Amazon MGM Studios
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Company type | Subsidiary of Amazon.com |
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Founded | 2010 |
Area served | Worldwide |
Products | TV shows, movies, comics |
Parent | Amazon.com |
Website | studios |
Amazon Studios is Amazon.com's division that develops television shows, movies, and comics from online submissions and crowd-sourced feedback.[1] It was started in late 2010.[1] Content is distributed through Amazon Video, Amazon’s digital video streaming service, and is a competitor to services like Netflix and Hulu.[2]
Film and television
Scripts for television and film are submitted through the web.[3] They are reviewed and rated by other readers in a crowd-source fashion, and/or by Amazon staff.[3] Scripts may be submitted with the option to allow other people to modify them.[4] In addition there is a separate submission method for professional writers (Writers Guild of America members) with separate rules.[4]
Amazon has 45 days to choose a submitted script. If a project is chosen for development, the writer receives $10,000.[3] If a developed script is selected for distribution as a full-budget movie, the creator gets $200,000; if it is selected for distribution as a full-budget series, the creator gets $55,000 as well as "up to 5 percent of Amazon’s net receipts from toy and t-shirt licensing, and other royalties and bonuses." [5]
In 2008, Amazon expanded into film production, producing the film The Stolen Child with 20th Century Fox.[6] In July 2015, Amazon announced it had acquired Spike Lee's new film, Chi-Raq, as its first Amazon Original Movie.[7]
Amazon Studios had received more than 10,000 feature screenplay submissions as of September 2012,[1] and 2,700 television pilots as of March 2013.[8] 23 films and 26 television series were in active development as of March 2013.[1][3]
Comics
Amazon Studio's first and only comic book series was Blackburn Burrow released in 2012 as a free download.[1] It contained a survey allowing Amazon to collect feedback to determine if it was worthwhile to make the comic into a film.[1] The survey was incentivized with an Amazon gift certificate.[1]
Television pilots
1st pilot season (April 19, 2013)
Greenlit
Not picked up
- Browsers
- Dark Minions
- Onion News Empire
- Positively Ozitively
- Sara Solves It
- Supanatural
- Teeny Tiny Dogs
- Those Who Can't
- Zombieland
2nd pilot season (February 6, 2014)
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Greenlit
Not picked up
3rd pilot season (August 28, 2014)
Greenlit
Not picked up
4th pilot season (January 15, 2015)
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Greenlit
- Just Add Magic
- Mad Dogs
- Niko and the Sword of Light
- The Man in the High Castle
- The New Yorker Presents
- The Stinky & Dirty Show
Not picked up
5th pilot season (June 26, 2015)
Greenlit
Not picked up
Pilot mini-season (August 7, 2015)
Greenlit
More scripts ordered
6th pilot season (November 5, 2015)
Greenlit
- Danger & Eggs[12]
- Everstar
- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie[12]
- Good Girls Revolt
- Highston[12]
- One Mississippi[12]
- Patriot[12]
- Z: The Beginning of Everything[12]
Not picked up
7th pilot season (June 17, 2016)
Greenlit
Not picked up
- JazzDuck
- Little Big Awesome
- Morris & the Cow
- Sigmund and the Sea Monsters
- The Curious Kitty & Friends
- The Interestings
- Toasty Tales
Filmography
- Chi-Raq (2015)
- Elvis & Nixon (2016)
- Nuts! (2016)
- Café Society (2016)
- Manchester by the Sea (2016)
- The Neon Demon (2016)
- The Handmaiden (2016)
- Paterson (2016)
- Love & Friendship (2016)
- Wiener-Dog (2016)
- The Salesman (2016)
- Gimme Danger (2016)
- Gleason (2016)
- Complete Unknown (2016)
- The Dressmaker (2016)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Ben Fritz (September 12, 2012). "Amazon Studios going into comics". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
- ^ Sarah Perez (May 2, 2012). "Amazon Studios Now Funding Original Content Series For Amazon Video Service". TechCrunch. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
- ^ a b c d Edward Moyer (June 23, 2012). "Amazon's 'Studios' effort picks first TV shows to develop". CNET. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
- ^ a b Chip Street (June 1, 2012). "Amazon Studios New (Old) Deal for Screenplay Options". Chip Street. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
- ^ Kelly West (May 2, 2012). "Amazon Studios Invites TV Writers To Submit Comedy And Children's Series Ideas". Cinema Blend. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
- ^ Marc Graser (February 21, 2008). "Amazon, Fox nursing 'Stolen Child'". Variety. Retrieved February 21, 2008.
- ^ The Associated Press (July 15, 2015). "Amazon Studios acquiring Spike Lee film as its 1st release". Associated Press. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ Tom Vanderbilt (March 28, 2013). "The Nielsen Family Is Dead". Wired. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
- ^ Cynthia Littleton (January 5, 2015). "Amazon Studios Scraps Series Order for Chris Carter's 'The After' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
- ^ Nancy Tartaglione (February 18, 2015). "Amazon Orders 5 Original Series Including 'Man In The High Castle,' 'Mad Dogs'". Deadline. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
- ^ a b Nellie Andreeva (September 2, 2015). "'Sneaky Pete' Gets Amazon Series Order; More Scripts For 'Casanova'". Deadline. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f Elizabeth Wagmeister (December 18, 2015). "Amazon Picks Up Slew of Comedy, Drama, Kids Series". Variety. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
External links
- Amazon Studios, official website.