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EXCERPT: Amazon Studios is in talks to revive one of CEO Jeff Bezos' favorite properties. The retailer and streaming outlet is near a deal to revive space drama *The Expanse* for a fourth season just 10 days after Syfy canceled the series. Amazon Studios declined comment as sources note the deal is not closed.
Starring Steven Strait and based on James S.A. Corey's best-selling book series of the same name, Syfy had only first-run linear rights in the U.S. to *The Expanse*. Amazon Studios had streaming rights to the first three seasons of the show.
Sources say Bezos is a big fan of the book and was livid that the TV series went to NBCUniversal-owned Syfy. The move is said to have ignited Bezos' demand that Amazon Studios brass find the company's version of *Game of Thrones*.
[...] Following the cancellation, producers Alcon Television Group — which fully financed and produced the series — planned to shop the space drama to other networks. [...] At Amazon, *The Expanse* will join a growing roster of genre programming including its upcoming *Lord of the Rings* TV franchise...
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EXCERPT: Amazon Studios is in talks to revive one of CEO Jeff Bezos' favorite properties. The retailer and streaming outlet is near a deal to revive space drama *The Expanse* for a fourth season just 10 days after Syfy canceled the series. Amazon Studios declined comment as sources note the deal is not closed.
Starring Steven Strait and based on James S.A. Corey's best-selling book series of the same name, Syfy had only first-run linear rights in the U.S. to *The Expanse*. Amazon Studios had streaming rights to the first three seasons of the show.
Sources say Bezos is a big fan of the book and was livid that the TV series went to NBCUniversal-owned Syfy. The move is said to have ignited Bezos' demand that Amazon Studios brass find the company's version of *Game of Thrones*.
[...] Following the cancellation, producers Alcon Television Group — which fully financed and produced the series — planned to shop the space drama to other networks. [...] At Amazon, *The Expanse* will join a growing roster of genre programming including its upcoming *Lord of the Rings* TV franchise...
MORE: http://deadline.com/2018/05/the-expanse-...202395538/
ALSO: http://deadline.com/2018/05/the-expanse-...202395538/