Ten episodes of the Arctic thriller, featuring
an ensemble cast that includes Richard Dormer and Dennis Quaid,
will debut later this year on Prime Video in the US
(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon Studios and Sky Vision today announced the
addition of Fortitude to Amazon’s lineup of dramatic original
series for Prime Video in the US. The first season of Fortitude
premiered on Sky Atlantic in 2015 and became the network’s most
successful original drama commission to date, with the first
episode watched by an accumulative audience of more than 3.2
million. The first season has also been available on Prime
Video in the US since January 2016, with more than 2,000 four and
five star reviews from customers. Season two of the series will
become an Amazon Original Series and features an ensemble cast,
including Richard Dormer (Game of Thrones), Dennis Quaid (Vantage
Point), Sofie Gråbøl (The Killing), Luke Treadaway (Clash of the
Titans), Darren Boyd (Stan Lee’s Lucky Man), Bj�rn Hlynur
Haraldsson (Jar 2pm City), Mia Jexen (Happiness), Alexandra Moen
(Strike Back), Verónica Echegui (The Cold Light of Day), Sienna
Guillory (Stan Lee’s Lucky Man), Ramon Tikaram (Jupiter Ascending),
Parminder Nagra (ER), Michelle Fairley (Game of Thrones),
Robert Sheehan (Misfits) and Ken Stott (The Missing). The
series is scheduled to premiere on Prime Video in the US later this
year.
Fortitude follows Sheriff Dan Anderssen (Dormer) of Fortitude, a
small isolated community with a captive population in an
environment that is undergoing change and upheaval due to parasite
and pathogen activity. After shooting the woman he loved, Dan
becomes consumed with guilt, disappears into the wilderness and was
presumed dead. Without a sheriff, the people of Fortitude begin to
wonder whether Deputy Eric Odegard (Haraldsson), who has spent the
last few weeks desperately searching for Dan, can fill his shoes. A
new body is discovered on the other side of town and Eric must step
up and lead this horrific investigation. As his own police team is
trying to figure out who would have killed a man for no apparent
reason, Dan suddenly reappears—a violent broken ruin of a man and
wild to the point of feral. Quaid stars as Michael Lennox, a
fisherman and patriarch of a family living in Fortitude, who is
struggling to come to terms with his terminally ill wife, and will
try anything to find a cure.
“In Fortitude, our customers will experience Dennis Quaid in a
remarkably compassionate role, joined by an ensemble cast that has
resonated with audiences globally,” said Joe Lewis, Head of Comedy,
Drama and VR, Amazon Studios. “We’re excited to add such a
beautiful and captivating series to our originals slate.”
“Amazon is the perfect home for Fortitude in the US,” said Jane
Millichip, Managing Director, Sky Vision. “Fortitude is high-end,
addictive viewing and perfectly suits Amazon's scripted portfolio.
Amazon has been a keen supporter of the series from the outset,
having taken an SVOD window on season one. We're delighted to
now extend the relationship and make Amazon the home of our most
successful returning Sky Atlantic original drama series.”
Fortitude is an Amazon Original Series in the US and Sky
Original Production in the UK, produced by Fifty Fathoms, the
makers of BAFTA-winning Marvellous, for BBC Two. The series is
created and written by Simon Donald, and executive produced by
Donald, Faye Dorn (Inspector George Gently) and Patrick Spence (The
A Word). Trevor Hopkins (Strike Back) and Susie Liggat (Doctor Who)
serve as producers.
Fortitude will be available for Prime members to stream and
enjoy using the Amazon Prime Video app for TVs, connected devices
including Amazon Fire TV, and mobile devices, or online, along with
other Amazon Original Series at Amazon.com/originals, at no
additional cost to their membership. Customers who are not already
Prime members can sign up for a free trial at www.amazon.com/prime.
For a list of all Amazon Video compatible devices, visit
www.amazon.com/howtostream.
About Amazon Video
Amazon Video is a premium on-demand entertainment service that
offers customers the greatest choice in what to watch and how to
watch it. Amazon Video is the only service that provides all of the
following:
- Prime Video: Thousands of movies
and TV shows, including popular licensed content plus
critically-acclaimed and award-winning Amazon Original Series and
Movies from Amazon Studios like Transparent, The Man in the
High Castle, Love & Friendship, and kids series Tumble
Leaf, available for unlimited streaming as part of an Amazon Prime
membership. Prime Video is also now available to customers in more
than 200 countries and territories around the globe at
www.primevideo.com.
- Amazon Channels: Over 100 video
subscriptions to networks like HBO, SHOWTIME, STARZ, PBS
KIDS, Acorn TV, and more, available to Amazon Prime
members in the US as add-ons to their membership. To view the full
list of available channels,
visit www.amazon.com/channels.
- Rent or Own: Hundreds of
thousands of titles, including new release movies and current TV
shows available for on-demand rental or purchase for
all Amazon customers.
- Instant Access: Customers can
instantly watch anytime, anywhere through the Amazon Video app on
compatible TVs, mobile devices, Amazon Fire TV, Fire TV
Stick, and Fire tablets, or online. For a list of all compatible
devices, visit www.amazon.com/howtostream.
- Premium Features: Top features
like 4K Ultra HD, High Dynamic Range (HDR) and mobile
downloads for offline viewing of select content.
In addition to Prime Video, the Prime membership includes
unlimited fast free shipping options across all categories
available on Amazon, more than two million songs and thousands
of playlists and stations with Prime Music, secure photo storage
with Prime Photos, unlimited reading with Prime Reading, unlimited
access to a digital audiobook catalog with Audible Channels for
Prime, a rotating selection of free digital games and in-game loot
with Twitch Prime, early access to select Lightning Deals,
exclusive access and discounts to select items, and more. To
sign-up for Prime or to find out more,
visit: www.amazon.com/prime.
About Amazon
Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather
than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to
operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews,
1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime Fulfillment
by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire tablets,
Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and Alexa are some of the products and
services pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit
www.amazon.com/about.
About Sky VisionSky Vision is the production and
distribution arm of Sky. The distribution arm represents around
5,000 hours of quality primetime programming from Sky Originals and
independent third-party production, across all key primetime genres
(drama, entertainment, factual entertainment and factual). The
business also has equity investments in seven production businesses
in the UK and US; Love Productions, Blast! Films, Sugar Films and
Sky Vision Productions in the UK; and in the US, Jupiter
Entertainment, Talos Films and Znak & Co.
In addition to its equity investments, Sky Vision works
extensively within dependent producers in the UK and US and has
development deals with a number of production companies; including
Asylum Entertainment and Peacock Alley in North America; and Avanti
Media, Bohemia, Chalkboard, LittleRock Pictures, Merman Films and
Spring Films in the UK.
About Fifty FathomsFifty Fathoms was set up by Patrick
Spence under Endemol Shine Group in 2010. Patrick now runs the
company with Katie Swinden (Peaky Blinders, Marvellous). Filming
recently completed on Guerrilla, a 6 x 60' series for Sky Atlantic
and Showtime, written and directed by Academy Award winner John
Ridley, starring Freida Pinto, Babou Ceesay, Rory Kinnear, Denise
Gough, Danny Mays, Zawe Ashton and Idris Elba, about two political
activists fighting against a racist police force in 1970s
London.
Fifty Fathoms’ 2014 debut production, Marvellous, a 90′ single
film written by Peter Bowker, told the incredible true story of
Neil Baldwin, a man who refused to accept the label of learning
difficulties. Directed by Julian Farino (Entourage, The Office (US)
) and starring Toby Jones and Gemma Jones, it went on to win BAFTAs
for Best Single Film, Best Director and Best Supporting Actress;
Best Writer and Director, RTS; Best Film and Best Actor, BPG and
Best Film, Writers Guild Awards and FIPA. And they have been picked
up for a second season of The A Word, Pete Bowker's 6 x 60' series
for BBC1 and Sundance, directed by Peter Cattaneo, starring
Christopher Eccleston, Lee Ingleby and Morven Christie, a
co-production with Keshet.
Source: Amazon.com, Inc.
View source
version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170227005784/en/
Amazon.com, Inc.Media Hotline,
206-266-7180Amazon-pr@amazon.comwww.amazon.com/pr
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN)
Historical Stock Chart
From Mar 2024 to Apr 2024
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN)
Historical Stock Chart
From Apr 2023 to Apr 2024