Ridley Scott to produce new 'Blade Runner' show for Amazon Prime Video

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Blade Runner will live on once more. But this time, it'll become a television series for Amazon Prime Video. The company reportedly tapped original Blade Runner director Ridley Scott to executive produce the series. It'll be entitled Blade Runner 2099 and take place 50 years after the events of Denis Villeneuve's 2017 film, Blade Runner 2049.

That film itself was set 30 years after Scott's original adaptation of Philip K Dick's novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Blade Runner 2099 will be co-produced by Silka Luisa, who is currently showrunning Shining Girls for Starz. Luisa will also be the lead writer for the series. Rumour has it Amazon Studios is fast-tracking the development of the series and is looking to establish a writers room to join Luisa soon. It isn't guaranteed, but Scott could also return to direct the show. We're sure to hear more about this if Amazon pushes through with the project.

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Amazon Prime Video app on iOS gets clip sharing feature

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Amazon has added a new clip-sharing feature to its Prime Video app in the US. This will let users who want to share favourite moments from select Amazon Original shows. As Engadget pointed out, the feature's limitation might have something to do with any rights or licensing issues. Right now, it's available for season one of The Boys, The Wilds, Fairfax, and Invincible, with more shows and movies to follow. Those with access to the feature can access the Share a Clip option, where the app will pause the video and make a 30-second clip of what you just watched. You can view the video before you share it.

Amazon Prime Video will stream the final Evangelion 'Rebuild' movie internationally on Aug. 13

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Except in Japan, Amazon will be streaming anime hit  Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon A Time on August 13 on its Prime Video service globally. This fourth and final chapter in the saga has earned over USD 86 million in Japanese theatres, making it the country's biggest earner of the year.

If you haven't caught the last three films, Prime Video will also offer Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone, Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance, and Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo.

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Amazon Prime Video to support Canadian BIPOC creators with $1.25m donation

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Amazon Prime Video wants to help creators who are Black, Indigenous, and people of colour (BIPOC) in the country through a $1.25 million donation. The streaming service is partnering with the Indigenous Screen Office (ISO) in Canada to help BIPOC creative community that was hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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