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Donald Glover is getting into business with Amazon Studios. Sources close to the situation tell Deadline Atlanta creator Glover has left his previous home at Disney-owned FX for a multi-year overall deal, believed to be in the eight figures. Sources also say Malia Obama has joined the writers’ room of one of Glover’s…

Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Donald Glover are rebooting feature film Mr. & Mrs. Smith as a television series for Amazon. The pair revealed via Instagram stories that they were working on the project for 2022. The show, co-created by Atlanta writer/producer Francesca Sloane, comes from New Regency and Amazon…

Donald Glover isn’t holding back on expectations for Seasons 3 and 4 of his series Atlanta. Speaking out via Twitter today, Glover – who created the comedy-drama series and stars in it – was over-the-top excited about the show, which is set to film back-to-back seasons starting in January after being shut down in…

Creator Dan Harmon and the ensemble cast of the cult hit sitcom Community reunited on a livestream to table-read an episode from Season 5 of the show to raise money for World Central Kitchen’s and Frontline Foods’ efforts to feed COVID-19 essential workers. During the post-read Q&A, the conversation steered more than…

UPDATE SUNDAY MARCH 22: The mystery of Donald Glover’s on-again, off-again album has been resolved. Today, he issued the 12-song album, titled 3.15.20, credited to himself and his alter-ego, Childish Gambino. The title is a reach-back to last week’s surprise release for 12 hours before the album was pulled. The album…

At last summer’s TCA, FX handed an early fourth-season renewal to acclaimed comedy series Atlanta. At the time the network unveiled that production of season 3 — delayed due to the busy schedule of Atlanta creator and star Donald Glover and the cast — and Season 4, eight episodes each, was scheduled to begin in spring…

On Sunday, Yellowstone star and Oscar winner Kevin Costner will appear at a town hall event in Indianola, Iowa, to endorse Pete Buttigieg for president. Earlier this week, Donald Glover was announced as the “creative consultant” for Andrew Yang’s presidential campaign, and he appeared with the candidate at a pop-up…

FX has handed an early fourth-season renewal to its Emmy and Golden Globe-winning hit comedy series Atlanta. The news was announced today as part of FX’s presentation at the TCA summer press tour. Production of season 3 (previously announced) and four, eight episodes each, is scheduled to begin next spring. "What more…

On top of the 1994 animated masterpiece and then a Tony-winning 1997 musical that’s still running (the third-longest in Broadway history, with no end in sight), the new reinvention of The Lion King as a “live action” movie has a lot to live up to. That’s an understatement, but as a completely faithful remake, Disney…

With less than three weeks left until the premiere of Disney’s The Lion King, the studio has released character posters for its live-action remake. The portraits include stars of the film paired with their photorealistic character counterparts. such as Donald Glover with Simba, Beyonce Carter-Knowles with Nala and…

Get ready to escape to the paradise known as Guava Island. Amazon announced today that the New Regency Film Guava Island starring Donald Glover, Rihanna, Nonso Anozie and Letitia Wright will launch globally at 12:01 am PT April 13 on Amazon. For those who don’t have Amazon — you’re in luck. The film will be available…

UPDATED, 1:21 PM: The final numbers for the 61st annual Grammy Awards are in, and they include an all-time demo low for music’s biggest night. The live CBS show drew a 5.6 rating in the adult 18-49 demographic. That’s down just over 5% from last year’s previous demo low. As for viewership, Sunday’s Grammys is pretty…