Here is a quick roundup of news revolving around Amazon original content. It was just announced yesterday that Sneaky Pete, Amazon’s newest original series that debuted a week ago, has been renewed for a second season. Amazon’s next new series debut will be Z: The Beginning of Everything, which debuts in a week on Jan, 27th, and the upcoming new series I Love Dick has received a premiere date of May 12th. Amazon has announced that they have greenlit Good Omens, a six-part hour-long comedy series adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s and Terry Pratchett’s novel about a battle to stop the apocalypse that will debut in 2018. Lastly, yesterday marked the start of the Sundance Film Festival, where Amazon went on a shopping spree last year and picked up numerous movies. They’re already off to a running start this year with the $6 million+ purchase of Long Strange Trip, a 4-hour documentary on The Grateful Dead by director Amir Bar-Lev and producer Martin Scorsese.

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