It looks like that upcoming Mr. and Mrs Smith reboot with Phoebe Waller-Bridge isn’t the only thing Donald Glover has in the works at Amazon Prime. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Glover has signed a multiple-year, eight-figure deal with Amazon — and apparently he’s brought Malia Obama (!) onboard as a staff writer for one of his first projects there.
This deal has reportedly been in the works for weeks now. While it’s not official just yet, it’s believed to include a “content channel” that will spotlight Glover’s work and various other productions on Amazon’s Prime Video hub, notes The Hollywood Reporter. The 3.15.20 rapper will also executive produce a handful of other projects for Amazon at large.
One of those new projects is already starting to take shape. A potential TV series Glover is drumming up called Hive, which is rumored to follow a Beyonce-like figure as imagined by writer Janine Nabers (Watchmen, Away), has begun to staff a writers room. One of the lucky people chosen to be in that group is none other than Malia Obama, the former First Daughter and longtime music aficionado.
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Before you start to worry, no, this doesn’t mean Atlanta is being scrapped. The award-winning FX comedy was recently renewed for a third and fourth season and, after a coronavirus-related delay, it will begin production in March. Glover and company hope to film both seasons back-to-back this spring to get the show back on air as soon as possible, but they won’t do so if it jeopardizes the quality of Atlanta. After all, there’s a reason the carefully crafted series was one of the best shows of the 2010s.
