Amazon Debuts Original Animated Kids Series Thunderbirds Are Go on April 22 on Prime Video

Special one-hour sneak preview will premiere on April 15 with Ring
of Fire Parts 1 and 2

The five Tracy brothers catapult back onto television screens
following the 50-year-old classic Thunderbirds series; Rosamund
Pike stars as Lady Penelope

SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon today announced its brand-new Amazon Original Kids
Series, Thunderbirds Are Go, is scheduled to premiere on Friday,
April 22 on Prime Video in the US. Ahead of the series launch, Prime
members will get a sneak preview on April 15 with the one-hour special Ring
of Fire Parts 1 and 2. Thunderbirds Are Go is a reinvention
of classic Thunderbirds, and features the world’s most famous
family of heroes, International Rescue. Rosamund
Pike (The World’s End, Gone Girl) also stars as Lady
Penelope. All 13 episodes of the first season will debut on Prime Video
in the US on April 22 for streaming and download for Prime members, and
will subsequently air on Prime Video in the UK, Germany and Austria,
following a deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment.

Thunderbirds Are Go catapults the five brave Tracy brothers back
onto television screens, where they’ll pilot their remarkable,
cutting-edge Thunderbird vehicles from the depths of the oceans to the
highest reaches of space, performing impossible rescues across the
globe. Produced by ITV Studios and Pukeko Pictures in collaboration with
world-famous Weta Workshop, the series is made using a unique mixture of
CGI animation and live-action model sets. Thunderbirds Are Go
will deliver a new level of action-adventure animation for today’s
audience while paying tribute to the characters and locations from the
original series.

“We’re excited that our customers and their families will partake in a
new rendition of a classic property with the Tracy brothers at the
helm,” said Tara Sorensen, Head of Kids Programming at Amazon Studios.
“The new series will pay tribute to the legacy of the original series
while adopting a new level of action-adventure and groundbreaking mix of
animation and live-action.”

“We’re delighted that Thunderbirds Are Go will be blasting
off in the US on Amazon next month,” said Dan Gopal, EVP EMEA
Distribution and Global Digital Partners for ITV Studios Global
Entertainment. “This will give children and families across the country
the opportunity to enjoy the full, action-packed series whenever and
wherever they want.”

Thunderbirds Are Go is executive produced by Estelle
Hughes (Driver Dan’s Story Train), Giles
Ridge (Pocoyo), Richard
Taylor (The Lord of the Rings), and Andrew
Smith (District 9), written by Rob
Hoegee (Generator Rex, Teen Titans), and directed by David
Scott (LEGO Star Wars) and Theo
Baynton (The Wotwots). It is distributed internationally by
ITV Studios Global Entertainment.

The first season of Thunderbirds Are Go will be available for
Prime members to stream and enjoy using the Amazon Video app for TVs,
connected devices including Amazon Fire TV, and mobile devices, or
online at Amazon.com/originals,
at no additional cost to their membership. Customers who are not already
a Prime member can sign up for a free trial at www.amazon.com/prime.
For a list of all Amazon Video compatible devices, visit www.amazon.com/howtostream.
Thunderbirds Are Go will also be available as part of Amazon
FreeTime Unlimited, the all-you-can-eat subscription service designed
from the ground up for kids. FreeTime Unlimited is available exclusively
on Amazon devices including Amazon Fire TV and Fire tablets, and a
year-long subscription is included with every Fire Kids Edition.

About Amazon Video

Amazon Video offers customers unlimited access to tens of thousands of
movies and TV episodes, including award-winning Amazon Original Series,
through Amazon Prime; monthly subscriptions to SHOWTIME, STARZ, and
more; and hundreds of thousands of titles including new-release movies
and current TV shows for rent or purchase.

The entire range of selection can be instantly accessed through the
Amazon Video app on TVs, streaming media players, mobile
devices, Amazon Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, and Fire tablets, or online at Amazon.com/amazonvideo.
For a list of all Amazon Video compatible devices visit www.amazon.com/howtostream.

Prime Video, included in Amazon Prime, enables Prime members to enjoy
binge-worthy TV shows including Amazon Original Series airing now such
as the multi-Golden Globe award-winning series from Roman
Coppola and Jason Schwartzman, Mozart in the Jungle,
the multi-Golden Globe award-winning and Emmy award-winning series Transparent,
the breakout hit The Man in the High Castle, based on Philip
K. Dick’s novel, the hour-long drama Bosch, based on Michael
Connelly’s best-selling books, and the comedy created by and
starring Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan, Catastrophe,
in addition to favorites like The Sopranos, True Blood and Girls,
and popular primetime series including 24, Downton Abbey,
Extant, Falling Skies, Grimm, Hannibal, Justified, Orphan Black, Teen
Wolf, The Americans, and Under the Dome. Prime
members also have access to a collection of kids shows now airing
including Amazon Original Series Just Add Magic, Gortimer
Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street and the Annecy, Annie and
multi-Emmy award-winning Tumble Leaf, as well as
popular shows from Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. including SpongeBob
SquarePants, Dora the Explorer, Team Umizoomi, and Blue’s
Clues. Customers who are not already Prime members can sign up for a
free trial at www.amazon.com/primevideo.

About Amazon

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guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor
focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and
long-term thinking. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized
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Publishing, Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and Alexa are
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information, visit www.amazon.com/about.

About ITV Studios Global Entertainment

ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) is one of the world’s leading
international TV distribution, home entertainment, publishing,
merchandising and licensing businesses. ITVS GE distributes celebrated
content across all genres from both its in-house production business,
ITV Studios, and in collaboration with leading producers from around the
world.

Part of ITV PLC, which includes the UK’s largest commercial broadcaster,
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has offices in London, Hong Kong, Los
Angeles and Sydney.

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