Donald Glover jumps to Amazon from FX in eight-figure deal: report

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MW Donald Glover jumps to Amazon from FX in eight-figure deal: report

By Mike Murphy

Actor, writer and rapper Donald Glover has agreed to a multiple-year, eight-figure production deal with Amazon.com Inc. $(AMZN)$, according to the Hollywood Reporter -owned FX.

The deal reportedly includes a content channel on the Amazon Prime Video hub that will highlight Glover's work as well as curated selections.

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The Amazon deal reportedly won't affect his work on the critically acclaimed FX series "Atlanta," for which Glover won an Emmy Award in 2017. Two more seasons of "Atlanta" are scheduled to go into production this year.

Last week, Glover announced he was making a "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" series with Amazon , co-starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge, that is due in 2022.

The Hollywood Reporter said Stephen Glover, Donald's brother and a co-writer and producer on "Atlanta," signed a deal with Amazon as well. It added that Malia Obama, daughter of former President Barack Obama, has been recruited to write for one of Glover's upcoming Amazon projects, "Hive."

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February 17, 2021 20:29 ET (01:29 GMT)

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