In 2018, Prime Video was the primary streamer to land an Excellent Comedy Collection Emmy for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel after which repeated as winner within the prime comedy class with Fleabag the next yr. After cracking the Excellent Drama Collection subject with a nomination for The Boys in 2021, Prime Video had a drama breakthrough this yr with two sequence within the prime class, Kilter Movies’ Fallout, primarily based on the Bethesda video video games, and Donald Glover and Francesca Sloane’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith, impressed by the 2005 movie, which landed 16 nominations every for a 32 complete.
That accounted for almost all of Prime Video’s modest Emmy nomination haul of 37 this yr, behind different main networks and streamers. (Notable amongst Prime Video’s different nominated applications is crowd pleaser Pink, White & Royal Blue for Excellent Tv Film.)
Whereas Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon MGM Studios, admitted that she would’ve appreciated to see restricted sequence Expats and its star/government producer Nicole Kidman acknowledged, she is pleased with the streamer’s Emmy nomination efficiency.
“The previous few years we’ve been actually dedicated to creating some actually particular international sequence that can resonate all around the world, all the time searching for that mixture of an important imaginative and prescient and a passionate creator who cares deeply in regards to the IP and has a cause to — or a imaginative and prescient — for reinventing it, and we discovered that with each of those initiatives,” Salke stated of Fallout and Mr. & Mrs Smith.
“Jonah [Nolan] and Kilter and [showrunners] Geneva [Robertson-Dworet] and Graham [Wagner] on Fallout got here in with such a robust imaginative and prescient and connection to the group at Bethesda and bringing the story to life in a approach that felt fully distinctive, actually entertaining, post-apocalyptic however not miserable — all of the substances of being one thing that would get away, and so to see it come collectively was actually thrilling for us.
“After which the identical with Mr. And Mrs. Smith, having Donald are available early on and say he needed to deal with this IP and needed to inform the tales by means of the prism of a wedding and a relationship. It was all character-driven, it wasn’t any of the low-hanging fruit you would possibly count on within the undertaking, so it actually elevated it each step, and we discover his and Francesca’s work to be actually inspiring.”
Earlier at this time, Robertson-Dworet & Wagner and Glovel & Sloane acquired Emmy nominations for writing the pilot episodes of Fallout and Mr. & Mrs. Smith, respectively.
Each Fallout and Mr. & Mrs. Smith have been renewed for a second season. Salke and Amazon MGM Studios Head Of Tv Vernon Sanders offered standing updates, together with addressing that query in regards to the Season 2 leads of Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
“On Fallout, the group has had such a crisp and clear imaginative and prescient all alongside, so I can share that we have already got scripts in hand for Season 2,” Sanders stated. “We’ve set a top quality bar, so we’re going to ensure that Season 2 not solely lives as much as Season 1 however delivers much more. We’ve received a plan that we’re shifting very quick on. I can’t let you know a precise date, however I feel everybody might be pleased with how rapidly we’re in a position to get again with Season 2.”
On Mr. & Mrs. Smith, “writers are laborious at work,” Sanders stated. “Jen and I heard a pitch on what Season 2 can be about, and we’ll like it. Donald’s a busy man, he’s a multi-multi-hyphenated however that present might be again sooner fairly than later as nicely.”
Following the pictures within the Season 1 finale cliffhanger, there was lots of hypothesis whether or not Glover and Maya Erskine — each Emmy-nominated at this time for his or her performances — would return because the titular Mr. and Mrs. Smith subsequent season. Salke and Sanders added to the suspense.
“I feel audiences will get the whole lot they need after they come again,” Salke stated.
Sanders was much more circumspect. “Past not answering that query instantly what I feel we’ll say — what you see in Season 1 — the unimaginable roster of expertise that they’ve been in a position to convey to this present in Season 1 actually blew us away.”
Mr. & Mrs. Smith landed a powerful 5 Visitor Actor/Actress In a Drama Collection Emmy nominations for Michaela Coel, Sarah Paulson, Parker Posey, Paul Dano and John Turturo.
Each Fallout and Mr. & Mrs. Smith got here out of total offers Amazon MGM Studio had signed with Jonah Nolan and Lisa Pleasure’s Killer Movies and Glover. The studio stays dedicated to total pacts, Salke stated, noting that one other large title on the Amazon expertise roster, Fleabag creator/star Phoebe Waller-Bridge, is engaged on her followup sequence, Lara Croft.
“We’re very dedicated to our staple of creators,” Salke stated. “We’re not into the quantity sport in any respect, however we love our partnerships with our key overalls.”
Amazon Freevee
This yr, Prime Video had no reveals within the Excellent Comedy class after nominations for the ultimate season of Mrs. Maisel and plucky newcomer Jury Obligation from sibling Freevee final yr.
There had been chatter a couple of potential followup to Jury Obligation that retains the overall setup of the unique. Sanders confirmed that there have been conversations.
“There is just one Jury Obligation however actually the visionary brains behind that, all of them have relationships with us, and we’re speaking about what’s a brand new, totally different factor that they wish to do,” he stated.
Upcoming Prime Video reveals Vernon and Salke highlighted embody Etoile, the following sequence from the Mrs. Maisel duo of Amy-Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino and new sequence with Nicole Kidman (Kay Scarpetta), Scarlett Johansson (Simply Trigger) and Robin Wright (The Girlfriend).
