FX gets TV rights for DreamWorks animated films
Posted March 31, 2009 11:00 pm
LOS ANGELES -- The FX channel is going to be the TV destination in the U.S. for "Monsters vs. Aliens," ''Kung Fu Panda" and other DreamWorks animated movies.
FX struck a licensing agreement with DreamWorks Animation SKG distributor Paramount Pictures that gives the cable channel the TV rights to releases from 2008 to 2012.
Also included in the deal are "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa," ''Shrek Goes Fourth" and the sequel to "Kung Fu Panda."
"Monsters vs. Aliens" scored the highest-grossing weekend for the year to date, taking in more than $59 million.
Paramount Pictures Corp. is a unit of Viacom. FX is owned by News Corp.
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