Whitaker and his Significant Productions co-founder, Nina Yang Bongiovi, will develop new projects for the streamer.
The retail giant/streamer on Saturday announced that it has signed Forest Whitaker and Nina Yang Bongiovi's Significant Productions banner to a first-look deal.“Significant Productions, fueled by the vision of Forest Whitaker and Nina Yang Bongiovi, has given a platform to emerging talent and created brilliant, critically acclaimed, and commercially successful projects across film and television,” said Albert Cheng, Amazon's co-head of television.
Since its formation in 2010, Significant Productions has focused on developing and producing content with a focus on diversity and inclusivity both in front of and behind the camera. The banner was first to discover director Ryan Coogler and produced his first feature film,The company next has Epix drama“Teaming up with Amazon Studios for our producing endeavors in television empowers us to amplify what we’ve been building these last nine years.
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