Coming up as a TV and not a movie executive finally seems to have caught up to Jennifer Salke at Amazon MGM Studios. Her inability to mesh with the gatekeepers of the James Bond movies might well have sealed her fate. While her exit from the executive suites officially is being regarded as an exit by…

In a surprise move, Jennifer Salke is stepping down as head of Amazon MGM Studios after seven years. The news was just shared internally by Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios head Mike Hopkins in a memo, which you can read below. Salke is segueing to a first-look film and TV producing deal with the…

Courtenay Valenti, head of film, streaming and theatrical at Amazon MGM Studios, said Friday at SXSW that the company will likely release 12 to 14 films in theaters next year as it ramps up its commitment to the big screen both "financially and philosophically." The studio is building out its own…

Although the James Bond torch has yet to be passed, the franchise will have to Die Another Day. Amazon MGM Studios global head Jennifer Salke recently gave an update on the franchise after Daniel Craig took his final bow as 007 in No Time to Die (2021), as the UK’s EON Productions continues to…

Amazon MGM Studios boss Jennifer Salke, Octavia Spencer and Priyanka Chopra Jonas were among the big names lauding the role of women in TV and film at a Prime Video event today. "Women are at the core of our business – from our incredible actors, our inventive producers and our executive teams,"…

Laughs blended with tears tonight at the Beverly Hilton as many in Hollywood remembered late MGM Theatrical Distribution Boss and big screen champion Erik Lomis who was lauded posthumously with the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation’s Pioneer of the Year award. Lomis passed suddenly at 64…

EXCLUSIVE: Amid growing speculation of internal divisions within the C-suites and a lack of any apparent path forward to end the writers and actors strikes, the chiefs of Hollywood’s biggest studios are set to gather today. Disney’s Dana Walden and Alan Bergman, Amazon Studios’ Mike Hopkins and…

Amazon Studios’ 2023 Emmy performance is probably best encapsulated by the Outstanding Comedy Series category. There is the veteran, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, which years ago landed Prime Video’s first Best Series Emmy win. It is ending its five-season run in style with 14 nominations, including…

Amazon Studios is launching Amazon MGM Studios Distribution. The worldwide distribution division will see Amazon originals and MGM library titles, which number 4,000 film titles and 17,000 TV episodes. At launch the division will offer Amazon Originals including 7500, All the Old Knives, Bli…

The Sands International Film Festival, Scotland's burgeoning film event, opened its second edition this weekend with the world premiere screening of Citadel, the much-talked-about Prime Video series from Marvel auteurs Anthony and Joe Russo. Two episodes of varying length, but both well under…

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has closed an exclusive multiyear first-look film deal with Imagine Entertainment. In making Amazon its new movie home, co-founders Brian Grazer and Ron Howard will give Amazon first look on narrative features and documentaries Imagine intends to…

Amazon Studios and MGM boss Jennifer Salke and Citadel star Priyanka Chopra Jonas sat down Friday in what is one of few entertainment-business discussions this year at SXSW. They interviewed each other on an array of topics including pay parity for lead actresses and launching a tentpole series for a…