--- description: New shows from Steven Soderbergh, Jay Chandrasekhar and others will be available on August 28 title: Amazon Announces Release Date for 5 Upcoming Pilots image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88c84e1555572350/69869f0835ba6f0ca9c035d5/adam-brody-2013.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Amazon Announces Release Date for 5 Upcoming Pilots by [Eric Dodds](/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 11, 2014 4:38 PM CUT  Adam Brody arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Baggage Claim" on September 25, 2013. Adam Brody arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Baggage Claim" on September 25, 2013.Michael Tran—FilmMagic by [Eric Dodds](/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 11, 2014 4:38 PM CUT Amazon has long been on the fringe when it comes to the high-quality original series game currently dominated by Netflix (alongside traditional media heavy-hitters like HBO and AMC). The company launched two “primetime” series, _Alpha House_ and _Betas_, last year, but neither received the acclaim that _Orange Is the New Black_ or _House of Cards_ have earned in their two seasons. That could change later this month when Amazon Studios premieres pilots for five new shows: three half-hour comedies and two hour-long dramas. Among the most promising are Marc Foster’s _Hand of God_, which stars Ron Perlman as a powerful judge seeking vengeance against “the rapist who tore his family apart” and _Really_, which _Broken Lizard_ vet Jay Chandrasekhar writes, directs and stars in, alongside Sarah Chalke (_Scrubs_) and Selma Blair. Other offerings include _Red Oaks_, a comedy directed by David Gordon Green (_Eastbound and Down_) and produced by Steven Soderbergh, Whit Stillman’s _The Cosmopolitans_ (starring Adam Brody, of _The O.C._ fame) and _Hysteria_, with Mena Suvari. It’s too early to say with any certainty that the shows will be hits (or even picked up at all), but some of the star power — especially behind the camera — is encouraging. The shows will be released on Amazon Instant video in the U.S. and U.K. on August 28. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3101006/amazon-new-pilots/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3101006/amazon-new-pilots/"},"headline":"Amazon Announces Release Date for 5 Upcoming Pilots","datePublished":"2014-08-11T16:38:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:35:59.461Z","description":"New shows from Steven Soderbergh, Jay Chandrasekhar and others will be available on August 28","url":"https://time.com/3101006/amazon-new-pilots/","keywords":["Television","Amazon","Pilots"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88c84e1555572350/69869f0835ba6f0ca9c035d5/adam-brody-2013.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eric Dodds","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88c84e1555572350/69869f0835ba6f0ca9c035d5/adam-brody-2013.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Adam Brody — Baggage Claim","caption":"Adam Brody — Baggage Claim","creditText":"Michael Tran—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3101006/amazon-new-pilots/","name":"Amazon Announces Release Date for 5 Upcoming Pilots"}}]}] ```