Writer Janine Nabers has found her home under the roof of retail giant/streamer Amazon, with an overall deal that will see her work on a music drama Hive alongside Donald Glover and a thriller Syd, among other projects.
The projects in the works are; Hive, a potential Amazon series she’s writing for Glover. Word around town is that the project will revolve around a Beyoncé-like figure. Hive in February was reported to have already begun staffing a writers room, which saw Malia Obama among those recruited to write on the series.
Syd is about a powerful Black tech CEO who wakes up one morning to discover a mysterious entity has hacked its way into his life, and, in order to regain control, he must follow a series of sinister clues. Nabers is co-creating the project with Etan Marciano (Dietland). Annapurna Pictures is producing.
“Amazon Studios has fostered some of the most compelling voices of our generation, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with them,” Nabers said. “As a playwright and TV writer, I’m committed to writing original and subversive character-driven stories. I’m very excited for the road ahead.”
Nabers is a co-executive producer and writer on the upcoming third and fourth seasons of FX’s Atlanta. She is credited as Supervising Producer on the first and second episodes of HBO’s Watchmen and Co-Executive Producer on Netflix’s Away.
“Janine is a singular talent with a special voice. Her ability to inhabit distinct characters and worlds is so powerful,” said Marc Resteghini, head of development at Amazon Studios. “With her joining Amazon Studios as a creator and producer, our slate is immediately enhanced.”
Nabers is represented by WME, Viewfinder Management and Hansen Jacobson.
