Amazon gives greenlight to 'I Love Dick,' 'Jean-Claude Van Johnson' and 'The Tick'
LOS ANGELES -- Amazon has greenlit all three of its new comedies just over a month after the pilots debuted.
The video platform, an arm of the e-commerce giant, announced Tuesday that I Love Dick, Jean-Claude Van Johnson and The Tick will premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in 2017 in the US, UK, Germany, Austria, and Japan.
The Tick — a co-production with Sony Pictures Television — follows the costumed Tick in a spoof of comic book superheroes.
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Ben Edlund, who created the comic book character as well as the 2001 Fox comedy and 1994 animation series, is signed on as writer and executive producer. Wally Pfister (The Dark Knight) serves as director.
The Tick stars Peter Serafinowicz (Guardians of the Galaxy), Griffin Newman (Vinyl), Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen), Valorie Curry (House of Lies), Yara Martinez (Jane the Virgin) and Brendan Hines (Scorpion)
Also headed to Amazon: Jean-Claude Van Johnson, which follows martial arts film star Jean-Claude Van Damme; and I Love Dick, a show based on the renowned feminist novel about a couple's marital struggles in the artistic and academic community of Marfa, Texas.
Kevin Bacon plays the titular role in I Love Dick, which is executive produced by Transparent's Jill Soloway. Kathryn Hahn (Transparent) and Griffin Dunne co-star.
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Saba was a Los Angeles-based reporter who covers all things digital entertainment, including YouTube, streaming services and digital influencers. Prior to that, she spent two years at the Los Angeles Times covering entertainment for the Calendar and Company Town sections. Saba grew up in Santa Monica and graduated from Boston University with a B.S. in journalism and B.A. in political science. When not reporting, she is usually binge watching shows online or looking for new coffee shops to frequent.
