{"id":125848,"date":"2022-07-14T15:45:27","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T13:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=125848"},"modified":"2022-07-14T15:46:33","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T13:46:33","slug":"the-most-expensive-sci-fi-and-fantasy-series-to-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/125848-the-most-expensive-sci-fi-and-fantasy-series-to-date","title":{"rendered":"The most expensive Sci-Fi and Fantasy series to date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While games might dominate the fantasy and science fiction genres in quantity, streaming and TV series that cover these genres continue to be popular, too.<\/p>\n<p>Creating a TV series\u00a0can be costly, and the Sci-Fi and fantasy genres require lots of special effects that make them particularly expensive to create.<\/p>\n<p>We have highlighted the most expensive fantasy and Sci-Fi shows produced to date.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d to see a full list of series, not just Fantasy and Sci-fi, you can find it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telltalesonline.com\/34499\/expensive-tv-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Game of Thrones &#8211; $90 million<\/h3>\n<p>It should come as no surprise to see Game of Thrones on this list.<\/p>\n<p>HBO&#8217;s hit show was a global phenomenon and had viewers on the edge of their seats for the next episode to be released.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite this success, the controversial creative choices made in its final season have seen the series lose much of its prestige.<\/p>\n<p>Controversial creative choices in its final season may have hurt the show&#8217;s overall reputation, but there is no doubt that it will go down as a classic anyway.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rlR4PJn8b8I\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">The Mandalorian &#8211; $100 million<\/h3>\n<p>The Mandalorian is often regarded as one of the best things to come out of the Star Wars universe in recent history.<\/p>\n<p>The first season of the show cost $12.5 million per episode, totaling a whopping $100 million combined budget.<\/p>\n<p>The second season was estimated to have a $15 million episode budget but this has yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>It will be curious to see if the third season of the popular Star Wars show maintains the relative pricing of previous seasons or if it takes another cost-jump.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aOC8E8z_ifw\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Marvel Shows &#8211; $150-225 million<\/h3>\n<p>It would be pointless to list all the recent Marvel superhero series on Disney+, as they all have equal costs per episode.<\/p>\n<p>The cost per episode for the various Marvel series is $25 million so shows such as The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki, and Moon Knight that ran for six episodes each cost $150 million.<\/p>\n<p>The longer series, such as WandaVision which ran for nine episodes, cost closer to $225 million.<\/p>\n<p>It will be curious to see whether Disney continues its consistent episode cost with future Marvel shows.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sj9J2ecsSpo\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Stranger Things &#8211; $270 million<\/h3>\n<p>The fourth season of Stranger Things has been a great success for Netflix &#8211; even among those who had grown disenchanted with the series after its third season.<\/p>\n<p>Given the show&#8217;s status as a Netflix staple, it may be unsurprising to learn that its nine episodes cost $30 million each for a total of $270 million.<\/p>\n<p>The budget for the fifth and final season of the show has not yet been revealed &#8211; but they&#8217;re likely to be just as if not more expensive than Season Four.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yQEondeGvKo\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power &#8211; $465 million<\/h3>\n<p>Amazon&#8217;s upcoming Lord of the Rings series, the Rings of Power, takes first place by a large margin &#8211; and it&#8217;s also the only show on this list that has yet to release.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the eight episodes cost a jaw-dropping $58.1 million to produce for a total of $465 million &#8211; almost double the production cost of the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy.<\/p>\n<p>Given the predominately negative initial reception to the upcoming show&#8217;s trailers on YouTube and social media, it will be fascinating to see if Amazon is able to make a profit.<\/p>\n<p>Season 2 of the show is already in production, and assuming it also has eight episodes and similar costs, Amazon will have spent almost $1 billion on The Rings of Power.<\/p>\n<p>This is a staggering sum that far exceeds the production budget of even the most expensive movies ever made.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v7v1hIkYH24\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/125843-new-horror-game-inspired-by-resident-evil-revealed\">New horror game inspired by Resident Evil revealed<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the five most expensive Fantasy and Sci-fi series produced to date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":125854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[19305,11220,6898,9795],"class_list":["post-125848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-fantasy","tag-most-expensive","tag-sci-fi","tag-tv-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}