Netflix accused of excessive spending on original series and stars fees

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FX Executive Director ("American Horror History", "Atlanta", "Legion", "Fargo") John Landgrant decided to comment on the recent Netflix deal with Ryan Murphy (Netflix paid 300 million dollars to conclude an exclusive contract with the Creator of American Horror History ).

"It is difficult for me to imagine that Ryan Murphy receives the same amount, or even more than any professional athlete in the history of American sports, is the chapter FX. - I will first tell anyone that Ryan is a genius, I'm worried about another. We are not some kind of sports giant type "New York Yankees". We have never been known for record salary. We never lured talents from others. I do not believe that you can take possession of the market, repeating talents. "

The fact that Netflix is ​​doing now, the FX chapter compared with fishing with dynamite:

"As if we stand on the shore with a fishing rod, our HBO neighbors with the same fishing river are standing on the river, and then someone comes with a bag of a pomegranate, throws a check, throws them into the water, cries all the stunned fish and declares that the fisherman is from It is better than we! "

In addition to Ryan Murphy, Netflix "Captured" a recognized master of serial meloders Sunda Raims ("Anatomy of Passion", "Scandal") from ABC (a streaming giant will pay $ 25 million annually). This led to the studio Warner Bros. I had to fulfill at least 300 million to keep Greg Berland (Flash, Strela and other superhero series CW).

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