All Posts Tagged With: "Turner Broadcasting"
Turner meets the Browns
Variety indicates that Turner Broadcasting’s TBS/TNT and Lionsgate have arranged a four-picture transaction valued at $8-10 million. The deal includes Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns, Witless Protection, Lord of War and In the Mix.
Turner Broadcasting lands New Line films
Turner Broadcasting’s TBS and TNT have acquired the cable-TV rights to four of this year’s releases from New Line and Picturehouse: The Women, Journey to the Center of the Earth, the Zac Efron vehicle 17 Again and the Vince Vaughn-Reese Witherspoon comedy Four Christmases. The Sundance Channel has also purchased cable rights to 11 titles, including the Oscar-winning La Vie en Rose. Variety has more on this story.
TNT, TBS to air Dark Knight, Speed Racer
According to Variety, Turner Broadcasting’s TNT and TBS have won the battle to air a Warner Bros. Domestic Cable TV package that includes such upcoming titles as 10,000 B.C., The Dark Knight, Speed Racer, Get Smart, the Jim Carrey comedy Yes Man and the Leonardo DiCaprio-Russell Crowe vehicle Body of Lies. The deal also features such recent theatrical releases as I Am Legend, Fred Claus, The Bucket List and Fool’s Gold.
