Phoebe Waller-Bridge Inks Overall Deal With Amazon Studios | THR News - video Dailymotion

The 'Fleabag' creator and star, fresh off multiple Emmy wins, will develop new projects for the streamer.

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00:00And even though your sister still hates you, you're pretending to be friends because

00:04your dad is... I'm joking, he's just there.

00:08Here's to love.

00:09Amazon isn't letting newly minted Emmy winner and Hollywood's new IT star,

00:15Phoebe Waller-Bridge, out of their sights anytime soon.

00:18The tech giant's Amazon Studios has just signed an overall deal with the Fleabag

00:21creator and star in which Waller-Bridge will develop new projects to premiere on

00:25Amazon's Prime Video streaming platform. The star is hot off a successful

00:29night at the 2019 Emmy Awards this past weekend, where both the series and

00:33Waller-Bridge won multiple awards for best comedy, acting and writing. Season 2 of the

00:38Amazon series nabbed six Emmys in total, including two creative arts awards and the

00:42big studio is definitely taking notice of all the success.

00:46Amazon Studios head Jennifer Saki spoke out about the exciting partnership with

00:50Waller-Bridge, saying,

00:59Fleabag has been a gift to our Prime Video customers and we're excited for what comes

01:04next from this brilliant mind to dazzle and delight our global audience.

01:08It looks like Amazon's making the right move by banking on the star to create quality

01:12work for the studio. In addition to her work for Fleabag, Waller-Bridge also created and

01:17executive produces BBC America's critically acclaimed show, Killing Eve, and executive

01:22produces HBO's upcoming comedic thriller, Run, starring Merritt Weaver. She also did a

01:27rewrite of the script for the forthcoming James Bond movie, No Time to Die. For more on

01:31this story, head to THR.com and until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm

01:35Meg Joy.