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Details announced for Donald Glover’s new FX comedy Atlanta

Published 13:34 3 Jul 2015 BST

Updated 13:50 3 Jul 2015 BST

Nooruddean Choudry
Details announced for Donald Glover’s new FX comedy Atlanta

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He's excelled at writing, acting, singing, rapping and music production, and now details have emerged of Donald Glover's self-penned new comedy pilot...

Donald Glover AKA Community's Troy Barnes AKA Grammy-nominated Childish Gambino is to produce, write and star in Atlanta, a show about the rap scene in Georgia's capital. Glover plays Earnest 'Earn' Marks, who starts managing his cousin, Alfred Miles (Brian Tyree Henry) as his rap career blows up. The two come into conflict over music, money and race. The confirmed cast also includes Lakeith Lee Stanfield, who will play Darius, Alfred’s collaborator, and Zazie Beetz, playing the mother of Earn’s child. We're huge fans of Glover here at JOE, and can't wait for his long overdue return to comedy. In the meantime, here's a few of his best bits from his last season in Community, as well as Sober, released under his Childish Gambino pseudonym... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zy3vsCxQY8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx96Twg-Aew

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Details announced for Donald Glover's new FX comedy Atlanta