(from the September 15th edition of The Ankler) Not to get all judgmental, but is Amazon drunk? Like, majorly drunk? Two years ago, jaws dropped across town when the toilet paper seller/movie studio produced this headline: From THR Amazon recently paid $160 million for two seasons of a drama from David O. Russell starring Robert De Niro and another $75 million for an anthology from Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner. It also is said to be millions of dollars over budget on season two of Goliath after the drama’s second showrunner, Clyde Phillips, exited amid clashes with star Billy Bob Thornton. Sources say Price and lieutenant Joe Lewis doled out $80 million to lure Woody Allen to TV for Crisis in Six Scenes. One insider describes the six-episode comedy created by and starring Allen as a “$100 million boondoggle.” I’m a little worried that if we mock them too much over this they might hand Woody the keys to Jeff Bezos’
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