Amazon Prime Video bet on fantasy in its series and boasts of stars | TV
With the proliferation of online television platforms, the war for home entertainment is fierce. Amazon Prime Video does not want to be left behind. And he knows that Netflix takes advantage of him. For this reason, the giant of electronic commerce has celebrated on Tuesday a great presentation in London to boast of stars in their original series and announce ongoing projects.
John Krasinski (Jack Ryan), Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne (Carnival Row), David Tennant, Michael Sheen and Jon Hamm (Good Omens), Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) ... Even a Hollywood superstar like Julia Roberts attended the company's first major European presentation. Roberts stars in the series Homecoming, thriller psychological study signed and directed by the creator of Mr Robot, Sam Esmail - also present in the act although eclipsed by the presence of its protagonist.
Another creator who captured the attention of the day was Matthew Weiner. The person in charge of Mad Men returns to television on October 12 with The Romanoffs, a series with independent chapters that have in common that their protagonists are descendants of the Russian royal house. "A series about connections around the world", as described by Weiner, composed of eight episodes and in which seven different languages are spoken. In the afternoon the world premiere of the series was held in the British capital.
In addition to boasting of what they have in portfolio, the company also took the opportunity to make several announcements. Jennifer Salke, general director of Amazon Studios, was in charge of communicating the news that the company had reserved for that day before an audience made up of press from around the world. On the one hand, the start-up of Eco-Challenge 2019, a great competition of extreme survival with the adventurous media player Bear Grylls as a presenter and produced by Grylls himself and Mark Burnett that can be seen in 2020.
It was also clear that where Amazon Prime Video wants to bet heavily on its production of television fiction is in the field of fantasy. While the second season of American Gods is completing its filming, the platform plans the premiere of Good Omens (adaptation of the book Good omens) in 2019. Although the author of both novels, Neil Gaiman (the second, along with Terry Pratchett), says that he came to work with Amazon "almost by chance", now has signed an exclusive agreement with Amazon Studios to develop different projects television
Following the trail that has opened the success of Game of Thrones, the company announced months ago its intention (with an economic millionaire of by means) to take to the television the universe of The Lord of the rings with a series. Now, Amazon adds a new project within the fantasy genre with the announcement of the adaptation of the sagas of The wheel of time, of the writer Robert Jordan and that has sold more than 90 million copies worldwide. The story is set in an epic world in which magic exists but can only be used by women.
Amazon also took the opportunity to show some of the European productions, two German and one French, which will be released soon on the platform. In addition to Deutschland 86, continuation of Deutschland 83 that in Spain can be seen on Movistar +, the platform will premiere the German criminal series on November 9 Beat. On the other hand, in Deutsch-Les-Landes, It is a comedy in which a small French village welcomes a group of 200 Germans, so the contrast between the ways of being and the culture of each other will be a source of humor.
In Spain, the first program of the platform, already released, has been Six Dreams, focused on the Spanish football league. In the field of fiction, Atresmedia Studios is already working on what will be the first Spanish series to premiere the platform exclusively, Small coincidences, comedy created by Javier Veiga. In addition, the company also works with producers Boomerang and Tornasol in different projects that have not been revealed.
