Being one of the most powerful companies on the planet wasn’t enough for Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos: He also wanted a bona fide hit TV series to call his own. The problem for Bezos, though, was Amazon’s shows weren’t cutting it. As “Amazon Unbound” author Brad Stone told TheWrap during a recent interview, Bezos decided to take matters into his own hands. Back in late 2016 and early 2017, Bezos made it his mission to help Amazon Studios develop its own “Game of Thrones”; Amazon’s “Man in the High Castle,” as Stone explained, wasn’t Bezos’ cup of tea. Stone shared what happened next: Bezos “brings the whole [Amazon Studios] team to Seattle and says, ‘I know how you do this!’ He reels off a list of 13 things he thinks are the foundation for any big franchise, movie or property: a charismatic protagonist, a threatening antagonist, world-building, cliffhangers, a love interest, high stakes for society — I’ve got the whole list in my book. And the funny thing is, the Amazon Studios executives had to go back and, when they proposed new shows, they would have to check off on this list of 13 things which things the show had...

Read original story Behind Jeff Bezos’ Failed Plan to Create Amazon’s Own ‘Game of Thrones’ | Video At TheWrap