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Donald Glover has reportedly asked Malia Obama to write for his new TV series about a 'Beyoncé-like figure'

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Malia Obama with Donald Glover. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images and Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic
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Former first daughter Malia Obama has reportedly been asked to join the writing staff of Donald Glover's new Amazon show. 

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Glover recently signed a major deal with Amazon that will see his work and "other curated content" highlighted on its streaming service, Prime Video.

Glover is also going to executive produce several other projects for Amazon, including a show called "Hive," the report says. The potential new series will focus on a "Beyoncé-like figure," stemming from an idea from writer Janine Nabers ("Unreal" and "Watchmen").  

Insider reached out to Amazon, but didn't immediately hear back.

In the past, the eldest Obama daughter and Harvard student interned at the Weinstein Company, the now-defunct film studio that produced movies such as "Paddington" and "Silver Linings Playbook," and has worked as a production assistant on the set of HBO's hit series "Girls," which went off the air in 2017. 

It seems the 22-year-old is following in her parents footstps. In 2018, her parents Barack and Michelle entered into a multi-year deal with Netflix through their production company, Higher Ground Productions. The deal has seen Obama-produced documentaries such as "American Factory" and "Becoming" premiere on the streaming service in recent years. 

Michelle also recently announced that a new Netflix children's show, "Waffles + Mochi," would premiere on March 16. 

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Libby Torres was an entertainment reporter at Business Insider. She covered a variety of topics, including horror movies, true crime, Latinx culture, and Keanu Reeves. Before Business Insider, she wrote for numerous publications, including the Daily Beast and Gothamist. She graduated from New York University with a degree in comparative literature in 2018.