Another movie star doing a TV series

I'd say TV is almost on the same level as movies now. Budgets have gone up so much, and alot of these shows on Amazon and Netflix have the same production quality as big-budget features.

But yeah, times have changed. Back in the old days the TV actors were basically considered second-class citizens in the Hollywood pecking order. And now the TV studios shell out big money for the movie actors.

Series is where it's at in the present cinematic climate. They garner at least as much attention and recognition as the big screen these days.

In fact (and it's certainly true of me personally), I get the feeling that people can afford not to keep up with every new movie that comes out, but they definitely try to keep on top of their Netflix! (cable, Hulu, Amazon) And when people talk, it's more often about shows than movies. It's kinda how people connect nowadays.

Well - consider this - each episode is 25 minutes long (officially it's more, but credits are darn long) - it's 10 episodes - 250 minutes in total - so it's like a 3 hour movie worth of material.

I imagine Roberts gets paid here as much as she would for starring in a film - if not more. So, it's not a big loss financially or time-wise.

"Julia Roberts will make $600,000 per episode for Amazon's “Homecoming.” And she will receive an additional fee for being a producer."

Along with the current climate for youthful stars in action and horror roles, I'm guessing these older female stars simply want to find projects where they can actually act in material aimed at adults.