Any Emmys that David Benioff and Dan Weiss collect next month during the 71st annual Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony for their work shepherding HBO’s Game of Thrones into the international blockbuster series it ultimately became will effectively put a bow on this current phase of the showrunners’ careers.
Their next chapter, meanwhile, is about to begin, thanks to their newly signed $250 million deal with Netflix. But it’s a chapter thatmay be much more fraught with risk and uncertainty, despite the global hit that got them here.
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Signing the ‘Game of Thrones’ creators is a very risky bet for Netflix, and here’s why originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 15 Aug 2019 at 15:44:24 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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