Childish Gambino’s new film ‘Guava Island’ is coming to Amazon Prime Video this April 13th

Donald Glover a.k.a. Childish Gambino has another special tie-in for his Coachella performance this weekend. After his set ends on Saturday morning (2:25 a.m. ET), he will release the movie Guava Island on Amazon Prime Video at 3:01 a.m. ET. Dubbed as a “Childish Gambino Film,” it’s directed by Glover’s Atlanta collaborator Hiro Murai. He co-stars with Rihanna and Letitia Wright. Not much is known about the film’s plot, except there’s a possibility that he gets kidnapped in the film. It was filmed on location in Cuba.

im going to be showing “Guava Island!” on saturday for free after my performance.

You can watch it here @ https://t.co/kJT2Rf8LF1

— donald (@donaldglover) April 11, 2019

Source: Engadget

Amazon's series Grand Tour Great White North Ice Resurface hits the streets of Toronto

This past weekend, Amazon made waves by driving three tricked-out Ice Resurfacers through downtown Toronto to help promote The Grand Tour Great White North Ice ResurfaceRACE. 

Season 3 of the hit Amazon Original series, The Grand Tour, will take its final lap on Friday, April 12. To celebrate the conclusion of another action-packed season, Amazon Prime Video is bringing all of the adrenaline-fueled fun to Toronto for Canadian fans. 

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Amazon enters nine-figure deal with ‘Westworld’ creators to develop exclusive content for Prime Video

Amazon has just signed Westworld’s showrunners Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy, and their company Kilter films to develop original shows for Prime Video. It’s said to be a low-to-mid nine-figure deal that covers a four-to-five year period, which is believed to be worth upwards of US$30 million a year. The couple will be leaving Warner Bros TV but they will continue to be showrunners for HBO’s Westworld. They are still signed up to write and executive produce more seasons of the how. Engadget reports the first show they might work on could be the sci-fi drama series, The Peripheral. But we’re going to have to wait and see what they have cooking up.

Amazon Prime Video has 2,500 hours of Jim Henson Co. content

Following the release of Jim Henson Co.’s sci-fi series Farscape on Amazon Prime Video, the entertainment company is bringing 2,500 hours of classic programming into the platform. Most will be available in 67 different territories, which includes Canada. Subscribers can expect to get original five seasons of Fraggle Rock (all 96 episodes), The Storyteller, The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss, and Mother Goose Stories. What isn’t coming to the country is Pajanimals. You can view the content available through a dedicated Amazon landing page for Jim Henson Co. at this link, available to subscribers of Prime or the standalone Amazon Prime Video service.

Source: Variety