Amazon Studios is taking real steps to become the next Netflix, and for the first time, it looks like they may actually have a shot. The company has just ordered up four pretty impressive pilots to be turned into original shows, all of which we previously reviewed here. Spoiler alert: Transparent was the best.
Luckily, that was one of the shows chosen: Variety reports that Amazon Studios had ten pilots in consideration and ultimately selected Bosch, Mozart in the Jungle, The After, and Transparent.Here is a summary of what Variety reports for each project:
- Bosch is a cop drama based on a series of novels written by Michael Connelly. The pilot centers around Det. Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver) as "he pursues the killer of a 13-year-old boy while standing trial in federal court on accusations that he murdered a suspected serial killer in cold blood."
- The After is a drama created by Chris Carter, who also created The X-Files. Its plot follows "eight strangers thrown together by mysterious forces and who must help each other survive in a violent world that defies explanation."
- Mozart in the Jungle a dramedy based on oboist Blair Tindall's memoir, Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music. As for the plot: The show gives a behind the scenes look at what really happens at what happens in classical music. The series is written by cousins Roman Coppola and Jason Schwartzman, and Alex Timbers. Paul Weitz directed the pilot. Mozart's cast includes: Gael Garcia Bernal, Saffron Burrows, Lola Kirke, Malcom McDowell, Bernadette Peters and Peter Vack.
- Transparent (a.k.a., the best show you are not yet watching) is a dark comedy about an L.A. family "with serious boundary issues" written and directed by Jill Soloway. The cast includes: Jeffrey Tambor, Judith Light, Gaby Hoffmann, Amy Landecker and Jay Duplass. EVERYONE GO WATCH IT.
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[via Variety]
