'The Get Down' costs Netflix $16 million per episode

$16 million per episode, for a 12-episode series - that's how much 'The Get Down' is costing Netflix.

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Netflix is splashing around some big money for its upcoming 1970s hip-hop drama 'The Get Down', with costs of around $16 million per episode - and with the 12-episode order, we're looking at a total of $190 million for the show.

Baz Luhrmann is behind the project, as he has co-created the musical drama that is set in New York during the 70s, with iconic musicians like Nas and Grandmaster Flash thrown into the mix, and Oscar-winning costume designer Catherine Martin, and Pulitzer-winning writer Stephen Adly Guirgis, as well as the massive sets and huge cast, as Slashfilm reports: "there was no way this show was ever going to be cheap".

Deadline is reporting from their sources that Netflix is paying around $16 million per episode, and if we compare this to the $10 million per episode of Game of Thrones in S6, HBO wins by a long shot. Variety reports that The Get Down was originally budgeted with $7.5 million per episode, but Lurhmann pushed for more and more, leading to the $16 million per episode number. But are the numbers on Netflix's side?

'The Get Down' costs Netflix $16 million per episode | TweakTown.com

The Get Down had half of its 12-episode first season released over the summer, with the second half coming soon - so the $16 million per episode could be much higher when the end is here. It leads The Get Down to be one of the most expensive TV shows ever made, and it is already the most expensive show Netflix has ever produced.

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