Amazon Rising: Ridley Scott, Carlton Cuse Among 2015 Pilot Class
Posted in: UncategorizedEarly in the pilot episode of Amazon Prime’s “Point of Honor,” a Confederate officer gets his arm blown off in a graphic battle scene that evokes Omaha Beach in “Saving Private Ryan.”
In “The Man in the High Castle,” another of the 13 pilots released Thursday by Amazon.com’s $99-a-year shipping-cum-video service, a young man emerges from a theater to a 1962 Times Square imagined by Philip K. Dick, in which the Nazi swastika dominates, and German soldiers patrol the streets of New York City.
The shows, released in the wake of Amazon’s victories at the Golden Globes and a new deal with Woody Allen, affirm the online retailer’s growing stature in Hollywood. With this batch, Amazon is showing off the high-level talent it’s attracted. “Blade Runner” director Ridley Scott executive produced “The Man in the High Castle,” based on Mr. Dick’s alternative history of the world. “Lost” executive producer Carlton Cuse is behind “Point of Honor.”
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