EXCLUSIVE: Marcus Gardley, the screenwriter behind the upcoming Marvin Gaye biopic What’s Going On, has struck an overall television deal with Amazon Studios.The deal reunites Gardley, a well-known playwright, with the streamer, after he started his television career with the company writing on shows such as Z: The Beginning of Everything.
He will develop, create and produce television series for the firm.On stage, he’s won awards such as the 2019 Doris Duke Artist Award and the 2019 Obie Award for The House That Will Not Stand and received buzz for his play X or the Nation v Betty Shabazz.On the television side, he’s written on Amazon’s dark absurdist comedy I’m A Virgo from Sorry to Bother You writer-director Boots Riley and starring
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