Luna’s Drama Pilot “Casanova” Headed to Amazon Instant Video

Diego Luna is ready to play(boy) on Amazon

The 35-year-old Mexican actor’s drama pilot Casanova will be made available for viewing on Amazon Instant Video in the U.S., UK and Germany on August 7.

Diego Luna

Casanova, which stars Luna as the famous playboy, was greenlighted by Amazon. Casanova chronicles a little-known period in the life of one of 18th century’s most famous playboys. Exiled from his beloved Venice, Giacomo Casanova (Luna) flees to Paris at the dawn of the Enlightenment in hopes of putting his reputation behind him. But old habits die hard, and temptation is everywhere as Casanova finds a wealth of new opportunity…and trouble.

Shot on-location in three European countries, the drama was directed by Jean Pierre Jeunet (Amelie) and written by Stuart Zicherman (The Americans).

It stars Luna, Bojana Novakovic, Miranda Richardson and Ben Daniels.

“We’re delighted to bring one of history’s most fascinating periods to life in Casanova,” said Roy Price, VP, Amazon Studios.

As usual, Amazon will take in consideration feedback from viewers, along with other data, in determining which pilots go to series.

Casanova is the first of a slew of pilots Amazon has in the pipeline, including The Good Girl Revolt, also from Sony, Trial, starring Billy Bob Thornton, EdgeThe Patriot and Zelda.

Consuelos’ New Comedy “Alpha House” to Hit Amazon on November 15

Mark Consuelos is Amazon-bound this month… The online retail website, that is.

The 42-year-old half-Mexican actor’s new Amazon comedy series Alpha House will debut on the website on November 15.

Alpha House

The first three of the series’ 11 episodes will be available to all Amazon customers for free. After that, one episode of each show will become available weekly on Amazon’s subscription service Prime Instant Video.

“We’re constantly experimenting and trying new things—and we’re eager to hear customers’ feedback on this model,” said Roy Price, Director of Amazon Studios.

Alpha House, written by Garry Trudeau, revolves around four misfit senators (Consuelos, John Goodman, Clark Johnson and Matt Malloy) who rent a house together in Washington D.C.

The four are joined by Cynthia Nixon, Amy Sedaris, Wanda Sykes and Julie White.

Consuelos’ “Alpha House” Gets the Official Green Light from Amazon

It’s official… Mark Consuelos will be starring in a new sitcom…

Amazon Studios has announced that the 42-year-old Mexican American actor’s pilot Alpha House has received a full season order.

Mark Consuelos

After screening 14 original pilots to viewers, the online giant eventually gave the green light to Consuelos’ sitcom, which hails from Academy Award nominee Garry Trudeau.

It stars Consuelos, John Goodman, Clark Johnson and Matt Malloy as four “misfit senators” who share a rented house in Washington.

“We are thrilled at the enthusiastic customer response to our first original pilots,” says Roy Price, director of Amazon Studios. “We built Amazon Studios so that customers could help decide which stories would make the very best movies and TV shows. It’s exciting to see the process in motion, doing exactly what we set out to do. The success of this first set of pilots has given us the push to try this approach with even more shows — this is just the beginning.”

Alpha House will be available on Amazon‘s Prime Instant Video either later this year or in early 2014.