The two one-hour pilots include The Last Tycoon, written and directed by Academy Award nominee Billy Ray (Captain Phillips, The Hunger Games), and The Interestings, directed by Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fires, Four Weddings and a Funeral).
Among the eight pilots to launch in June are six kids shows including Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, The Curious Kitty and Friends, Jazz Duck, Morris and the Cow, Toasty Tales and Little Big Awesome.
The pilots will be available exclusively on Amazon Video in the US, UK, Germany, Austria and Japan.