MUMBAI: Actor, writer and rapper Donald Glover has signed an eight-figure overall deal with Amazon Studios, reported Variety, marking an exit from his current deal with Disney-owned FX. His brother Stephen Glover, a collaborator in writing and producing FX’s Atlanta, has also inked an overall pact with the studio.

As part of the deal, Donald Glover’s work will be highlighted with a curated content portal on the Prime Video service. The collaboration with Amazon was in the works for weeks and will also see Glover exec produce other projects for the retail giant and streamer.

It is also speculated that Malia Obama, former US president Barack Obama’s younger daughter, has joined the writers’ room of one of Glover’s initial projects at the studio, a mini-room for a Janine Nabers project about a Beyonce-like figure. Nabers is known for her work on Watchmen, Away, and Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce.

The news comes just days after Glover announced he and Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge were working on a reboot of Brad Pitt-Angelina Jolie-starrer Mr. & Mrs. Smith as a television series for a 2022 release on Amazon. Glover has also previously worked with Amazon Studios on the original musical film Guava Island, which was released in 2019.

Atlanta, which last aired in 2018, will return for seasons three and four once the series can safely resume production, shared FX Networks and FX Production chief John Landgraf’s in a press conference last September. Both seasons have already been written, with plans to release new episodes later in 2021.