Amazon . com Galleries signs production trio

Fledgling Amazon . com Galleries stated Thursday it's signed producers Denise Di Novi, Bill Gerber and Edward Saxon to build up three original projects. It has been just more than a year because the retail giant and streaming video player joined the film development biz though original online script and movie contests.Individually, Amazon . com.com revealed upbeat sales because of its new Amazon Kindle Fire, calling it probably the most effective product the business's ever released and also the bestseller across all Amazon . com for 11 straight weeksDiNovi ("Crazy, Stupid, Love," "The Nightmare Before Christmas") is mounted on produce "Touching Blue," compiled by Scott Mullen that won the very best Sci-Fi Script Award from Amazon . com Galleries in June 2011.Gerber ("Gran Torino," "The Dukes of Hazzard") will produce "Original Soldiers" after he selects a author from the contest Amazon . com backed it stated received 1,000 pitches from around the globe.And Saxon ("Adaptation," "Silence from the Lamb") will produce "Kids of Others," compiled by Barrington Cruz-Seetachit, which won the very best Script Award from Amazon . com in August 2011."Our goal would be to are actually excellent movies," stated Roy Cost, Director of Amazon . com Galleries, which released in November of this past year with contests filled with prize money. He stated that authors and filmmakers have submitted a lot more than 7,000 scripts and also over 700 test movies towards the site in the last year.For the Amazon Kindle Fire, which streams video and plays music and games in addition to storing magazines and books, sales happen to be speeding up week to week, Amazon . com stated. It did not bust out the fireplace but stated it's offered more than a million Kindles for that third week consecutively and it is building millions more to satisfy our prime demand.The debut wasn't without its kinks. Amazon . com intends to problem an application upgrade for that Fire after clients reported slow touchscreen and also the models freezing. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com