Back when Amazon first started producing its own “TV” shows, it was all about recruiting interweb newbs. Giving ’em a chance to get into the biz and learn the ropes. Then came TRANSPARENT and its Emmy and now, well, looks like the welcome mat’s been yanked:
Amazon Confirms 6 Pilots From
Shane Black, Sacha Baron Cohen, Tig Notaro & Louis CK, Others
by Nellie Andreeva
Amazon Studios, coming off its first Emmy wins for Transparent, once again waited for its pilots to be fully cast and in various stages of production to announce them. Last week, the streaming service officially unveiled its lineup of 6 fall 2015 pilots: WesternEdge, from Shane Black and Fred Dekker, starring Max Martini, Ryan Kwanten and Yvonne Strahovski; the 1969 newsroom-set Good Girls Revolt, starring Genevieve Angelson, Chris Diamantopoulos and Jim Belushi; Highston, a comedy about a 19-year old (Lewis Pullman) produced by Sacha Baron Cohen and co-starring Mary Lynn Rajskub and Chris Parnell, with Shaq and Flea playing themselves; Tig Notaro/Diablo Cody/Louis CK’s dark comedy One Mississippi; political thriller Patriot, written and directed by Steven Conrad and co-starring Terry O’Quinn; and Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald bio-series Z starring Christina Ricci, directed by Tim Blake Nelson. Not included is David E. Kelley’s legal drama Trial starring Billy Bob Thornton, which is expected to go straight to series. Here are detailed descriptions of Amazon’s six newly announced pilots with full casting information:
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