Donald Glover Confirms Malia Obama in Writers’ Room for His New Show

Donald Glover has confirmed that Malia Obama is within the writers’ room for his new Amazon collection. The “Atlanta” Emmy winner informed Vanity Fair that Obama is “an amazingly proficient individual” within the writers’ room, including, “She’s actually centered, and he or she’s working actually exhausting.”

“I really feel like she’s simply any person who’s gonna have actually good issues coming quickly,” Glover mentioned. “Her writing type is nice.”

Stephen Glover, Donald’s brother and frequent collaborator, can also be growing the Obama-assisted Amazon collection and had this to say concerning the younger expertise: “Donald at all times say perspective is essential, and other people with completely different views are essential for a writers’ room. And for positive, [Malia] positively has a singular perspective on the whole lot. So we needed to listen to her tales and have her work with us. Listening to her tales and having her concerned actually gave us plenty of good concepts.”

Donald Glover signed an eight-figure general cope with Amazon Studios in February 2021. Sources informed Selection on the time that Malia Obama was becoming a member of the writers’ room of a Glover undertaking with playwright Janine Nabers, nevertheless it wasn’t till now that Obama’s involvement was confirmed. The collection is reportedly a few “Beyonce-like determine.” Nabers is understood for her work on “Watchmen,” “Away” and “Girlfriends’ Information to Divorce.”

“Atlanta” simply returned for its long-delayed third season on FX. Selection critic Daniel D’Addario referred to as the brand new season a “startling, gorgeous grasp class” in his rave overview. “Atlanta” will return for a fourth and remaining season within the fall.