Donald Glover is starting a business with Amazon Studios. Sources close to the situation say Deadline Atlanta Creator Glover left his former home at Disney-owned FX for a multi-year general agreement that is believed to be in the eight-digit range.
Sources also say that Malia Obama entered the writers’ room for one of Glover’s initial studio projects, a mini-room for a Janine Nabers project on a Beyoncé-like figure.
His brother Stephen Glover, who wrote and produced in Atlanta, also closed a general agreement with the studio, according to a person familiar with the business.
As part of the pact, Glover’s work would also be featured on a content portal on Amazon Prime Video.
Amazon declined to comment.
The news comes a few days after Glover announced that he and Phoebe Waller-Bridge were working on a reboot of a feature film. Mr and Mrs Smith as a television series for Amazon.
The show, co-created by Atlanta writer / producer Francesca Sloane, comes from New Regency and Amazon Studios.
Waller-Bridge has a general agreement with the streamer, as does Sloane.
The Hollywood Reporter was the first to report the deal.