Malia Obama, eldest daughter of Barack Obama did not choose to follow in her father’s footsteps. The 23-year-old has decided to get into the artistic world, and she already surrounds herself with the best.
If the talent of Malia Obama for writing is like his father’s for politics, the artistic world had better watch out. At 23, the eldest daughter of the former President of the United States and Michèle Obama, thus launched into writing after studying diligently at Harvard. No theses or novels in perspective, but a screenplay. Indeed, according to information from the American magazine Varietyshe would write with a team of other authors for a new series signed Amazon. And it was Donald Glover who confirmed the news, praising the talents of his young recruit.
“I have a feeling that very good things will soon happen to him“, said the one who co-wrote the multi-award-winning series, Atlanta, to our colleagues across the Atlantic. “His writing style is awesome.” Donald Glover’s brother, Stephen Glover, also a screenwriter on the future series, whose name is still unknown, supported the comments of the actor seen in Star Wars : “Donald always says […] that people with different points of view are important to a writing roomhe explained. And it is certain that [Malia] has a unique perspective on everything. So we wanted to hear her stories and have her work with us. Listening to him and involving him gave us a lot of good ideas.“
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Barack Obama and his daughter Malia, in 2016 Zuma Press / Bestimage
A series on Beyoncé?
For now, the mission of former White House teenager is not yet well defined. Variety tells us that the contract was signed in February 2021 between Donald Glover and Amazon Studios, for an amount of up to eight figures. Regarding the theme, the series would be about a “Beyoncé-like figure“. With such a project in perspective, one can only imagine the pride of the young woman’s parents, always very close with their two daughters. “It’s such a joy to see you go your own way in this world with composure, grace and humor”had declared the predecessor of Donald Trump on the occasion of the birthday party of his eldest Malia on July 4.
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