January brings new Amazon Original Movies and Series including Herself (2020), an intimate drama which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival; One Night in Miami… (2020), Regina King’s directorial debut and based on the stage play of the same name; the premiere of political drama series Tandav; season one of Flack, a British dramedy sharing Anna Paquin as an American PR executive living in London; new episodes of children’s show Jessy and Nessy; and The Great Escapists, a survival/engineering series featuring The Grand Tour’s Richard Hammond and Mythbusters’ Tory Belleci. Additionally, the final ten episodes of the hit drama series Vikings will be premiering first on Prime Video in the US, UK, Germany, Austria and Ireland on December 30. And if you need a refresher before the premiere, all the past Vikings seasons are currently available to Prime members on Prime Video.
New Amazon Originals in January
Single mother Sandra (Clare Dunne) escapes her abusive partner with her two young children, only to find herself trapped in temporary accommodation. After months of struggling, she draws inspiration from one of her daughter’s bedtime stories and hits upon the idea of self-building an affordable home. She finds an architect who provides her with plans and is offered land by Peggy (Harriet Walter), a woman she cleans for. Aido (Conleth Hill), a building contractor, appears willing to help, too. But as her past rears its head in the form of Gary (Ian Lloyd Anderson), her possessive ex, and as bureaucrats fight back against her independent spirit, will Sandra be able to rebuild her life from the ground up? Available in HDR. Streaming January 8
One incredible night in 1964, four icons — Cassius Clay (soon to be Muhammad Ali), Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown —- gathered to celebrate one of the biggest upsets in boxing history. Directed by Regina King, One Night In Miami… is a fictional account that looks at the struggles these men faced and the vital role they each played in the civil rights movement and cultural upheaval of the 1960s. Available in HDR. Streaming January 15
Tandav is a story that happens in the capital city of the world’s largest democracy – DILLI (New Delhi), where it takes you inside the closed, chaotic doors of power & manipulation and uncover the darkest lanes of Indian politics. Streaming January 15
Bad Behavior. Great Publicists. Ever wonder what the real story is behind those celebrity gossip columns? Flack has all the dirt. Four quick-witted and relentless flackers led by Robyn, played by Academy Award Winner Anna Paquin, are tasked to make the best of their celebrity clients’ terrible decisions. But does their ability to clean up their client’s lives translate to their own? Streaming January 22
Jessy and Nessy is back with new episodes. The series follows Jessy, an innately curious little girl, and her best friend Nessy, a five-and-a-half-thousand-year-old purple sea monster. Jessy happens to see the world a little differently through her magical glasses called ‘Inspectacles.’ Together this unlikely duo explore life’s curiosities and reveal how all of these seemingly everyday curiosities have fantastical answers. Streaming January 22
Two men shipwrecked together on a desert island, THE GREAT ESCAPISTS is the story of Richard Hammond (The Grand Tour) and Tory Belleci (Mythbusters), (arguably) two of pop-science TV’s greatest minds, with nothing but their smarts and their scrap shipwreck for survival. Can they invent themselves off the island? Or will they be castaway forever? This is the engineering challenge of their lives, will they succeed and become THE GREAT ESCAPISTS? Streaming Early 2021
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Happy Holidays
Since we are in the middle of the holiday season, we wanted to remind you of a few titles to get you in the holiday spirit! Highlighting a few of our favorites below, but you can find our full holiday collection on Prime Video. Also be sure to turn on the virtual fireplace to create a cozy, holiday environment wherever you may be. And for an extra dose of holiday cheer, check out this fun video!
NFL on Prime Video
Also don’t miss out on Week 16 of the NFL, when Prime Video will carry consecutive days of live NFL action. On December 25th Prime Video will stream the FOX and NFL Network Christmas Special between the Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints at 4:30 p.m. ET, and on December 26th catch the San Francisco 49ers and Arizona Cardinals game which is streaming exclusively on Prime Video and Twitch with kickoff at 4:30 p.m. ET.