Robert De Niro & Julianne Moore To Star In Mafia Drama Series On Amazon; David Russell's Fee Valued At $18M
Amazon Studios will soon air a mafia drama TV show, which shall be directed by David O. Russell and will star veteran actors and Oscars winners Julianne Moore and Robert De Niro, a report says. The show, though un-titled as of the moment, is said to showcase two seasons.
In a report from The Hollywood Reporter, each season will have eight episodes that will each be directed and written by Russell. For each episode of the drama, Russell will earn $1 million, while actor De Niro will get $850,000 for each episode. The overall project is said to have a value of $160.
Alexandra Milchan, Scott Lambert and Megan Ellison will produce the supposed mafia drama. Amazon Studios started as a web-based books retailer and then expanded its products to include electronics. On the late part of 2010, it treaded on the entertainment industry, developing comics, movies and television shows. The project is a venture between the Amazon Studios and The Weinstein Company, according to a report.
Although David O. Russell's earlier works were all about comedy, such as "Spanking the Monkey" in 1994, "Flirting with Disaster" in 1996 and "Three Kings" in 1999, his recent films geared towards other genre such as "The Fighter" in 2010, which is a sports drama; "Silver Linings Playbook" in 2012, which is about romance and comedy; and "American Hustle" in 2013. All three of these films have been commercially successful.
The latest project of Amazon Studios just provides further proof of how equally lucrative television shows can be, especially that the Internet makes video streaming possible from all over the globe. Netflix, founded in 1997 but opened its products for online distribution in 2013, though it began expanding to streaming media in 2007. As of October 2016, it has more than 86 million subscribers from around the world, with 47 million American subscribers. Home Box Office, the oldest and the longest operating cable television service recorded 36.5 million household subscribers in the United States alone.
