Last year, by Donald Glover Atlanta ends after four seasons. But the actor-musician bond doesn’t slow down — and may even accelerate to weirder and darker places. His new project, Reunionfeel closer to the horror-tinged climax of the Childish Gambino “This Is America” or video Teddy Perkins episode of Atlanta than anything else on his IMDb Page.
Reunion Dominique Fishback star (Judas and the Black Messiah) as Dre, a young woman whose obsession with a big pop star (played by Chloe Bailey) explodes into a violent episode. We get to enjoy it in the series’ first trailer, which sees Dre muttering the phrase “Who’s your favorite artist?” like bloody chaos on the screen.
The tone is familiar in a genre reshaped by Jordan Peele’s films, and the plot is familiar to anyone who’s seen it. Play Misty for me, anguished or Ingrid headed west. But knowing Glover, who created the series and directed the pilot, Reunion can go in any direction. There are a ton of weird possibilities here, and the trailer showcased a few of them.
Glover co-creator Reunion with the playwright and the guard writer Janine Nabers, who serves as the showrunner of the series. All episodes will premiere March 17 on Amazon Prime Video.
