Netflix signs Ryan Murphy for five-year deal
FX golden boy Ryan Murphy is jumping ship when his contract expires in July, and moving over to Netflix. Netflix announced the deal last night, and The New York Times reports that it’s worth up to $300 million — one of the largest-ever overall deals for a showrunner.
He’ll produce series and films as exclusive Netflix original content, including two that were already in the works — One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest fan fiction Ratched, and The Politician, a political satire starring Dear Evan Hansen Tony-winner Ben Platt.
The huge roster of shows that Murphy created while at FX — American Horror Story, American Crime story, Feud, and 9-1-1 — will remain there, as will the recently announced 1980s musical drama Pose.
