FX Gets The Television Rights To Green Lantern

FX Gets The Television Rights To Green Lantern

Green Lantern is the latest big budget Hollywood film that FX has acquired the television rights to, click here for more details.

By WaylonJones - Jun 21, 2011 01:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Green Lantern
Source: LA Times


First it was Thor, then it was X-Men: First Class now, according to the LA Times, FX is at it again securing the television rights to Warner Brother's Green Lantern. Television rights most the time work as such: The licensing for the movies generally runs four to five years and cost from 10 to 12 percent of the US box office take. Most of the time there is a cap of about 200 million dollars.



Reports the LA Times:

Though an opening of more than $50 million for Warner Bros.' "Green Lantern" was seen as a disappointment, it was strong enough for FX to open up its checkbook and snag the basic cable rights to the Ryan Reynolds flick.


There is no word on when Green Lantern will appear on the network, but you can catch it in theaters NOW!

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marvel72
marvel72 - 6/21/2011, 1:29 PM
paid fifty quid for them.
luffycapri
luffycapri - 6/21/2011, 1:58 PM
FX has the movies lol
selinakyle
selinakyle - 6/21/2011, 1:59 PM
lol FX loves its CBMs.
TayDee
TayDee - 6/21/2011, 2:03 PM
Already talking about tv rights?

I guess views on tv will be a way to get some kind of profit.
dahamma
dahamma - 6/21/2011, 2:04 PM
danngg
DDub
DDub - 6/21/2011, 2:12 PM
I'm sure the other networks are glad they didn't win this one.
BrotherQStark
BrotherQStark - 6/21/2011, 2:12 PM
FX loves CBM's no matter how crappy, because that was just a waste of money. Soon they'll have Cap
rodsvilaca
rodsvilaca - 6/21/2011, 2:17 PM
Today's Box Office:

Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $58,288,746 (77.4%)
+ Foreign: $17,000,000 (22.6%)
= Worldwide: $75,288,746(100%)
CaptainTall
CaptainTall - 6/21/2011, 2:30 PM
@TayDee, they snagged X Men: First Class just as quick.
ISleepNow
ISleepNow - 6/21/2011, 2:40 PM
probably show it when the weekly grosses drop below $1,000,000
which should be next weekend..
PirateOpossum
PirateOpossum - 6/21/2011, 3:02 PM
Green Lantern was a fantastic movie.
dnno1
dnno1 - 6/21/2011, 3:04 PM
Sure was.
NightBoyWonder
NightBoyWonder - 6/21/2011, 3:16 PM
@Intruder I totally agree!
JULEZ13
JULEZ13 - 6/21/2011, 4:38 PM
@Intruder: You're right on the money.

I saw Green Lantern last night and it was just awful! It was so bad - nothing was good about the movie, film-making wise! Terrible direction, TERRIBLE EDITING!! Really bad screenwriting and a pretty bad script that needed more drafts. Just bad.

The funny thing about FX is that they show every CBM no matter how bad. I think they have the rights to all past CBMs, except TDK -I saw it on TNT the other day. But I'm sure they'll get that one sooner or later.
alucard365
alucard365 - 6/21/2011, 5:27 PM
DC is like well we tried, now its just Batman & Superman for now on, maybe Wonder woman.
Indestruktible
Indestruktible - 6/21/2011, 6:08 PM
I think it's kinda settled that critics mostly did not like it, hardcore fans either really really liked it or hated it, and the average non-CBM goer thought it was solid to pretty good.

Here's a link to fan reactions from Reelzchannel. I usually watch their vids to get a sense of what the fans think before I go into watching a movie.

sexfoodcomics
sexfoodcomics - 6/21/2011, 6:23 PM
It wasn't that bad. I put it on par with the first x men.
vermillion
vermillion - 6/21/2011, 6:47 PM
The head of WB's distribution doesn't think GL is doing bad at all

http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/19/1781483/green-lantern-is-no-1-at-the-box.html#ixzz1PsQYQdBu
Ceejay
Ceejay - 6/21/2011, 7:04 PM
Looool! Film Distributors do not bad-mouth their own commodity one week after release! That's like a drug dealer warning his customers that this stuff isn't good for their health!

The head of Universal said some crap about the Incredible Hulk writing its ow box office pattern blah blah when the movie opened similarly bad, lol, what were you expecting them to say? They gotta get people's butts in those seats in the early weeks to maintain their 80/90% margin on a ticket sale!
BIGBMH
BIGBMH - 6/21/2011, 7:08 PM
Whenever I see a headline like this, for a brief second I always think something like "OMG! TV SERIES?!" I know. Pretty dumb of me.
alkohal
alkohal - 6/21/2011, 7:18 PM
So Green Lantern joins FX impressive roster of superhero movies including Daredevil, Elektra, Fantastic Four 1 & 2 The Punisher and Ghost Rider.
vermillion
vermillion - 6/21/2011, 7:28 PM
FX also has The Incredible Hulk & Iron Man.
RyanLantern77
RyanLantern77 - 6/21/2011, 8:07 PM
the headline isn't finished, it goes on and finishes .... for 20 bucks and 3 handjobs
DirkDiggler97
DirkDiggler97 - 6/21/2011, 10:04 PM
"DVD on TV presents: Green Lantern...."
Ichaos
Ichaos - 6/22/2011, 2:59 AM
I see your 50 squids and raise you 100 octupusses
catman
catman - 6/22/2011, 9:48 AM
Whats the hells going on with Green Lantern... I know whats going but stil... sheeeshh!
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