All is fair in love and war and, um, MMA. That’s the gist of “Perfect Addiction,” an upcoming romantic thriller on Amazon Prime Video.
01.02.2023 - 20:53 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has learned that Prime Video has taken global rights to Ricky Stanicky from Oscar-winning Green Book director Peter Farrelly.
Additionally, Sorry to Bother You‘s Jermaine Fowler has joined the cast and will star alongside Zac Efron and John Cena. Ricky Stanicky, which marks a return to comedy for Farrelly, commences production in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia this month. Deadline first told you about the R-rated project.
In the film, three friends invent a character to use to get out of tricky predicaments, but they have to hire an actor to portray their fictional friend when their significant others become suspicious.
Producers include Paul Currie (Hacksaw Ridge, Blacklight) via Footloose Productions, Thorsten Schumacher (Crimes of the Future, All Quiet on the Western Front) via Rocket Science, in association with John Jacobs (Ted, Blades of Glory) via Smart Entertainment. The script, written by Farrelly, Brian Jarvis (Loudermilk), and Jim Freeman (Loudermilk), is based on an original spec by Jeff Bushnell (Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Zoey 101) and Steve Oedekerk (Bruce Almighty, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls).
Fowler most recently starred in Hulu’s comedy The Drop. He also can be seen alongside Dakota Johnson in the comedy Am I Okay and had a breakout role in Prime Video’s smash Eddie Murphy hit Coming 2 America. Up next, Fowler can be seen starring in Lionsgate’s The Blackening. Previously, Fowler appeared in the critically acclaimed film from Shaka King, Judas and the Black Messiah. He also starred in and executive produced CBS’s Comedy Superior Donuts, and on the big screen, was seen opposite Lakeith Stanfield in 2018’s Sorry to Bother You. Additionally, Fowler previously co-created and
All is fair in love and war and, um, MMA. That’s the gist of “Perfect Addiction,” an upcoming romantic thriller on Amazon Prime Video.
Starz said today it’s partnered with Amazon to bundle with MGM+ on Prime Video in the U.S.
and drama series “A Spy Among Friends,” “War of the Worlds,” “Rogue Heroes” and “Belgravia.”The network is also the home of acclaimed docuseries, including Emmy-nominated “Laurel Canyon,” “Murf the Surf,” “Helter Skelter,” “Slow Burn,” “My Life as a Rolling Stone,” “NFL Icons” and “Blumhouse’s Compendium of Horror.” It also offers premium movies, including blockbusters like “Top Gun: Maverick,” MGM hits “No Time to Die” and “House of Gucci” and beloved franchises like James Bond and Rocky.
At the end of last month, DC Studios co-heads James Gunn, and Peter Safran revealed their grand plans for the future of the DCEU.
At the end of last month, DC Studios co-heads James Gunn and Peter Safran revealed their grand plans for the future of the DCEU.
As the Berlin International Film Festival gets underway, so do big purchases on the European Film Market for future movie projects. And Deadline has the scoop on the first big deal at the Berlinale. Amazon Prime Video has snatched up the international rights to “The Bluff,” a Caribbean action-survival movie with Zoe Saldaña and the Russo Bros.
EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video’s Hitchcockian thriller Holland, Michigan continues to round out its cast with the addition of Rachel Sennott (Bodies Bodies Bodies), Lennon Parham (Minx), Isaac Krasner (Power Book III: Raising Kanan) and Jeff Pope (Interview with the Vampire).
Prime Video has released the first full-length trailer for Daisy Jones & The Six!
Star Trek: Picard is set to air later this week.The Star Trek spin-off was first announced back in 2018 with a trailer following in 2019. Star Trek: Picard then premiered in 2020, with a second season airing in 2022.Set in in 2399, 20 years after Jean-Luc Picard’s last appearance in Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), Star Trek: Picard finds the character deeply affected by the death of Data and the destruction of the planet Romulus.“Retired from Starfleet and living on his family’s vineyard, Picard is drawn into a new adventure when he is visited by an apparent daughter of Data, one of several new synthetic beings, or ‘synths’,” reads a synopsis.A third and final season was “informally” green lit back in 2020, so it could be filmed back-to-back with season 2 before Stewart officially confirmed the season in 2021, with filming wrapping in March 2022.US audiences can watch the first episode of Star Trek: Picard season 3 on Thursday, February 16 via Paramount+ with the show hitting Amazon Prime Video the following day (February 17) for UK audiences.Episodes will then be released weekly, with UK viewers able to watch them at midnight GMT.
Carnival Row, season two is released later this week.Neo-noir fantasy Carnival Row premiered on Amazon Prime Video in 2019 and focused on mythical creatures the Fae, who had fled their war-torn homeland only to deal with rising tensions from the human citizens of their new home who weren’t happy about the immigrant population.In Carnival Row, Orlando Bloom stars as Rycroft “Philo” Philostrate, a police inspector investigating a string of unsolved murders that point to a dark conspiracy while Cara Delevingne stars as Vignette Stonemoss, a Fae and his former lover.A second season was confirmed before the first season even aired, and four years later, it’s finally set for release.The first episode of Carnival Row season 2 releases on Amazon Prime Video on February 17, 2023. For those in the UK, the season premiere will be available to watch from midnight GMT.The following nine episodes will be released weekly, with the finale set to air April 21.An official trailer was released last month and can be viewed above.A synopsis reads: “In a fantasy world where humans and creatures clash, season 2 of Carnival Row picks up with former inspector Rycroft Philostrate (AKA Philo) investigating a series of gruesome murders stoking social tension.”“Vignette Stonemoss and the Black Raven plot payback for the unjust oppression inflicted by The Burgue’s human leaders, Jonah Breakspear (Arty Froushan) and Sophie Longerbane (Caroline Mary Ford).
Riley Keough and Sam Claflin are on their way to making a good thing bad in the latest trailer for Prime Video‘s Daisy Jones & the Six.
Zac Efron just melted our hearts with his San Valentine’s dedication to his “little heartbreaker” and fans are manifesting their love for the actor. The California native is the eldest of three.
Still melting hearts! Zac Efron shared a swoon-worthy photo with his baby sister, Olivia, while celebrating Valentine’s Day.
About two years ago, Donald Glover signed an overall deal with Amazon Studios. And now, his first output from that deal is ready to go: “Swarm,” which premieres at SXSW next month.
About two years ago, Donald Glover signed an overall deal with Amazon Studios. And now, his first output from that deal is ready to go: “Swarm,” which premieres at SXSW next month.
Amazon’s Prime Video is in negotiations to acquire a John Candy documentary from Colin Hanks and Ryan Reynolds, TheWrap has confirmed. Hanks, son of Tom Hanks and star of “Life in Pieces,” “Orange County” and “A Friend of the Family,” will direct the project while Reynolds, star of “Deadpool,” “Free Guy” and “The Adam Project,” will produce alongside George Dewey via his Maximum Effort production company. The documentary feature will explore John Candy’s life and career, including starring roles in “The Great Outdoors,” “Spaceballs,” “Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” “Uncle Buck” and “Cool Runnings.” The actor was on the verge of establishing himself as a comic actor who could also handle dramatic roles in weightier fare like “Only the Lonely” and Oliver Stone’s “JFK” when he died in 1994 of a heart attack at the age of 43.
EXCLUSIVE: Peter Farrelly is looking to get back in to the genre that helped launch his career as sources tell Deadline the Oscar-winner is partnering with Skydance on the new action-comedy Balls Up that he will direct from a script by Deadpool scribes Paul Wernick & Rhett Reese.
EXCLUSIVE: Belfast breakout Jude Hill has come aboard for a role in Holland, Michigan, the Hitchcockian thriller being directed for Prime Video by Fresh helmer Mimi Cave. He’s set to star alongside Nicole Kidman, Gael García Bernal and Matthew Macfadyen, whose castings were previously announced, in a role that has not been disclosed.
Paramount and Prime Video have struck a Star Trek deal for the former’s international streamer outside Canada.
EXCLUSIVE: William H. Macy, Anja Savcic, Andrew Santino, and Lex Scott Davis have joined the cast of Prime Video’s Ricky Stanicky, alongside previously announced cast members Zac Efron, John Cena, and Jermaine Fowler. Details regarding the roles they will play remain under wraps.