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Old 10-10-2011, 05:44 PM   #1
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Default Has Amazon Studios actually produced anything?

I know they've done a few shorts, but have they released any features?
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Old 10-12-2011, 01:29 AM   #2
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According to IMDb they have 3 in production and 5 in development. Nothing completed.
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Old 10-12-2011, 07:08 AM   #3
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What about money? Have they actually paid anyone?

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Old 10-12-2011, 10:36 AM   #4
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What about money? Have they actually paid anyone?

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Old 10-12-2011, 12:18 PM   #5
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According to IMDb they have 3 in production and 5 in development. Nothing completed.
That's just individuals listing their own films as "in development" -- something which anyone can do and something which means absolutely nothing. I also have several films "in development" -- one of which is an idea I just had in the shower this morning (I haven't listed it on IMDB yet because I have a life). Anyone can put down "Amazon Studios" as the production company for their crappy short film and then IMDB's software will dutifully generate a web page for "Amazon Studios" -- but that page has nothing to do with the real, official Amazon Studios.

Amazon Studios has not itself listed any movies on IMDB. They do not have any movies in pre-production.
They have not the purchased the full production rights to any scripts.

Presumably, if they ever do move toward producing something, they will do so in conjunction with their production partner, Warner Brothers. But again, as of right now Amazon hasn't taken a single step toward actually producing a single project.

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Old 10-12-2011, 04:49 PM   #6
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LauriD just won $20,000 -- she's on a cruise in the Mediterranean... celebrating.
check out the thread in the contest section.

AS is financing 2 "test" films for $50,000 each and have 2 or 3 made themselves. One of them from Lauri's script... and it wasn't even her script. She rewrote someone else's script.
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Old 10-13-2011, 12:05 AM   #7
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Actually, it's $10,000.

http://studios.amazon.com/contests/16

Would do for me, anyway.

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Old 10-19-2011, 05:40 AM   #8
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Scott The Reader (Scott Mullen) Alligators In A Helicopter blog has won twice and he is accessible on Facebook & online to answer that question...
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Old 10-19-2011, 08:37 AM   #9
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I believe they do pay $20,000 a month to the "best script of the month." They are also going to award $1 million to the best homemade film, but I don't know if that has been announced yet.
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Old 10-19-2011, 11:23 AM   #10
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Don't you have to let them do a free option on your script for 18 months?
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