Steve McQueen, director of 12 Years a Slave, signs overall deal with Amazon Studios; will soon start work on sci-fi series Last Days

12 Years A Slave helmer Steve McQueen is the latest director to head to streaming by signing an overall deal with Amazon Studios.

McQueen is already working on a new TV series, Last Days, for the streamer, Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke said at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, California, reported IndieWire .

“We’ve spent the last year conspiring on not only an overall deal, but a new global series. We’re jumping into writing on Steve’s idea Last Days.’ This is an incredibly timely big-swing show we think will be one of our best hits, Salke said.

“It’s a big, ambitious idea. He wanted something that felt relevant to him and what he’s been thinking about. The idea is that a group of people are dispatched to space to live there while this planet is declining rapidly, Salke said.

With his Amazon deal, McQueen has become the latest in a list of creators to opt for an overall deal. Lena Waithe, Gloria Caldern Kellett and Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions are among those who have inked similar deals with Amazon.