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Article: FX packs on the pix: cabler lands nine titles in $90 mil package.(Fox Networks Group)(X-Men: The Last Stand, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Superman Returns, Click, Snakes on a Plane, The Devil Wears Prada, Big Momma's House 2 and The Omen)(Brief article)
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- Daily Variety
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- July 31, 2006
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Hell-bent on bolstering its reputation as the most aggressive cable-network buyer of theatrical pics, FX has ponied up about $90 million to buy nine titles from 20th Century Fox, led by the blockbuster sequels "X-Men: The Last Stand" and "Ice Age: The Meltdown."
FX recently engineered deals for exclusive cable TV rights to current movies such as "Superman Returns" "Click" and "Snakes on a Plane."
Other titles in the 20th bundle include "The Devil Wears Prada," "Big Momma's House 2" and "The Omen." Most of the pics become to FX in 2009 on a four-year license term. HBO gets the titles next year in the 18-month exclusive pay TV window.
FX skeds ...