Game of Thrones Creators Leave HBO for Massive Netflix Deal

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Emmy Award-winning*Game of Thrones*creators*David Benioff*and*D.B. Weiss*have found their new home. Nearly three months after*Deadline revealed that Benioff & Weiss*were being courted by six studios for an overall global deal to write, produce and direct new series and films, we can reveal that they have signed an exclusive deal with*Netflix.

Nobody was confirming numbers, but sources tell Deadline the deal is in the 9-figure range like some of the other mega-deals signed by show creators like Shonda Rhimes and Ryan Murphy, each of whom also moved to Netflix. The deal for Benioff & Weiss was brokered by*Gretchen Rush, their longtime attorney at Hansen Jacobson Teller.[/IMG]

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