Amazon Ads is launching a new experience on gaming platform “Fortnite” that will offer marketing opportunities to brands and have guaranteed promotion through Amazon-owned streamer Twitch. Titled “The Glitch,” the project is described as “an integrated galaxy of brand-customized playable worlds” within “Fortnite” created by “Halo” co-creator Alexander Seropian and his Look North World game […]

The “Spider-Noir” series at Amazon has added eight recurring cast members, Variety has learned. The series, which is the first live-action project to feature the character Spider-Man Noir, has cast: Lukas Haas (“Babylon,” “Inception”), Cameron Britton (“Mindhunters,” “A Man Called Otto”), Cary Christopher (“Days of Our Lives,” “Fuller House”), Michael Kostroff (“The Wire,” “Wizard of […]

A class-action lawsuit against YouTube star MrBeast and Amazon has been filed on behalf of five unnamed contestants in the “Beast Games” reality competition show alleging they were subjected to “chronic mistreatment,” sexual harassment and more. The complaint was filed Monday (Sept. 16) in Los Angeles Superior Court. The lawsuit alleges multiple causes of action […]

“The Sims” movie adaptation from Amazon MGM Studios has been officially confirmed by video game maker Electronic Arts. EA formally announced the project Tuesday, along with a slew of other reveals about the future of “The Sims” franchise, which is being produced by “Barbie” star Margot Robbie’s production company LuckyChap with Kate Herron, who helmed […]

Amazon is going fully back to the office. Andy Jassy, the technology giant’s CEO, informed employees that starting next year, they will be expected to report to the office five days per week — as they generally did before the start of the COVID pandemic in 2020. That’s so that Amazon will be “better set […]

Jack Huston has been cast as a series regular in the Spider-Man Noir live-action series “Spider-Noir” at Amazon, Variety has learned. Huston will appear alongside series lead Nicolas Cage as well as fellow series regulars Brendan Gleeson, Lamorne Morris, Abraham Popoola, and Li Jun Li. As previously reported, the show will debut domestically on MGM+’s […]

It’s official. Brendan Gleeson is set for a major role in the upcoming Spider-Man Noir live-action series at Amazon. Variety exclusively reported in July based on sources that Gleeson would be a part of the show, but his role has now been fully confirmed. Exact details for Gleeson’s character are being kept under wraps, but […]