Knives Out Soon for Prime Video

Prime Video will premiere spy thriller All the Old Knives on April 8.

Directed by Janus Metz, who helmed episodes of the sensational ZeroZeroZero, Olen Steinhauer’s adaptation of his own novel stars Chris Pine, Thandwie Newton, Laurence Fishburne and Jonathan Pryce, and in some markets will also open theatrically.

Reads the blurb:

When the CIA discovers one of its agents leaked information that cost more than 100 people their lives, veteran operative Henry Pelham (Chris Pine) is assigned to root out the mole from among his former officemates at the agency’s Vienna station.

His investigation takes him from Austria to England to California, where he is reunited with his one-time colleague and ex-lover Celia Harrison (Thandiwe Newton).

The pair are forced to blur the lines between profession and passion in this riveting tale of global espionage, moral ambiguity, and deadly betrayal.

A new Amazon Original series,The Terminal List, starring Chris Pratt, will premiere  on July 1.

Based on the best-selling novel by Jack Carr, The Terminal List follows James Reece (Pratt) after his entire platoon of Navy SEALs is ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission.

Reece returns home to his family with conflicting memories of the event and questions about his culpability.

However, as new evidence comes to light, Reece discovers dark forces working against him, endangering not only his life, but the lives of those he loves.

Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch and Jeanne Tripplehorn co-star.

Prime Video’s also announced production of an “Australian feminist noir crime comedy” series starring Kiwi Madeleine Sami called Deadloch. Here’s the media release:

From the creative minds of comedy duo Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan, the series will film exclusively in Southern Tasmania, and star Kate Box, Madeleine Sami, Alicia Gardiner and Nina Oyama.

The eight-part Tasmanian noir crime comedy will film from February to May 2022 with acclaimed Australian directors Ben Chessell (The Great, Giri/Haji), Gracie Otto (The Moth Effect, Seriously Red) and Beck Cole (Black Comedy, Wentworth) with Andy Walker (Rosehaven, The Kettering Incident) producing.

The large ensemble cast led by Kate Box (Fires, Wentworth), Madeleine Sami (The Breaker Upperers), Alicia Gardiner (Wakefield, Offspring), and also includes comedian Tom Ballard, Nina Oyama (Utopia), Susie Youssef(Rosehaven), Pamela Rabe (Wentworth), Kris McQuade (Rosehaven), Duncan Fellows (The Letdown), Harvey Zielinski (Don’t Look Deeper), Shaun Martindale (The Tailings), Katie Robertson (Five Bedrooms), Nick Simpson-Deeks (Winners & Losers), Mia Morrissey (Home and Away), Leonie Whyman (Dark Place) and Mick Davies(Rosehaven) with Holly Austin, Kartanya Maynard and Naarah.

The Tasmanian town of Deadloch, a once sleepy seaside hamlet, is left reeling when a local man turns up dead on the beach.

Two female detectives are thrown together to solve the case, fastidious local Senior Sergeant Dulcie Collins (Kate Box) and a rough as guts blow in from Darwin, Senior Investigator Eddie Redcliffe (Madeleine Sami) along with their overeager junior constable Abby (Nina Oyama).

As the town prepares to launch the annual arts, food and culture Winter “Feastival”, the trio has to put their differences aside and work together to find the killer.

Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan said, “We are so incredibly thrilled to be bringing our story to life in lutruwita (Tasmania) with this extraordinary team of creatives.

“The fact that our Australian feminist noir crime comedy will launch globally on Prime Video for 200 million Prime members to see is mind-blowing.

“Powerhouses Kate Box and Madeleine Sami are leading a brilliant ensemble of actors. And most of all, we’re so grateful they’re all involved so that we never have to learn lines ever again.”

Kevin Whyte, Guesswork Television said, “We loved Deadloch from the first moment the Kates shared it with us five years ago and when the team at Prime Video had the same instant excitement, we knew we had found our partners.

“Making TV with the Kates for the third time, being back in Tassie and working again with the incomparable Andy Walker makes Deadloch pretty much TV nirvana.”

In other streaming news, Apple TV+ has released the official trailer for season two of The Snoopy Show, which will premiere with all six episodes March on March 11.

Peanuts fans can also look forward to two more specials coming soon to Apple TV+: Snoopy Presents: It’s the Small Things, Charlie Brown, a new original special in celebration of Earth Day featuring an original song by American singer-songwriter Ben Folds (April 15); and Snoopy Presents: To Mom (and Dad), With Love (May 6).

And streaming from March 4 will be classic Peanuts titles Charlie Brown’s All Stars!, You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown, She’s a Good Skate, Charlie Brown, It’s Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown and Snoopy’s Reunion.