Gerald's Game goes to Netflix

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Rrty

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Bev, I was curious if you had any insight into this deal. I own Netflix stock and discuss the company a lot with fellow investors.

My question is if Netflix had to pay a premium for this deal or not; did King and his partners receive their usual fee? What kind of risk does Netflix think this is -- a sure bet, or an appropriate experiment, given the subject matter? Did the success of Stranger Things, and its linkage to the spirit of King's work, help get the deal done? This would seem like a hard property to sell. Netflix has something of a reputation for knowing close to the exact value of any given deal structure, and I'm wondering, like with a previous deal with Will Smith and Max Landis, if the company may have paid a lot up front to own all the cash flow from this going forward.

Netflix just reported earnings today, by the way...maybe they will mention this project in the conference call (not that it will affect the stock, but it would be nice to shed light on the company's content strategy).
 

Bev Vincent

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Bev, I was curious if you had any insight into this deal. I own Netflix stock and discuss the company a lot with fellow investors.

My question is if Netflix had to pay a premium for this deal or not; did King and his partners receive their usual fee? What kind of risk does Netflix think this is -- a sure bet, or an appropriate experiment, given the subject matter? Did the success of Stranger Things, and its linkage to the spirit of King's work, help get the deal done? This would seem like a hard property to sell. Netflix has something of a reputation for knowing close to the exact value of any given deal structure, and I'm wondering, like with a previous deal with Will Smith and Max Landis, if the company may have paid a lot up front to own all the cash flow from this going forward.

Netflix just reported earnings today, by the way...maybe they will mention this project in the conference call (not that it will affect the stock, but it would be nice to shed light on the company's content strategy).

I have no insight into any financial dealings on either end of he transaction. Apparently the director's success with Hush on Netflix encouraged them to take a chance with him on his next project.
 

Dana Jean

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Bev, I was curious if you had any insight into this deal. I own Netflix stock and discuss the company a lot with fellow investors.

My question is if Netflix had to pay a premium for this deal or not; did King and his partners receive their usual fee? What kind of risk does Netflix think this is -- a sure bet, or an appropriate experiment, given the subject matter? Did the success of Stranger Things, and its linkage to the spirit of King's work, help get the deal done? This would seem like a hard property to sell. Netflix has something of a reputation for knowing close to the exact value of any given deal structure, and I'm wondering, like with a previous deal with Will Smith and Max Landis, if the company may have paid a lot up front to own all the cash flow from this going forward.

Netflix just reported earnings today, by the way...maybe they will mention this project in the conference call (not that it will affect the stock, but it would be nice to shed light on the company's content strategy).
It is none of our business.
 

Rrty

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It is none of our business.

I didn't want direct information -- I don't think anyone here would have that -- but I was looking for more of an educated guess. For instance, look up the Will Smith/Max Landis deal and an analysis of what that meant for the industry (Deadline had an article about that). That's something we are allowed to do, and I don't think King or Ms. Mod would mind that.

As an investor in Netflix, believe me -- we scrutinize all this stuff, and the hit to cash flows based on original-content investment. Anyone here who owns the stock -- and actually, you might as well, at least through a fund -- knows that there is a big discussion in terms of how the billions of dollars being used to bring Netflix up to 50% original content will change in the future -- i.e., will talent/producers/agents want more and more of the Netflix profit?

I'll tell you one guess I have -- Netflix management is betting that King becomes very popular after Tower. That might equal a premium; then again, the subject matter would equal a discount. However, here's the wild card -- do they make Game more palatable to the mainstream audience? More like a conventional, inoffensive thriller? Or, do they keep the abuse angle? Who knows, really. But the whole discussion of streaming services and how they are affecting the content economy is something in which I think Bev would be interested.

I do know what you mean, though, Dana. Not a popular subject on the board, and honestly, I always forget that. But I'll say this -- really, adapting Game is going to be interesting. Without Netflix, maybe it never would have been adapted.
 

Gerald

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Mike Flanagan’s “GERALD’S GAME” Adaptation Set for Netflix, Cast Confirmed! | FANGORIA®

Very happy with this. Flanagan seems ideal for this. Oculus reminded me a lot of the short story 'The Reaper's Image'.

Gugino is an interesting choice. I liked her a lot in Sin City, Watchmen, Sucker Punch etc.

It probably won't have the Dolores Claiborne connection anymore, as that's already made some time ago.

Flanagan's really good. Struycken's actually from my country, so that's nice also.

It probably won't make the cinema when it's from Netflix, but cool that it's finally getting made.