Amazon Studios

Amazon Studios
Subsidiary
Founded 2010
Area served
 Worldwide
Products TV shows, Movies, Comics
Parent Amazon.com
Website studios.amazon.com

Amazon Studios is a division of Amazon.com, that focuses on developing television shows, distributing and producing films, 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] In late 2016, it reorganised it film division into Prime Movies[9]

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)

Greenlighted

Not picked up

2nd pilot season (February 6, 2014)

Greenlighted

Not picked up

3rd pilot season (August 28, 2014)

Greenlighted

Not picked up

4th pilot season (January 15, 2015)

Greenlighted

Not picked up

5th pilot season (June 26, 2015)

Greenlighted

Not picked up

Pilot mini-season (August 7, 2015)

Greenlighted

More scripts ordered

6th pilot season (November 5, 2015)

Greenlighted

Not picked up

7th pilot season (June 17, 2016)

Greenlighted

Not picked up

8th pilot season (August 19, 2016)

Greenlighted

Filmography

Release Date Film Title Notes
November 4, 2015 Chi-Raq co-distribution with Roadside Attractions; first film and release
March 14, 2016 Creative Control co-distribution with Magnolia Pictures
April 22, 2016 Elvis & Nixon co-distribution with Bleecker Street
May 13, 2016 Love & Friendship co-distribution with Roadside Attractions
June 24, 2016 The Neon Demon co-distribution with Broad Green Pictures
Wiener-Dog co-distribution with IFC Films
July 15, 2016 Café Society co-distribution with Lionsgate
July 29, 2016 Gleason co-distribution with Open Road Films
August 26, 2016 Complete Unknown co-distribution with IFC Films
September 9, 2016 Author: The JT LeRoy Story co-distribution with Magnolia Pictures
September 23, 2016 The Dressmaker co-distribution with Broad Green Pictures
October 21, 2016 An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to Win co-distribution with American Girl
The Handmaiden co-distribution with Magnolia Pictures
October 28, 2016 Gimme Danger co-distribution with Magnolia Pictures
November 18, 2016 Manchester by the Sea co-distribution with Roadside Attractions

Upcoming films

Release Date Film Title Notes
December 28, 2016 Paterson co-distribution with Bleecker Street
January 27, 2017 The Salesman co-distribution with Cohen Media Group
March 10, 2017 The Wall co-distribution with Roadside Attractions
April 21, 2017 The Lost City of Z co-distribution with Bleecker Street
TBD Wonderstruck
TBD You Were Never Really Here
TBD Untitled Woody Allen project
TBD Brad's Status

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ben Fritz (September 12, 2012). "Amazon Studios going into comics". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
  2. ↑ Sarah Perez (May 2, 2012). "Amazon Studios Now Funding Original Content Series For Amazon Video Service". TechCrunch. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Edward Moyer (June 23, 2012). "Amazon's 'Studios' effort picks first TV shows to develop". CNET. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
  4. 1 2 Chip Street (June 1, 2012). "Amazon Studios New (Old) Deal for Screenplay Options". Chip Street. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  5. ↑ Kelly West (May 2, 2012). "Amazon Studios Invites TV Writers To Submit Comedy And Children's Series Ideas". Cinema Blend. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
  6. ↑ Marc Graser (February 21, 2008). "Amazon, Fox nursing 'Stolen Child'". Variety. Retrieved February 21, 2008.
  7. ↑ The Associated Press (July 15, 2015). "Amazon Studios acquiring Spike Lee film as its 1st release". Associated Press. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  8. ↑ Tom Vanderbilt (March 28, 2013). "The Nielsen Family Is Dead". Wired. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  9. ↑ http://deadline.com/2016/10/amazon-studios-joe-lewis-adds-drama-morgan-wandell-international-productions-1201837722
  10. ↑ Cynthia Littleton (January 5, 2015). "Amazon Studios Scraps Series Order for Chris Carter's 'The After' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
  11. ↑ Nancy Tartaglione (February 18, 2015). "Amazon Orders 5 Original Series Including 'Man In The High Castle,' 'Mad Dogs'". Deadline. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  12. 1 2 Nellie Andreeva (September 2, 2015). "'Sneaky Pete' Gets Amazon Series Order; More Scripts For 'Casanova'". Deadline. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Elizabeth Wagmeister (December 18, 2015). "Amazon Picks Up Slew of Comedy, Drama, Kids Series". Variety. Retrieved January 24, 2016.

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