Amazon The Grand Tour

[smokiechicago]

Can't wait. I hope the new show is just as good if not better. Too bad I'm a fool and am paying full price for amazon prime right now.

 

[Mr_Roboto]

My bro was pissed because he got Prime on a trial and forgot to cancel. He is far less pissed about it now.

Amazon was super smart in doing this. It will elevate them to real content provider status. BBC lost 4M viewers in that slot, which is a huge statement. Not only that but it's the most watch fact based show in the world. With the as mentioned 350M watchers it could also be a huge boon for their global presence.

BBC will hurt for this big time. I can not blame them though you just can't let Clarkson go and punch someone in the face. Money or not he's not god and he's not immune to paying the price for his follies.

 

[IDAFC21]

Man this is HUGE for amazon. Cant wait

 

[DEEZUZ]

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[Mook]

God damn

According to the FT, sources say the former "Top Gear" hosts' deal with Amazon is worth a reported $250 million for three years and 36 episodes.

From reddit:
"It isn't a lot of information, but at least it gives us a good "order of magnitude" type of idea. If the guys are getting an average of $10MM a season that leaves $160MM for crew and production, or $4.4MM per episode.

Compare this to £7-£10MM ($10.9-$15.6MM) per 10 episode season for production costs at the BBC or about $1.1-$1.6MM per episode and I'm not too worried about the production quality of the new show."

 

[Yaj Yak]

 

[Primalzer]

Yeah, they were not being paid a lot, by the BBC. Clarkson made a bunch of money when he created a production company and used it to film Top Gear. But then sold it to the BBC and got even more. May and Hammond though, were by no means super wealthy. Doesn't seem like the case anymore....

 

[jason05gt]

Amazon has the money and this will help get more people get on prime. They also have a show called The Man in the High Castle that looks really good.

 

[IDAFC21]

God damn

Well that answers my concerns. Soon as i read 3 year 36 episodes my first thought was I wonder if that will dilute the production values for each episode.....then I read the 2nd quote.

 

[guspech750]

I'll take a look.

 

[Primalzer]

We already knew that the move from the BBC to Amazon's Prime streaming service would be a bit of a windfall for the ​Top Gear​ presenters. But now ​The Mirror​ is reporting tha the guys are expected to receive a rather handsome raise for moving to the streaming service.

​The Mirror​ reports that along with the $250 million budget for the show, Clarkson will make $15.4 million per year of the three year contract. Hammond, May, and producer Andy Wilman are on a separate but also lucrative deal that'd see them earn $11.1 million per year.

That is a vast increase compared to their contracts with the BBC, where they were making between $750,000 and $1.5 million per year.

Will the show lose it's charm with the presenters making this money and the huge budget increase? Only time will tell

 

[importcrew]

I honestly think it'll get better than what it was on BBC, but we'll see.

 

[bmoore04]

https://www.carthrottle.com/post/cl...-spotted-driving-a-hilarious-lifted-mercedes/

Looks like they are up to no good.

 

[Flyn]

Yet another reason I'm happy to have Prime.

I'm going to assume they will let Clarkson have more leeway and plot decisions on this show. May get more interesting than the BBC version.

 

[RICH17]

 

[boostedguy05]

BUT WHEN DOES IT START!

 

[Mook]

Show premieres this FALL.

Top Gear: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May's Amazon Prime car show set for autumn release | News | Culture | The Independent

 

[Primalzer]

 

[RICH17]

yes!

 

[Bru]

Excited

 

[IDAFC21]

Fantastic. I'll watch old top gear re-runs all day err day, but its time for some new stuff.

 

[boostedguy05]

:iorun:

 

[bmoore04]

https://www.carthrottle.com/post/it-s-official-clarkson-hammond-and-may-s-new-show-has-a-name-3/

Show finally has a name.

It’s Official: Clarkson, Hammond And May’s New Show Will Be Called 'The Grand Tour'

Cue the drumroll, the much-anticipated new Amazon Prime show from Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May at last has a name: The Grand Tour. The trio each commented about the new name on Twitter, with Hammond and May linking to the show’s new Facebook page.

The news comes just over two weeks after Clarkson claimed thousands had been spent on lawyer fees trying to find a name for the show, and while Gear Knobs was a very real possibility at one point, it was thrown out due to potential issues caused by having a name even remotely similar to Top Gear; the BBC still holds the rights to that name, of course.

The BBC also holds the rights to The Stig, the Cool Wall and the term ‘Star in the Reasonably Priced Car’, which is perhaps why the old studio format has been ditched. Instead, the show will broadcast from a tent which will be set up in a different location every week.

So, what do you think of the name, and the new travelling setup of the show?

 

[Primalzer]

I like the traveling setup...the name...ehhh...unremarkable, but if it sorts of makes sense given the apparent premise to the show

 

[Stink Star]

If they do stuff like the old top gear specials where they go to weird places and act British I'm so fucking in