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Amazon Studios has announced a trio of brand new original children’s holiday specials premiering November 25.
According to a press release, the Prime Video features include If You Give a Mouse a Christmas Cookie, The Snowy Day, and An American Girl Story—Maryellen 1955: Extraordinary Christmas and recruit notable talent such as Laurence Fishburne, Regina King, Boyz II Men, Lisa Loeb and more.
In other news…
Netflix has begun shooting its very first Italian original series this week in Rome. Titled Suburra, the 10-episode political drama series will premiere globally in 2017 and centers on modern links between organized crime and politics in the Italian capital. [Variety]
Abbie Cornish has been cast as the female lead in Amazon’s forthcoming Prime Video adaptation of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan. The straight-to-series drama from Lost showrunner Carlton Cuse and writer Graham Roland stars John Krasinski as the aspiring CIA operative. [Deadline]
Netflix has announced that Comcast will officially launch the streaming platform on all X1 devices across the country next week. X1 customers will now have multiple options to access the SVOD platform’s extensive library, including via the X1 Voice Remote, Xfinity On Demand and the Netflix app. [Netflix]
ICYMI: Netflix has unleashed the official trailer to the forthcoming season of Lovesick (formerly known as Scrotal Recall). Season 2 of SVOD original series, which premieres on November 17, will continue following Dylan as he tracks down his former sex partners to reveal his STD:
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