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Syfy’s ‘Defiance’ Heads to Amazon

April 15, 2014Natalie Jarvey

11:35 AM PDT 4/15/2014 by Natalie Jarvey

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“Defiance”

Syfy’s ambitious alien drama Defiance is now available on Amazon.

Subscriber’s to Amazon Prime can now watch the first season of Defiance exclusively through Prime Instant Video. That gives newcomers and existing fans a little more than two months to catch up on the 13-episode debut season before the series’ season two premiere on June 19.

Defiance joins Amazon’s library through an extensive content deal with NBCUniversal announced in May 2013. Other series available through the pact include Universal’s Suits and NBC’s Grimm.

A dystopian drama set in the year 2046 when aliens coexist with humans, Defiance was a big bet for NBCU when it premiered exactly one year ago on April 15 to 2.7 million viewers. NBCU simultaneously launched a massively multiplayer video game set in the same world as the series. The combined price tag for both projects was nearly $100 million.

The series will be available to stream on Amazon’s recently unveiled Fire TV, the Kindle Fire tablet, iPad, Roku and other connected TVs and devices.

Email:Natalie.Jarvey@THR.com
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Syfy’s ‘Defiance’ Heads to Amazon

April 15, 2014Natalie Jarvey

11:35 AM PDT 4/15/2014 by Natalie Jarvey

SyFy

“Defiance”

Syfy’s ambitious alien drama Defiance is now available on Amazon.

Subscriber’s to Amazon Prime can now watch the first season of Defiance exclusively through Prime Instant Video. That gives newcomers and existing fans a little more than two months to catch up on the 13-episode debut season before the series’ season two premiere on June 19.

Defiance joins Amazon’s library through an extensive content deal with NBCUniversal announced in May 2013. Other series available through the pact include Universal’s Suits and NBC’s Grimm.

A dystopian drama set in the year 2046 when aliens coexist with humans, Defiance was a big bet for NBCU when it premiered exactly one year ago on April 15 to 2.7 million viewers. NBCU simultaneously launched a massively multiplayer video game set in the same world as the series. The combined price tag for both projects was nearly $100 million.

The series will be available to stream on Amazon’s recently unveiled Fire TV, the Kindle Fire tablet, iPad, Roku and other connected TVs and devices.

Email:Natalie.Jarvey@THR.com
Twitter: @NatJarv

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Amazon Orders ‘Hand of God,’ ‘The Cosmopolitans’ Pilots

April 9, 2014Natalie Jarvey

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Ron Perlman stars in “Hand of God”

Amazon Studios is keeping its development process humming with production on two new pilots for its third pilot season, debuting later this year on Amazon Instant Video.

The Cosmopolitans from Metropolitan writer-director Whit Stillman follows a group of American expats in Paris. Adam Brody and Chloe Sevigny lead a cast that includes Carrie MacLemore, Dree Hemingway, Freddy Asblom, Shaun Evans and Adriano Giannini. The half-hour dramatic comedy is set to begin shooting this week in Paris.

Hand of God, a one-hour drama from executive producers Marc Forster, Ben Watkins, Ron Perlman, Brian Wilkins and Jeff King, follows the religious awakening of powerful Judge Harris (Perlman). The law-bending man with a call girl on the site suffers a mental breakdown and begins to rely on messages he believes are being sent by God through his ventilator-bound son. Dana Delany stars as the judge’s wife, Crystal. Garret Dillahunt, Andre Royo, Alona Tal, Julian Morris, Elizabeth McLaughlin and Emayatzy Corinealdi also star.

“We’re very pleased to be working with Whit, Ron, Ben, and Marc on developing these pilots,” said Amazon Studios director Roy Price. “The Cosmopolitans and Hand of God both contain rich stories and deep characters that we think customers will really enjoy. I’m looking forward to seeing our customers’ reactions when they debut.”

Amazon plans to announce additional pilot projects for its third pilot season in the coming weeks. It announced May 31 that it had picked up two dramas, two comedies and two children’s series based on its second pilot season in February.

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