<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"Amazon Studios has announced yet another original content project, a comedy show called 'Gamers'.\r\n\r\nJust to recap, Amazon Studios uses audience feedback to develop original entertainment and, since the division\u2019s launch in November 2010, more than 10,000 movie scripts and 1,800 series pilots have been submitted.\r\n\r\nYou may remember that back in June,\u00A0Amazon enlisted Hellraiser\u2019s Clive Barker to bring\u00A0Zombies vs. Gladiators a step closer to our screens, making it one of only a handful of projects to be developed past the script-submission stage.\r\n\r\nSince then, Amazon Studios has gone head-to-head with Netflix after selecting its first four original TV projects for production, while it also optioned another two children\u2019s series in its quest for original content. It's also introducing\u00A0a digital comic book, after Blackburn Burrow first came to Amazon Studios in the form of a feature film screenplay back in 2010.\r\n\r\nAs for Gamers, the comedy entails\u00A0four friends in their early twenties, meandering through post-college life with an &amp;quot;overpowering addiction to video games.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nAmazon says it optioned this series because it's a &amp;quot;funny and relatable show about friends who spend as much time together in the virtual world as they do in the real world&amp;quot;. Plus, it says the idea of integrating video games into the everyday lives of the characters was a big win.\r\n\r\nThis is the latest comedy show optioned by Amazon Studios, following hot on the heels of 'Those Who Can\u2019t', a proposed show based around three immature teachers. It also added Support, and The Face &amp;amp;amp; the Heel in late September/early October.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Video games are so ubiquitous, such a crucial part of our society, I can\u2019t believe this show hasn\u2019t been done yet,&amp;quot; says Gabriel Duran, the project's creator. &amp;quot;It also seemed like a great way to justify the thousands of hours I\u2019ve put into video games as 'research'. I got into TV writing to justify all the TV I watch, so it\u2019s been a great combo.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nDuran says he\u2019s been writing for three years, however, the Amazon Studios $10,000 option is the first hard cash he\u2019s seen for his efforts. Only time will tell if Gamers makes it past the initial script phase and onto our screens.\r\n\r\n\u27A4 Gamers | Amazon Studios\r\n\r\nFeature Image Credit - Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://thenextweb.com/media/2012/11/16/amazon-studios-adds-another-comedy-show-gamers-to-its-series-development-slate/>