{"id":28244,"date":"2026-04-22T07:38:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=28244"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:38:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:38:26","slug":"prime-video-secures-rights-to-thriller-more-cast-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=28244","title":{"rendered":"Prime Video Secures Rights To Thriller; More Cast Set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n    <strong>EXCLUSIVE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/prime-video\/\" id=\"auto-tag_prime-video\" data-tag=\"prime-video\">Prime Video<\/a> has swooped for rights to <em>Embassy<\/em>, the action-thriller series starring <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/anna-kendrick\/\" id=\"auto-tag_anna-kendrick\" data-tag=\"anna-kendrick\">Anna Kendrick<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/sam-heughan\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sam-heughan\" data-tag=\"sam-heughan\">Sam Heughan<\/a> and J.K. Simmons, in six territories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n    The streamer landed rights in the UK, Ireland, Canada, France, Australia and New Zealand for the six-part <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/agc-television\/\" id=\"auto-tag_agc-television\" data-tag=\"agc-television\">AGC Television<\/a> series, which is set to launch next year. AGC, Ascendant Fox and Turbine Studios are making the show, which AGC International is shopping internationally, with Hannah Blyth from Prime Video\u2019s UK acquisitions team licensing it for Amazon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n    We\u2019ve also got word shooting has begun in Cologne and London, and have additional casting news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/aleksandar-jovanovic\/\" id=\"auto-tag_aleksandar-jovanovic\" data-tag=\"aleksandar-jovanovic\">Aleksandar Jovanovic<\/a> (<em>The Gold<\/em>, <em>Souls<\/em>), <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/lydia-leonard\/\" id=\"auto-tag_lydia-leonard\" data-tag=\"lydia-leonard\">Lydia Leonard<\/a> (<em>Gentleman Jack<\/em>, <em>Wolf Hall<\/em>), Mitya Savelau (<em>3 Body Problem<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Crown<\/em>), <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/hasan-akil\/\" id=\"auto-tag_hasan-akil\" data-tag=\"hasan-akil\">Hasan Akil<\/a> (<em>Memory Box<\/em>, <em>A Sad and Beautiful World<\/em>), <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/james-murray\/\" id=\"auto-tag_james-murray\" data-tag=\"james-murray\">James Murray<\/a> (<em>Masters of the Air<\/em>, <em>The Crown<\/em>), <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/luke-treadaway\/\" id=\"auto-tag_luke-treadaway\" data-tag=\"luke-treadaway\">Luke Treadaway<\/a> (<em>Unbroken<\/em>,<em> The Serial Killer\u2019s Wife<\/em>), <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/stephen-odubola\/\" id=\"auto-tag_stephen-odubola\" data-tag=\"stephen-odubola\">Stephen Odubola<\/a> (<em>Boiling Point<\/em>, <em>Blue Story<\/em>), <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/katie-mcgrath\/\" id=\"auto-tag_katie-mcgrath\" data-tag=\"katie-mcgrath\">Katie McGrath<\/a>\u00a0(<em>The Ex-Wife<\/em>, <em>Supergirl<\/em>), <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/alexander-karim\/\" id=\"auto-tag_alexander-karim\" data-tag=\"alexander-karim\">Alexander Karim<\/a> (<em>Gladiator 2<\/em>, <em>Swarm<\/em>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/natalie-mendoza\/\" id=\"auto-tag_natalie-mendoza\" data-tag=\"natalie-mendoza\">Natalie Mendoza<\/a> (<em>Jack Ryan<\/em>, <em>\u00c1nnette<\/em>) are now onboard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n    <strong>RELATED: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/gallery\/tv-cancellations-2026-photo-gallery-2\/\" data-type=\"pmc-gallery\" data-id=\"1236660389\"><strong>2026 TV Cancellations Photo Gallery: Series Ending This Year &amp; Beyond<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   aligncenter size-large aligncenter lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:1024px\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((576\/1024)*100%)\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-font-size-12 lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>                    <span class=\" lrv-u-font-size-16 lrv-u-font-size-14@mobile-max lrv-a-font-body-m u-font-style-italic lrv-u-font-weight-bold lrv-u-font-family-primary u-line-height-20 u-letter-spacing-0 u-line-height-18@mobile-max\">Top row: Aleksandar Jovanovic, James Murray, Alexander Karim; second row: Natalie Mendoza, Katie McGrath, Lydia Leonard; bottom row: Luke Treadaway, Stephen Odubola, Hasan Akil<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                                    <cite class=\" lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-grey lrv-u-font-size-10 lrv-a-font-basic-xxs lrv-u-margin-l-025\">Serkan Sevindik, Marica Rose, Dia Dipasupil\/Getty, Simon Harris, Courtesy<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n    The geopolitical thriller has been building buzz since just before MIPCOM Cannes, when it was announced <em>Woman of the Hour<\/em> star Kendrick and <em>Whiplash<\/em> Oscar winner Simmons were <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/10\/anna-kendrick-j-k-simmons-thriller-series-embassy-1236575847\/\">signed on to front the project<\/a>, which AGC and BondIt Media Capital are co-financing. <em>Outlander<\/em> star Heughan <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/01\/sam-heughan-embassy-casting-1236689494\/\">joined soon after<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n    The series follows Layla (Kendrick), a sharp and resourceful American diplomat who faces an impossible choice to protect the U.S. Ambassador (Simmons) or follow his orders to exfiltrate a high-value asset when armed mercenaries storm the U.S. Embassy in London. She\u2019s forced to rely on her instincts and the reluctant help of her battle-hardened ex-fianc\u00e9, Connor Wright (Heughan), in the tense hours before extraction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n    <em>Embassy<\/em> comes from writer and creator Rom Lotan, with John Strickland and Christian Alvart directing for AGC Television, the TV production and distribution arm of Stuart Ford\u2019s independent content studio AGC Studios; <em>Boiling Point<\/em> and <em>Gassed Up<\/em> maker Ascendant Fox; and <em>Small Axe<\/em> and <em>Constellation<\/em> firm Turbine Studios. Lotan and Strickland are exec producers alongside Ascendant Fox\u2019s Hester Ruoff, Bart Ruspoli and Matt Mitchell; Turbine\u2019s Daniel Hetzer, Jakob Neuhausser, Justin Thomson and David Tanner; and AGC\u2019s Ford, Lourdes Diaz and Miguel A. Palos Jr.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n    Although this deal comes through Prime Video\u2019s acquisitions team, the news of the pickup comes just hours after Amazon revealed it had <a data-id=\"1236866555\" data-type=\"post\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/04\/amazon-hires-apple-oliver-jones-uk-scripted-role-1236866555\/\">hired Apple TV commissioner Oliver Jones<\/a> as Senior Commissioner for UK Scripted. He is starting in May and will relocate from L.A. back to London for the role, working closely with Nicole Clemens, VP, International Originals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/04\/embassy-prime-video-uk-australia-more-more-casting-1236866923\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video has swooped for rights to Embassy, the action-thriller series starring Anna Kendrick, Sam Heughan and J.K. Simmons, in six territories. The streamer landed rights in the UK, Ireland, Canada, France, Australia and New Zealand for the six-part AGC Television series, which is set to launch next year. AGC, Ascendant Fox and Turbine &#8230; <a title=\"Prime Video Secures Rights To Thriller; More Cast Set\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=28244\" aria-label=\"Read more about Prime Video Secures Rights To Thriller; More Cast Set\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prime-Video-Secures-Rights-To-Thriller-More-Cast-Set.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28244"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28246,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28244\/revisions\/28246"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}