Amazon have today (July 21) announced their lineup for their 2016 comedy pilot series, and amongst the shows which will be featured is upcoming superhero series The Tick.
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A synopsis reads: "In a world where superheroes have been real for decades, an underdog accountant with zero powers comes to realise his city is owned by a global super villain long-thought dead.
"As he struggles to uncover this conspiracy, he falls in league with a strange blue superhero."
The Tick stars Peter Serafinowicz, Griffin Newman, Jackie Earle Haley, Valorie Curry, Yara Martinez and Brendan Hines.
Supernatural's Ben Edlund teams up with Bones' Barry Josephson and A Series of Unfortunate Events' Barry Sonnenfeld to executive produce, whilst The Dark Knight's Wally Pfister will direct. Edlund writes the show, which is a co-production with Sony Pictures Television.
Amazon customers are invited to stream and review the pilot in order to help choose the next Amazon Original Series available to Prime members, via Amazon Video.
I Love Dick will be another show hoping to be picked up for a full run, adapted from the cult classic of the same name. Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Hahn and Griffin Dunne all star in the series.
Jean-Claude Van Johnson is the third and final pilot, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as the titular character. Brought back to the game by a "lost love", he takes on the world's bad guys once more.
All three shows' half-hour pilots will launch on Amazon Video on August 19.