Amazon orders four seasons of the new series,
which is a reinvention of the 50-year-old classic Thunderbirds
series; Rosamund Pike to star as Lady Penelope
(NASDAQ:AMZN)—Amazon today announced it has ordered four
13-episode seasons of new Amazon Original Kids Series Thunderbirds
Are Go to debut on Prime Video in the US. Thunderbirds Are Go is a
reinvention of the 50-year-old classic Thunderbirds, and features
the world’s most famous family of heroes, International Rescue, and
Rosamund Pike (The World’s End, Gone Girl) as Lady Penelope. The
first season is scheduled to debut on Prime Video in the US later
this year and will subsequently air on Prime Video in the UK,
Germany and Austria, following a deal with ITV Studios Global
Entertainment.
Thunderbirds Are Go catapults the five brave Tracy brothers back
onto television screens, where they’ll pilot their vehicles from
the depths of the oceans to the highest reaches of space,
performing impossible rescues across the globe. Produced by ITV
Studios and Pukeko Pictures in collaboration with world-famous Weta
Workshop, the series is made using a unique mixture of CGI
animation and live-action model sets. Thunderbirds Are Go will
deliver a new level of action-adventure animation for today’s
audience while paying tribute to the legacy of model locations from
the original series.
“We’re thrilled to be collaborating with ITV Studios Global
Entertainment on a world-renowned property that kids and families
today will embrace,” said Tara Sorensen, Head of Kids Programming
at Amazon Studios. “Our customers will enjoy the same action and
adventure found on the classic series infused with a contemporary
aesthetic and visually stunning world.”
“We are delighted to be working with Amazon to launch
Thunderbirds Are Go in the US; their position as an innovative
content provider and their passion for the show makes them the
perfect partner,” added Dan Gopal, EVP EMEA Distribution and Global
Digital Partners for ITV Studios Global Entertainment. “Our
strategy is to give audiences the flexibility to watch our content
any time, any place, and the launch of Thunderbirds Are Go on
Amazon Prime Video means children and families across the US, as
well as in the UK, Germany and Austria, will be able to watch the
entire series whenever and wherever they want.”
Thunderbirds Are Go is executive produced by Estelle Hughes
(Driver Dan’s Story Train), Giles Ridge (Pocoyo), Richard Taylor
(The Lord of the Rings), and Andrew Smith (District 9), written by
Rob Hoegee (Generator Rex, Teen Titans), and directed by David
Scott (LEGO Star Wars) and Theo Baynton (The Wotwots). It is
distributed internationally by ITV Studios Global Entertainment.
The four-season order follows Amazon Original Kids Series Just Add
Magic’s record-breaking premiere weekend as the most successful
kids premiere weekend in terms of share of US Prime Video streams
and hours.
Thunderbirds Are Go will be available for Prime members to
stream and enjoy using the Amazon Video app for TVs, connected
devices including Amazon Fire TV, and mobile devices, or online at
Amazon.com/originals, at no additional cost to their membership.
Customers who are not already a Prime member 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.
Thunderbirds Are Go will also be available as part of Amazon
FreeTime Unlimited, the all-you-can-eat subscription service
designed from the ground up for kids. FreeTime Unlimited is
available exclusively on Amazon devices including Amazon Fire
TV and Fire tablets, and a year-long subscription is included with
every Fire Kids Edition.
About Amazon Video
Amazon Video offers customers unlimited access to tens of
thousands of movies and TV episodes, including award-winning Amazon
Original Series, through Amazon Prime; monthly subscriptions
to SHOWTIME, STARZ, and more; and hundreds of thousands of
titles including new-release movies and current TV shows for rent
or purchase.
The entire range of selection can be instantly accessed through
the Amazon Video app on TVs, streaming media players, mobile
devices, Amazon Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, and Fire tablets,
or online at Amazon.com/amazonvideo. For a list of all Amazon
Video compatible devices visit www.amazon.com/howtostream.
Prime Video, included in Amazon Prime, enables Prime members to
enjoy binge-worthy TV shows including Amazon Original Series airing
now such as the multi-Golden Globe award-winning series
from Roman Coppola and Jason
Schwartzman, Mozart in the Jungle, the multi-Golden Globe
award-winning and Emmy award-winning series Transparent, the
breakout hit The Man in the High Castle, based on Philip K.
Dick’s novel, the hour-long drama Bosch, based on Michael
Connelly’s best-selling books, and the comedy created by and
starring Rob Delaney and Sharon
Horgan, Catastrophe, in addition to favorites
like The Sopranos, True Blood and Girls, and popular
primetime series including 24, Downton Abbey, Extant, Falling
Skies, Grimm, Hannibal, Justified, Orphan Black, Teen Wolf, The
Americans, and Under the Dome. Prime members also have
access to a collection of kids shows now airing including Amazon
Original Series Just Add Magic, Gortimer Gibbon’s Life
on Normal Street and the Annecy, Annie and multi-Emmy
award-winning Tumble Leaf, as well as popular shows
from Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. including SpongeBob
SquarePants, Dora the Explorer, Team Umizoomi, and Blue’s
Clues. Customers who are not already Prime members can sign up for
a free trial at www.amazon.com/primevideo.
About Amazon
Amazon.com opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995. The
company 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.
About ITV Studios Global Entertainment
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) is one of the world’s
leading international TV distribution, home entertainment,
publishing, merchandising and licensing businesses. ITVS GE
distributes celebrated content across all genres from both its
in-house production business, ITV Studios, and in collaboration
with leading producers from around the world.
Part of ITV PLC, which includes the UK’s largest commercial
broadcaster, ITV Studios Global Entertainment has offices in
London, Hong Kong, Los Angeles and Sydney.
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