Noir. More on the casting below. ...

tom bombadil in the rings of power season 2 episode 4

The Rings Of Power season 2 episode 4 review | A shortcut to nothing much

by James Harvey | Sep 06, 2024 | Reviews, TV

The fantasy series’ latest instalment moves at a hefty pace – even if it doesn’t get very far in the process. Here’s our Rings Of Power episode...

Masters Of The Universe | Alison Brie to play Evil-Lyn in He-Man movie

by Dan Cooper | Sep 05, 2024 | News

GLOW star Alison Brie is set to suit up as Skeletor's diabolical sidekick in the planned Masters Of The Universe adaptation, set for release in 2026....

Doug Liman isn't done slamming Amazon yet

by Dan Cooper | Aug 01, 2024 | News

Road House director Doug Liman isn't quite finished with his public excoriation of Amazon MGM, which has been the target of his ire for some time now....

Amazon boss shares update on Tomb Raider, The Dark Tower

by Dan Cooper | Jul 22, 2024 | Gaming, News, TV

Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Tomb Raider series gets a production update, whilst Mike Flanagan's take on The Dark Tower may still be alive....

Liam Neeson to star in cross country car chase film, Mongoose

by Dan Cooper | May 23, 2024 | News

Fang Flanagan. That's who Liam Neeson is going to be playing in his next action role, in the film Mongoose. More here....

Brothers | Peter Dinklage, Josh Brolin action comedy lands at Amazon MGM

by Dan Cooper | May 23, 2024 | News

Brothers boasts a heavyweight cast and a fun premise and as such, Amazon has reportedly snagged the worldwide rights for the project....

Jason Statham starts filming Levon's Trade

by Dan Cooper | Apr 09, 2024 | News

The next collaboration between Jason Statham and David Ayer (with a Sylvester Stallone script) - Levon's Trade - is now shooting, with further casting...

Mr & Mrs Smith review: Donald Glover and Maya Erskine play married spies

by Lauren Miles | Feb 01, 2024 | Reviews, TV

Donald Glover stars in and executive produces this spy series based on Doug Liman's 2005 film - here's our Mr & Mrs Smith review....

Coyote Vs Acme | Interest still high in acquiring film

by Dan Cooper | Dec 08, 2023 | News

A new report spills a few details on the ongoing moves behind the scenes as Warner Bros hovers its finger threateningly over Coyote Vs Acme's 'delete...