Amazon Prime Video will continue to be the
exclusive premium subscription streaming service for
critically-acclaimed films from A24 including Academy Award winning
Moonlight, current theatrical hit 20th Century Women and Casey
Affleck’s next film, A Ghost Story
(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon Prime Video today announced the extension
of an exclusive content agreement with A24, making Prime Video the
only premium subscription home for all upcoming A24 films.
Moonlight starring Mahershala Ali (House of Cards) is available on
Amazon Video, and starting May 21, Prime members will be able to
stream and download the Oscar winning film at no additional cost to
their membership. Swiss Army Man starring Daniel Radcliffe (Harry
Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban), Cannes Jury Prize winner The
Lobster starring Colin Farrell (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find
Them) and Rachel Weisz (Amazon Studios’ Complete Unknown) and Green
Room starring Patrick Stewart (Star Trek: The Next Generation) are
already available to stream on Prime Video.
“We are thrilled to be the exclusive subscription streaming
service to offer customers Academy Award winner Moonlight,” stated
Jason Ropell, VP, Worldwide Head of Motion Pictures for Amazon
Studios. “We already have an incredible catalog of films from A24
like Room and Ex Machina that Prime members love to watch and we
are happy to extend our relationship to continue to bring Prime
members these award winning, prestige films. Collaborating with A24
in addition to creating our own Academy Award winning movies like
Manchester by the Sea and The Salesman make Amazon Video a premiere
platform for streaming films.”
Highly anticipated A24 films coming to Prime Video later this
year include Academy Award nominated 20th Century Women from Mike
Mills (Beginners) and starring Annette Bening (American Beauty) and
Elle Fanning (Amazon Studios’ The Neon Demon), American Honey
starring Sasha Lane (Hunting Lila) and Shia LaBeouf (Transformers),
Free Fire starring Brie Larson (Room), Cillian Murphy (Inception)
and Armie Hammer (Nocturnal Animals), The Lovers starring Debra
Winger (Terms of Endearment) and Tracy Letts (Imperium) and It
Comes at Night starring Joel Edgerton (Warrior) and Riley Keough
(The Girlfriend Experience). Written and directed by David Lowery
(Pete’s Dragon) and starring Casey Affleck (Amazon Studios’
Manchester by the Sea), A24’s A Ghost Story, will also land on
Prime Video.
Amazon Prime members are already enjoying access to A24’s
impressive library of titles including 2016 Oscar award winning
films like Room with Brie Larson’s Best Actress performance as Ma
and Amy, the Oscar winner for Best Documentary depicting the life
and death of singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse as well as the
thought-provoking supernatural horror film The Witch, Ex Machina,
starring Golden Globe nominee Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl) and
Dark Places starring Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road) and Chloe
Moretz (Kick-Ass).
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connected devices and mobile devices, or online
at Amazon.com/primevideo. In addition to unlimited streaming,
Prime members can also download titles to mobile devices at no
additional cost for offline viewing.
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available for unlimited streaming as part of an Amazon Prime
membership
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About A24
Launched in the summer of 2012, A24 is a New York-based media
company focused on the distribution, financing, development and
production of feature films and television projects. Recently the
company released Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight, which just won 3 Academy
Awards® at the 2017 Oscars - Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay,
and Best Supporting Actor. The film also won a record-breaking 6
Independent Spirit Awards, including Best Feature, Best Director,
and Best Screenplay, and was honored with the Best Picture – Drama
award at the 2017 Golden Globes.
Other recent film releases include Mike Mills’ funny and
heartwarming 20th Century Women, nominated for a Best Original
Screenplay Oscar® and featuring a renowned central performance by
Annette Bening; Yorgos Lanthimos' critical and commercial hit The
Lobster, also an Oscar® nominee for Best Original Screenplay and
starring Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz; Andrea Arnold’s highly
acclaimed American Honey, starring Shia Labeouf, which won the Jury
Prize at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival; the outrageous comedy Swiss
Army Man, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Paul Dano; and Robert
Eggers’ horror smash The Witch, winner of 2 Independent Spirit
Awards.
In 2015, A24’s releases included Room, winner of the Academy
Award® for Best Actress for Brie Larson’s emotionally stunning
performance; Amy, Asif Kapadia’s heart-wrenching portrait of Amy
Winehouse which was a major commercial hit and won the Oscar® for
Best Documentary; and Alex Garland's lauded directorial debut Ex
Machina, a sci-fi smash starring Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac and
Alicia Vikander, which won the Academy Award® for Best Visual
Effects.
In 2014, the company released Sundance breakout Obvious Child,
featuring Jenny Slate, and Jonathan Glazer’s singular Scarlett
Johansson film, Under the Skin. In 2013, the company released Sofia
Coppola’s The Bling Ring, James Ponsoldt’s The Spectacular Now, and
Harmony Korine’s record-breaking Spring Breakers.
Upcoming titles include Trey Edward Shults’ It Comes at Night, a
horror film starring Joel Edgerton, Riley Keough, and Christopher
Abbott that marks the eagerly anticipated follow-up to the
director’s celebrated debut feature Krisha; David Lowery’s A Ghost
Story, which stars Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara, and premiered at
Sundance 2017 to rave reviews; Menahse, a heartwarming father/son
story set in the Hasidic community and performed entirely in
Yiddish; and Ben Wheatley’s wickedly funny action comedy Free Fire,
starring Brie Larson, Armie Hammer, CillianMurphy, and Sharlto
Copley, and winner of the People’s Choice Award in the Midnight
Madness Section of the 2016 Toronto International Film
Festival.
A24's television projects include The Carmichael Show which will
soon be returning to NBC for its third season and USA's
Playing House.
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