Amazon unveils 5 new pilots featuring Ron Perlman, Mena Suvari, more

The mix of comedies and dramas include shows from creators include David Gordon Green, Whit Stillman and Jay Chandrasekhar. Depending on how these shows are received, one or more of them could turn into Amazon series.

Hand of God, a one-hour drama starring Ron Perlman as “a morally-corrupt judge who suffers a breakdown and believes God is compelling him onto a path of vigilante justice.” Dana Delaney, Garret Dillahunt, and Andre Royo (The Wire) costar. Watch it here.

From David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express) comes Red Oaks, a 30-minute comedy starring Jennifer Grey, Paul Reiser and Richard Kind about a student’s last summer before college in the ’80s. Watch it here.

Whit Stillman (Metropolitan, Damsels in Distress) brings us The Cosmopolitans, a 30-minute comedy-drama about a bunch of young Americans adrift in Paris. Adam Brody stars. Watch it here.

Mena Suvari and Laura San Giacomo star in Hysteria, an hour long mystery drama about a doctor investigating an epidemic in her hometown “that may be linked to social media – and her own tragic past.” Watch it here.

Broken Lizard’s Jay Chandrasekhar (Super Troopers) delivers this 30-minute comedy starring himself and Sarah Chalke as a couple of married-with-childrens. Watch it here.

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