Following a huge night at the Emmys, Fleabag creator and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge has signed an overall deal with Amazon.
Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag earned a half-dozen Emmys for its second season, including acting and writing statues for herself. After the big night, Amazon locked up her services for the foreseeable future.
Variety reports that the deal will be worth around $20 million a year.
“I’m insanely excited to be continuing my relationship with Amazon,” Waller-Bridge told Variety. “Working with the team on Fleabag was the creative partnership dreams are made of. It really feels like home. I can’t wait to get going!”
Fleabag is not the only success Waller-Bridge has had in recent years. She created Killing Eve, which also had a big night at the Emmys. Jodie Comer won the Lead Actress in a Drama statuette for her work on the show. The series had eight nominations overall on the night.
In addition to these two projects, Waller-Bridge wrote a pass on the forthcoming James Bond film No Time to Die, and she voiced L3-37 in Solo: A Star Wars Story. She’s also executive producing the forthcoming HBO romantic comedy thriller Run.
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