Atlanta creator and star Donald Glover (Community) is moving his talents to Amazon, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The multi-hyphenate creative is ending his longtime deal with FX in favor of a multi-year, eight figure contract with Amazon Studios.
Glover’s brother, Stephen Glover, has also signed a deal with Amazon, ensuring the two siblings will continue to work together after Atlanta, on which Stephen serves as a writer and producer. Included in Glover’s substantial deal is an Amazon content portal for easy access to all of Glover’s work available on the platform.
Glover is reportedly staffing a writers room for Hive, a developing television project, which is rumored to center on a figure reminiscent of Beyoncé, via The Hollywood Reporter. While not much about the series is official, the show is reported to be the product of Watchmen writer Janine Nabers. Malia Obama has allegedly been hired as staff writer for the series, but according to The Hollywood Reporter, Amazon has refused to confirm these reports or provide any additional information on the potential series.
Fans of Glover’s show Atlanta need not worry that his future creative pursuits will prolong the shows upcoming seasons three and four. Via The Hollywood Reporter, production will begin on the next two seasons of the show in March. Since the last season of the show finished airing in May 2018, the next two seasons will be filmed back to back in hopes of preventing another three year gap between seasons. While no season five has been announced for the show, Glover’s Amazon deal has included the ability for him to work on the show alongside any and all projects he produces at Amazon.
Via his Twitter account, Glover hinted at what to expect from the next two seasons of Atlanta back in November 2020.
The news of Glover’s deal with the shipping and streaming corporation comes only a few days after it was announced that Glover will be co-creating and starring in a reboot of Mr. and Mrs. Smith alongside Fleabag creator and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge (His Dark Materials). According to Deadline, Glover’s deal is similar to an existing overall deal Waller-Bridge has with Amazon.