If you've been following entertainment news this month, you probably heard about David Benioff and D.B. Weiss signing a huge overall deal at Netflix. The Emmy-winning writers and showrunners were courted heavily over the summer and they finally landed a $250 million deal at Netflix. Over the next five years, they'll be creating new TV and films for the streamer. Netflix is probably hoping to be the home of the next major cultural TV moment, just like Game of Thrones was for HBO. But Benioff and Weiss have a prior commitment. In 2018, they were tapped to write and produce a trilogy of Star Wars films for Disney, to be released starting in 2022. So what does this new Netflix deal mean for the movies? Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 15 August, 2019