Daily Blind Item — Big Budget
I’m being told this A list television show with a lot of hype is quietly becoming one of the most expensive on television, beating out Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead and possibly even The Crown.
‘No lie,’ says the source, ‘Not a single special effect, but a pricey cast swallowing money like there’s no tomorrow.’
So, tell me, Gossipers:
What is our big show?
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Cor. Bigger than Game of Thrones without special effects? Fuck me.
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Paying a big name actor for a regular spot on a telly show means paying big bloody money!!
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Amazon greenlit a David O. Russell show recently that had both Robert DeNiro and Julianne Moore signed up. It had a budget of $160 million and before production had even started was already going over budget. When Amazon cancelled the show, they still had to pay DeNiro, Russell and Moore. DeNiro was getting $750k an episode and Russell got $1 mil an episode. Crazy money in television right now. If it wasn’t already scrapped, I would have guessed that.
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Mental money. Thought De Niro would be getting more than that for some reason, though.
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I genuinely expected this to be the first big hit for Amazon and it didn’t even make it to the air…
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The casting was so amazing. Pam Grier said she was involved too! 😦
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Official reason for the cancellation was due to the Harvey Weinstein connection, but other sources have confirmed that it was due to Russell losing control of the project. It’s the second time this happened with Russell. He also had a show in development on ABC called Members Only. It was ordered straight-to-series and never even aired.
Amazon’s real reason for cancelling: http://uk.businessinsider.com/amazon-reportedly-wasted-40-million-on-robert-de-niro-show-killed-after-harvey-weinstein-scandal-2017-10
Members Only Drama: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/abcs-members-not-moving-forward-751538
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I love that you source all of your claims. So refreshing in the era of fake news.
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Game of Thrones has a budget of $15 million dollars an episode, so this must be big LOL
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Even that’s bloody ludicrous, if you ask me!!
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At least Game of Thrones uses multiple international locations, as well as SFX and costumes…
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Considering Marco Polo on Netflix had a bigger budget than the early Game of Thrones seasons and didn’t create nearly as much of a splash in the genre, I would say Game of Thrones is, not only worth the cost, but relatively cheap.
Marco Polo budget: http://uk.businessinsider.com/netflix-marco-polo-tv-show-budget-2014-11
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The lord of the rings show on amazon must cost a bit but there has to be effects
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And we don’t have any idea who the cast is for Lord of the Rings yet, despite Ian McKellen’s queeny desperation to be cast.
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The picture accurately portrays my direct debits and my money’s relationship.
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Spot on!!
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Replace “direct debits” with online shopping and you have my bank account.
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Maniac on Netflix. Emma Stone and Jonah Hill. Hint could be “big” because Jonah zig zaps all the bloody time with his weight.
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Swallowing could be a nod because the fat fuck swallows everything in sight.
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Predicted an Emma Stone blowjob joke. Feel letdown.
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Mad Men’s Matthew Weiner’s The Romonoffs on Amazon. Diane Lane, Isabelle Huppert, Jack Huston, Aaron Eckhart, Corey Stoll, Christina Hendricks and John Slattery.
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None of those fucking people should be expecting anything more than a grand and a handshake. Dead careers.
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I cannot get over how niche the premise is, “The Romanoffs is a contemporary series “set around the globe, centering on separate stories about people who believe themselves to be descendants of the Russian royal family.”
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Westworld, HBO
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Oh wait, nm. No effects. What about Season 2 of Big Little Lies that just added Meryl?
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Great guess. Meryl comes with a hefty pricetag and Reese and Nicole are apparently getting insane raises.
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I read a rumor that Nicole and Reese were pursuing Tom Hanks for a role too.
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GL revealed a blind item years ago about Westworld’s production being an expensive mess and they were going to shut down, so they obviously have a spy on the set of HBO….
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Westworld blind item: http://thegossiplife.wixsite.com/thegossiplife/single-post/2017/01/03/Blind-Item-Revealed—-Westworld-HBO
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Fucking crazy that Westworld turned out to be the shits.
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Big Little Lies. Clue is the phrase “No lie”.
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Title of the blind could also be a clue…
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Also the phrase “What is our BIG show?”
Lots of obvious clues in this one.
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It’s so bloody obvious to me now, but I didn’t even notice that the first time I read it!!
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Seconded. Vanity Fair just reported that the entire first season cast are going to be making almost 10x more than they did in the first season with Kidman and Witherspoon getting $1 million per episode without even factoring in their producing fees.
Vanity Fair report: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/01/big-little-lies-reese-witherspoon-nicole-kidman-salaries
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The Reese Withersoon-Jennifer Aniston news drama on Apple is also a really good guess…
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Who the fuck is paying Jennifer Aniston that kinda money at this point? Bitch can’t get arrested.
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Apple apparently…
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Big Bang Theory
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Don’t see the appeal of that, but could be.
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