Amazon takes dramas to series

Amazon is moving ahead with its first two original dramas, ordering full series based on recent pilots by best-selling crime writer Michael Connelly and The X-Files creator Chris Carter.

Bosch is an adaptation of Connelly’s blockbuster Harry Bosch novels that portray the LAPD homicide detective. The pilot was produced by Fabrik Entertainment’s Henrik Bastin (The Killing) with Bosch played by Titus Welliver (The Good Wife).

Also moving to series is The After, marking Carter’s first series since The X-Files. It is being exec produced by Georgeville Television’s Marc Rosen with Gabe Rotter producing and explores the lives of eight people drawn together by unknown forces.

Elsewhere comedy duo Mozart In The Jungle, from Roman Coppola (The Darjeeling Limited), and Jill Soloway’s Transparent will also move to series.

Mozart in the Jungle is based on Blair Tindall’s memoir and was exec produced by Paul Weitz (About a Boy) while Transparent explores the unusual habits of family living in Los Angeles.

The orders come a month after Amazon Studios uploaded the programmes for viewers to comment on.