Amazon Studios has set the release dates for two of its original series’ pilots. The debut episodes of Sneaky Pete and Casanova will drop on the Instant Video streaming platform on August 7, 2015.
On that date, both the Sneaky Pete and Casanova pilots will be available to all Amazon Prime Instant Video subscribers in the U.S., UK, and Germany. Soon afterwards, the pilots will be joined by others in Amazon’s recent round of its pilot program. Prime users will then be able to vote on their favorite pilots, which Amazon will greenlight as full series orders.
Sneaky Pete, which Amazon was reportedly courting back in June 2015, comes from executive producers Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and David Shore (House M.D.). The Amazon original series’ story centers around a released-from-prison conman, played by Giovanni Ribisi, who takes his old cellmate Pete’s identity and gets sucked into his family’s bail bond business. Sneaky Pete is directed by Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses), and James Degus and Erin Gunn executive produce the series alongside Cranston and Shore, who also penned the series’ pilot.
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Casanova was announced back in January 2015; the drama series about the famous Italian womanizer cast Diego Luna (Y Tu Mama Tambien and Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights) in the titular lead role a few months later in April. Directed by Amelie’s Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Casanova’s pilot was written by The Americans scribe Stu Zicherman. Jeunet, Zicherman, and Electus founder Ben Silverman will all co-executive produce.
“We’re delighted to bring one of history’s most fascinating periods to life in Casanova and a world-class performance by Giovanni Ribisi in Sneaky Pete,” said Amazon Studios chief Roy Price, as reported by Variety.
You can catch the pilots from Casanova and Sneaky Pete on Amazon Instant Video on August 7.
