After many months of names being reported for The Lord of the Rings series but not confirmed by Amazon Studios, the streaming studio has officially announced via the show’s Twitter the full cast for the Middle-earth prequel. Starring in Lord of the Rings will be Robert Aramayo (The King’s Man), Owain Arthur (A Confession), Nazanin Boniadi (Homeland), Tom […]
Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series adds Ema Horvath
As Amazon continues to prepare for the first and now second seasons of its Lord of the Rings series, Deadline reports a new addition to the cast has been made. According to the outlet, Ema Horvath (Like.Share.Follow.) will star in the upcoming fantasy series. Last month Amazon gave a very early second season renewal to the […]
Al Pacino hunts Nazis in new trailer for Jordan Peele-produced Hunters
Amazon has released a new teaser trailer for the Jordan Peele-produced drama Hunters. The series sees Al Pacino leading a group of Nazi hunters in 1970s New York as they attempt to locate former high-ranking Nazi officials before they can begin a Fourth Reich. Starring alongside Pacino in the cast of the series are Carol Kane, Logan […]
The Expanse season 4 gets a new trailer
Amazon Studios has released a new trailer for the upcoming fourth season of The Expanse. This marks the first Amazon-led season as the streaming service picked up the series after its cancellation on SyFy. Season 4 sees James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante, encounter new threats in a new galaxy as tensions between Earth, […]
Carnival Row season 2 begins production
Amazon Studios has revealed that production on the second season of its fantasy-noir series Carnival Row has begun. The series stars Orlando Bloom (Lord of the Rings) and Cara Delevingne (Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets) lead the fantasy as a detective and faerie who team up to solve a series of grisly murders. […]
Amazon’s The Wheel of Time adds Daniel Henney to its cast
Amazon’s series adaptation of The Wheel of Time has added yet another to its growing cast. The latest actor to join is Daniel Henney (Criminal Minds), who will play al’Lan Mandragoran, better known as Lan, in the series. In the fantasy series, Lan is the Lord of the Seven Towers and last in the royal bloodline […]
Amazon’s The Wheel of Time adds five to its cast
After adding Rosemund Pike (Gone Girl) as the show’s lead, Amazon has announced five new additions to its series adaptation of Robert Jordan’s fantasy series The Wheel of Time. Joining Pike will be Madeleine Madden (Dora and the Lost City of Gold), Zoë Robins (Power Rangers Ninja Steel), Barney Harris (Clique), Marcus Rutherford (Obey) and Josha […]
Markella Kavenagh cast in Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series
Variety has reported that Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings has made its first casting decision. Joining the anticipated series is Australian actress Markella Kavenagh (Picnic at Hanging Rock). Specifics on Kavenagh’s role are currently being kept under wraps, but Variety notes her character is named Tyra. Development on the series has been really picking up […]
Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings enlists J.A. Bayona as director
After hiring Game of Thrones writer and producer Bryan Cogman in May, Amazon’s The Lord of the RingsTV series has made another big addition behind the scenes, with Deadline reporting that the streaming service has enlisted director J.A. Bayona (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom) to helm the first two episodes of the fantasy epic. “J.R.R. Tolkien created one […]
The Problem With Streaming Monopolies
Tom Jolliffe looks at Amazon and Netflix, as physical media slowly dies out with every increase in their market share… A lot has been said recently about Netflix’s huge push in 2019 with original content. It’s not necessarily true to say people have been banging their door down demanding they create this original content (or […]
