‘Swarm’: Donald Glover, Dominique Fishback and Janine Nabers on Subverting Expectations With a Black Woman Serial Killer
variety.comAngelique Jackson “Beyhive, don’t kill us,” Donald Glover said, with just a hint of nerves in his voice, at the Los Angeles premiere of “Swarm,” his latest series for Amazon’s Prime Video. “It’s not that bad.
It’s actually, like, pretty cool.” The quip came at the end of Glover’s remarks on Tuesday night as he introduced the show, which is now streaming.
The buzzy, immersive special screening followed the show’s debut as SXSW’s opening night TV offering on March 17. At this event, though, Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon and MGM Studios, and Vernon Sanders, head of global TV, introduced Glover, which was appropriate since “Swarm” marks his first project under their lucrative overall deal with the “Atlanta” creator and star. “We’re really in the hive here,” Salke began, going on to praise the show as an “incredible, original vision.” Added Sanders: “When we heard the pitch from Donald and Janine, we were blown away.
It was wildly original, it was unlike anything else.” Glover was then joined at the microphone by his co-creator Janine Nabers and series star and producer Dominique Fishback.
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