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Jan. 13, 2015 / 11:04 AM

Woody Allen and Amazon partner for TV series

Woody Allen has signed on with Amazon to write and direct a TV series for Amazon Prime Instant Video. File Photo by David Silpa/UPI

Woody Allen has signed on with Amazon to write and direct a TV series for Amazon Prime Instant Video. File Photo by David Silpa/UPI | License Photo

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Woody Allen has signed up with Amazon Studios to create a television series.

Currently called "Untitled Woody Allen Project," Amazon has ordered a full season of the half-hour show. Details were not disclosed. The series will be written and directed by Allen.

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The series will only be shown on Amazon Prime Instant Video.

Roy Price, vice president of Amazon Studios, said in statement that "Woody Allen is a visionary creator who has made some of the greatest films of all time, and it's an honor to be working with him on his first television series."

"I don't know how I got into this," Allen said in a statement. "I have no ideas and I'm not sure where to begin. My guess is that Roy Price will regret this."

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