'Game of Thrones' turned StarWars maestros David Benioff and Dan Weiss have signed a five-year, $250 million overall deal with Netflix that has been met with envy and a bit of head-scratching
With a game-changing franchise behind them and another that might keep them busy for the next six years,maestros David Benioff and Dan Weiss have signed a five-year, $250 million overall deal with Netflix that has been met with envy and a bit of head-scratching.
In contrast, Netflix-based Rhimes has eight projects in the works halfway into her deal, Murphy said that he has 10 projects 18 months after moving to the streamer and Berlanti has a TV-record 18 series on the air for Warner Bros. "The only way to make a deal like this work is if you have multiple shows," one top exec tells, and that's a big bet."trilogy and is committed to penning at least one of the films .
Others are skeptical. "Certain people command [nine figures,] and we've made those deals," says Universal TV president Pearlena Igbokwe, who inked multitasking producer Mike Schur to a five-year pact valued at $125 million. "[Benioff and Weiss] is not a deal that I went after."
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