Roy Price, head of Amazon Studios, tells the 2015 TCA summer press tour that Amazon is unconcerned with the allegations and scandal that are associated with Allen.
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The TV presenter, who was axed from the hit motoring series in March after assaulting a producer, is reuniting with his former co-hosts Richard Hammond and James May after striking a 36-episode, three-year global deal with the internet streaming service that is reported to have earned them £6 million (AUD$12m) each. And I think when we talk about what would be a great inspiration for a show, a lot of Woody Allen films kept coming up, with “Annie Hall” or what have you.
Worth was additionally requested whether or not the accusations that surfaced final yr about Allen allegedly molesting his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow when she was 7 had been weighed earlier than contemplating stepping into enterprise with the filmmaker. Those charges made headlines again early last year when Allen was feted with the De Mille Award at the Golden Globe Awards, although the renewed controversy has not impeded his schedule of releasing one film a year, most recently July’s “Irrational Man”.
Given that, a reporter asked, why did the network go after him?
Everything about Allen was taken into account, Price said, “but our focus is on the fact that he is a great filmmaker and storyteller, and so we look forward to the show in 2016”. The present is scheduled to start manufacturing on the finish of the yr and can premiere within the second half of 2016, Worth stated. The controversial host was snubbed from BBC’s “Top Gear” in March after taking part in a physical and verbal altercation with one of the show’s staff members.
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“I think you have to look at the whole picture”, Price said.
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