EXCEPTIONAL: The long-awaited sequel to Phoebe Waller-Bridge on her Emmy-winning series Fleabag is ready. Prime Video has given the green light for the new Waller-Bridge show, which will start shooting by the end of the year. Details of the room are kept secret.
This is the first series that Waller-Bridge has created as part of a major three-year joint deal with Amazon Studios, which it signed in September 2019. It came after the second and final season of Fleabag, winning six Primetime Emmys for Prime Video, including Extreme Comedy series, with Waller-Bridge taking three statuettes.
In Prime Video / Amazon Studios, Waller-Bridge was briefly attached to the lead role against Donald Glover last year in the restart of his Brad Pitt-Angelina film series. & Mrs. Smith. After Fleabag, she was an executive producer and appeared on HBO’s romantic comedy series Run, starring Merritt Weaver and Donal Gleeson. Waller-Bridge also co-wrote Daniel Craig’s swan song as James Bond, No Time to Die, which grossed over $ 774 million WW. Her next role is in the upcoming part of Indiana Jones at Disney / Lucasfilm.
Waller-Bridge, which also created BBC America’s flagship drama series, Killing Eve, is represented by UTA, McEwan & Penford, the Independent Talent Group in the UK and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.