Francesca Sloane is heading to Amazon Studios. Deadline reports the writer-producer has inked an overall deal with the company, under which she will “create content to premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.” The pact also sees Amazon Studios developing “A Spy in the House of Love,” Sloane’s half-hour series based on the work of celebrated erotica scribe Anaïs Nin.
Written and executive produced by Sloane, the modern-day-set “A Spy in the House of Love” is “a frank countermeasure to the male gaze. It “follows Sabina — young, French, and newly transplanted in New York — on a provocative journey to self-discovery. Sabina secretly juggles vastly disparate lovers while unveiling her multifaceted (and at times contradicting) nature,” the source teases.
Amy Lippman (“Party of Five”) is also among the Legendary Television project’s EPs.
“Francesca is part of a generation of bold, exciting talent who are developing fresh and original content from their own unique perspectives,” said Vernon Sanders, Co-Head of Television, Amazon Studios. “We’re so happy to be working with her to create timely, culturally relevant series for our Prime Video customers.”
“Amazon Studios is proving to be a new guard for both accomplished and emerging artists that want to shake things up,” Sloane added. “I’m really excited to be a part of that and looking forward to what’s ahead.”
Sloane is a producer on the new season of “Fargo,” which debuts this Sunday, September 27, on FX. She’s also serving as supervising producer on the upcoming third and fourth seasons of “Atlanta.” She previously wrote for “Seven Seconds” and “Startup.”
Next, Sloane is making her feature directorial debut with “Headbangers,” for which she also wrote The Latinx List-recognized screenplay. Set in the ’90s, the film sees a racist teen moving to an all Black and Chicano neighborhood.
“Little Birds,” an upcoming miniseries based on Nin’s 1979 short story collection, is on the way from “Concussion” director Stacie Passon. Published two years after her death, Nin wrote “Little Birds” in the 1940s. Her other works include “Delta of Venus,” “House of Incest,” and “Under a Glass Bell.”
