Amazon Studios has added five new shows to its roster after the pilots for the new shows earned great responses from viewers. In addition, Gael Garcia Bernal’s Mozart in the Jungle earned a second season.
Based on Blair Tindall’s memoir, the series stars Bernal, Malcolm McDowell, Gone Girl’s Lola Kirke and Agents of SHIELD’s Saffron Burrows. The executive producers include Wes Anderson collaborators Jason Schwartzman and Roman Coppola, along with About A Boy co-writer Paul Weitz.
Amazon has not set a date for the second season’s premiere.
Five pilots have earned a full season, including the Philip K. Dick adaptation The Man in the High Castle. Amazon claims that it was the most-watched Amazon pilot ever.
High Castle, which is executive produced by Ridley Scott, stars Alexa Davalos, Robert Evans, Luke Kleintank, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and DJ Qualls. It centers on an alternate history, in which the Allies lose World War II.
Cris Cole’s Mad Dogs also got a full season. The dark comedy is based on a U.K. series about friends in their 40s. The cast includes Billy Zane, Steve Zahn, Romany Malco, Michael Imperioli and Ben Chaplin.
The New Yorker Presents, a docu-series created with the award-winning magazine, also earned a full season.
Two children’s pilots - Just Add Magic and The Stinky & Dirty Show - also earned full seasons.
The new shows should be available in 2016.
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