© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Director Ryan Murphy poses on his star after it was unveiled on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame in Los Angeles, California, U.S., December 4, 2018. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Picture
(Reuters) – Hit tv author and producer Ryan Murphy is planning to go away Netflix (NASDAQ:) to hitch Walt Disney (NYSE:), Bloomberg Information reported on Tuesday, citing individuals aware of the matter.
Murphy is understood for his creation of hits from “Glee” to “9-1-1” and “American Horror Story” and serial-killer collection “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” which turned certainly one of Netflix’s most-watched collection of all time.
He left Fox in 2018 to hitch Netflix in a five-year deal valued as excessive as $300 million to provide a brand new collection and movie solely for the web big.
Competitors has been intensifying between streaming corporations as they spend money on unique content material and attempt to stand out in a crowded market and entice subscribers to their platforms.
The TV present creator has been negotiating a brand new take care of Disney over the previous 12 months. A lot of the particulars have been ironed out earlier than the writers’ strike started in Might, the report added.
The Hollywood Overseas Press Affiliation, the group that votes on the Golden Globes, celebrated Murphy’s contributions to tv with its fourth Carol Burnett Award earlier this 12 months. Earlier honorees have been Burnett, Ellen DeGeneres and Norman Lear (NYSE:).
Disney and Netflix didn’t instantly reply to Reuters’ requests for remark.
