Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have signed a deal reportedly worth a jaw-dropping nine figures to make new content for Netflix.
The streaming giant snapped up the duo amid stiff competition from Comcast (Universal/NBC), Amazon, Disney, Apple and HBO, the latter of which Benioff and Weiss worked with on Game of Thrones for more than a decade.
In the end it came down to Netflix, Amazon and Disney, with Netflix's chief content officer Ted Sarandos confirming to Deadline they had won the bidding war.
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In a statement Weiss and Benioff said while they had a "beautiful run" with HBO they were "excited" about moving to Netflix.