‘Game Of Thrones’ Creators David Benioff & D.B. Weiss sign $200 million TV & Film deal with Netflix

[Tasha And]

200 million? i mean GoT is one of the biggest shows ever and is one of my faves of all time but after s7-8 i would hesitate giving them some stupid amount of money. unless netflix has clauses and numbers those two have to hit to get the full amount. would disney or apple offer those two that much money? seems like netflix was bidding against themselves and got desperate.

Comcast, HBO, and Apple dropped out of the running during the summer.

Amazon had been the front runner but Netflix came with the biggest bag.

 

[Rekkapryde]

Nah breh. The black writers attached to Confederates was Malcolm Spellman and Niichelle Spellman. Between the two of them, their biggest writing credit was 5 episodes of Empire

YIKES.

Yeah, it's best they left this on the cutting floor. Especially with the environment today and cac's antics.

 

[steadyrighteous]

Nah breh. The black writers attached to Confederates was Malcolm Spellman and Niichelle Spellman. Between the two of them, their biggest writing credit was 5 episodes of Empire

Sounds to me like they hired two people who didn't have enough clout to say no to suspect ideas and wack concepts

They'd be "happy to get the look"

But that's just my gut talking

:ehbay:

 

[Yade]

Oh wow


Yeah they better be adapting something already finished.


Netflix is just seriously throwing it's money away otherwise

They’re trillions in debit too or billions

 

[peppe]

ah netflix i'll be waiting for that announcement that your going to raise prices again

 

[ahomeplateslugger]

ah netflix i'll be waiting for that announcement that your going to raise prices again

at this point it's inevitable. i know creating content isn't cheap but 70 mill to eddie and now this? crazy numbers.

 

[Sghost597]

Netflix constantly overpays for big names to produce content when their best stuff is always their low budget/ new show runners content.

 

[CHICAGO]

D&D are one trick ponies, Netflix took an L but then again Netflix just throws money to anyone. Unfortunately for Will Smith, Gemini Man is a film Benioff wrote

LMAO

I KNEW THAT MOVIE LOOKED LIKE TRASH.





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[steadyrighteous]

Netflix constantly overpays for big names to produce content when their best stuff is always their low budget/ new show runners content.

It's a risky model but a good one at the same time. The big names/big name-shows get you on the platform, but it's the dozen little shows/films/docs that actually keeps you there.

 

[KevCo]

Had no idea until I rewatched this the other day that Benioff did the screenplay. He wrote the 25th Hour screenplay tho and that’s one of my favorite Spike movies.

Love that movie but like GOT it was adapted from a book

 

[Silkk]

They need they ass beat

 

[Lord_Chief_Rocka]

Not really. Plenty of people actually liked the last couple seasons of GoT. The Walking Dead still does great numbers, somehow. There's a ton of popular trash out here. Dexter and Sons of Anarchy stayed popular until the very end. It just so happens you're on a forum of TV and film bluffs so it can become an echo chamber. Netflix only takes a monumental L if these shows don't draw in subscribers, which is the whole point of paying all this money to content creators

This. All my co-workers liked season 8

Every now and then I just look at them

 

[obarth]

This. All my co-workers liked season 8

Every now and then I just look at them

The majority of shyt on TV and theaters is trash, if we're being honest. Whatever shows or movies Benioff and Weiss make will have the tag line "From the creators of Game of Thrones..." and that'll be enough to draw the attention of the average viewer

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

There's movies in theater right now that are garbage and ppl are eating that shyt up. Lion King Nobody in here has a good thing to say about it. Most critics also shyt on it. But the casual audiences are taking their kids and that's all that matters. Game of Thrones might have seen a dip in quality but do you really think people outside of this forum were shytting on it over in middle America? Doubtful..

Like the breh @obarth said fukkin Walking Dead is still popular. $200M for Netflix is nothing. Drop in a bucket. If these two produce a hit show again they'll make that back in no time.

 

[Heelish]

Benioff wrote 25th Hour and Troy screenplays

He wrote the 25th Hour screenplay tho and that’s one of my favorite Spike movies.

25th Hour is a 2002 American drama film directed by Spike Lee and starring Edward Norton. Adapted by David Benioff from his own novel The 25th Hour, it tells the story of a man's last 24 hours of freedom as he prepares to go to prison for seven years for dealing drugs.

25th Hour - Wikipedia

I love that movie Maybe it’s a rare case where the movie is better than the book.