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Prime Video Releases Official Trailer and Key Art for "The Pasta Queen"

The 13 episode Culinary Travel Series will premiere on October 24, exclusively on Prime Video

CULVER CITY, California - October 3, 2024 - Today, Prime Video released the official trailer and key art for the new culinary travel series, The Pasta Queen, taking you through many regions to discover the beauty of cooking. All 13 episodes are set to debut exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide on Thursday, October 24.

The series features Nadia Caterina Munno, descendant of an Italian pasta dynasty, who has racked up millions of followers on TikTok and Instagram. Each episode, audiences will travel through Italy with Nadia, then spend time in her chef's kitchen as she shares essential ingredients from the Italian regions she visited, and makes authentic Italian dishes with love.

Nadia Caterina Munno is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author celebrated for her contagious energy, love for people, classic recipes, and spreading the beauty of Italy worldwide. Born and raised in Rome, she comes from a long family line of pasta makers dating back to the 1800s.

The series is produced by Candle Media's Hello Sunshine and Amazon MGM Studios, with Reese Witherspoon, Sara Rea, Sue Kinkead, and Liz Sandorff serving as executive producers. Cat Sullivan serves as showrunner and executive producer, with Nadia Caterina Munno also serving as an executive producer.

About Hello Sunshine:

Founded by Reese Witherspoon, Hello Sunshine puts women at the center of every story it creates, celebrates, and discovers. Hello Sunshine tells stories across all platforms - from scripted and unscripted television, feature films, podcasts, audio storytelling, and digital series - all shining a light on where women are now and helping them chart a new path forward. Hello Sunshine is also home to Reese's Book Club. Fast growing in reach and influence, this community is propelled by meaningful connections with stories, authors, and fellow members.

Hello Sunshine is part of Candle Media, an independent, creator-friendly home for cutting-edge, high-quality, category-defining brands, and franchises. By bringing together elite talent operating at the intersection of content, community, and commerce, it helps to position leading entertainment businesses for accelerated, sustainable growth in the current market and beyond. Candle is run by its Co-Chairmen and Co-CEOs, leading entertainment executives Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs, and backed by investment capital from funds managed by Blackstone's flagship private equity business.

Hello Sunshine's recent productions include scripted series adaptations of the Reese's Book Club picks The Last Thing He Told Me (Apple TV+) and From Scratch (Netflix), plus Tiny Beautiful Things (Hulu) and Daisy Jones and the Six (Prime Video) which received a combined total of 11 Emmy nominations. Hello Sunshine also produced Apple TV+'s three seasons of the Emmy award-winning series The Morning Show (currently in production on season 4), three seasons of the NAACP award-winning series Truth Be Told (Apple TV+), the psychological thriller series Surface for Apple TV+ (currently in production on season 2), the five-time Emmy nominated limited series Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu), as well as HBO's Emmy Award-winning series Big Little Lies.

On the film side, Hello Sunshine produced the adaptation of one of Reese's Book Club's most beloved selections, the chart-topping New York Times bestselling novel WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING (3000 Pictures/Sony), which stars Daisy Edgar Jones and surpassed $100 million at the worldwide box office. Other Hello Sunshine productions include Aline Brosh McKenna's feature directorial debut YOUR PLACE OR MINE (Netflix) and SOMETHING FROM TIFFANY's (Prime Video) starring Zoey Deutch, both of which earned the top spot on their respective platforms. Hello Sunshine also produced the wedding comedy YOU'RE CORDIALLY INVITED, starring Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell, for Prime Video, which will be released January 30, 2025.

Unscripted projects from Hello Sunshine include My Kind of Country (Apple TV+), Meet Me in Paris (Roku) and its second season Meet Me in Rome, Side Hustlers (Roku), Love in Fairhope (Hulu), Surf Girls (Prime Video), and Making the Cut (Prime Video) as well as the feature documentary Between Hell & Hallelujah (Paramount+), and upcoming sports documentary series F1 Academy (Netflix).

About Prime Video

Prime Video is a one-stop entertainment destination offering customers a vast collection of premium programming in one application available across thousands of devices. On Prime Video, customers can find their favorite movies, series, documentaries, and live sports - including Amazon MGM Studios-produced series and movies Road House, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Fallout, Reacher, The Boys, andThe Idea of You; licensed fan favorites American Fiction and The Boys in the Boat; Prime member exclusive access to coverage of live sports including Thursday Night Football, WNBA, and NWSL, and acclaimed sports documentaries including Bye Bye Barry and Federer; and programming from partners such as Max, Crunchyroll and MGM+ via Prime Video Channels add-on subscriptions, as well as more than 500 free ad-supported (FAST) Channels. Prime members in the U.S. can share a variety of benefits, including Prime Video, by using Amazon Household. Prime Video is one benefit among many that provides savings, convenience, and entertainment as part of the Prime membership. All customers, regardless of whether they have a Prime membership or not, can rent or buy titles, including blockbusters such as Challengers and The Fall Guy, via the Prime Video Store, and can enjoy content such as Jury Duty and Bosch: Legacy free with ads on Freevee. Customers can also go behind the scenes of their favorite movies and series with exclusive X-Ray access. For more info visit www.amazon.com/primevideo.

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