FX Inks a Deal with Summit Entertainment for the Twilight Franchise

According to Variety, FX has inked a deal with Summit Entertainment for the basic cable rights to Twilight and The Twilight Saga: New Moon.

New Moon grabbed $142.8 million at the U.S. box office last weekend.

FX also inked deals for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn.

FX and Summit's deal is standard. The price-tag will be 10%-12% of the domestic box office take, however there is a cap.

FX is allowed to begin airing Twilight in late 2011. New Moon can start airing in late 2012 and Eclipse (which will come to theaters in June 30, 2010) is going to have its basic cable debut in 2013.

Twilight was released November 21st, 2008 and stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Cam Gigandet, Ashley Greene, Christian Serratos. The film is directed by Catherine Hardwicke.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon was released November 20th, 2009 and stars Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke, Ashley Greene, Anna Kendrick, Christian Serratos, Michael Welch. The film is directed by Chris Weitz.

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse was released June 30th, 2010 and stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke, Ashley Greene, Jackson Rathbone, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz. The film is directed by David Slade.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 was released November 18th, 2011 and stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Billy Burke, Anna Kendrick, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone. The film is directed by Bill Condon.


Sources: Variety

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