Former First Daughter Malia Obama labored on Swarm, the brand new Amazon Prime Video TV sequence created by Donald Glover.
The seven-episode present follows Dre (performed by Dominique Fishback), whose obsession with a pop star plunges her right into a darkish world.
Obama is credited as a workers author on all seven episodes of the brand new present and wrote the teleplay to its fifth episode, titled ‘Girl, Bye’.
Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Glover’s co-creator and Atlanta writer-producer Janine Nabers praised Obama’s work. “Some of her pitches were wild as hell, and they were just so good and so funny,” she mentioned. “She’s an incredible writer. She brought a lot to the table. She’s really, really dedicated to her craft.”
Of ‘Girl, Bye’, she added: “[It’s] probably one of the wildest episodes. I think it’s going to surprise a lot of people. It’s pretty dope. I’m really proud of it.”
Glover beforehand described Obama as “an amazingly talented person”. “She’s really focused, and she’s working really hard,” he informed Vanity Fair. “I feel like she’s just somebody who’s gonna have really good things coming soon […] Her writing style is great.”
Obama beforehand had internships on the HBO sequence Girls and on the Weinstein Company. Swarm is her first writing credit score.
The sequence additionally offers Billie Eilish her first performing function. A clip of her look within the present was shared on-line final week, that includes her character speaking hypnotically to Dre.
The launch of Swarm was additionally accompanied by a brand new EP from Glover, which was created for the sequence. The ‘Swarm’ EP sees the star collaborate with the present’s fictional star Ni’jah (Nirine S. Brown) and options contributions from Fam Udeorji, Teo Halm, Jeff Kleinman and others.