Movies on television are big business nowadays. Average films sell for millions of dollars, and networks attempt to spoon feed them down the irritated throats of audiences, hoping they’d forgotten just how mediocre the blockbuster was when they saw it in theaters. Leading the buy-up charge over the last few weeks has been TNT who first captured ‘Rush Hour 3', in a deal that could total as much as 24 million and now will purchase the rights to 300.
According to Variety, executives at TNT will open their wallets to the tune of 17 million dollars in order to acquire the action movie’s rights for three years. That’s almost six million dollars a year! For six big ones, I would let TNT film me pissing on a relative’s grave or shooting heroine into my eyeball. Hell, I’d probably get higher ratings than an edited 300 too.
Look for this to start popping up on Turner programming during September of 2009 after its HBO run ends. It will also be featured for several months on TNT’s Video On Demand. How exciting is that? It’s not everyday you get to watch a neutered version of a decent action movie. Wait, that’s everyday on TNT. My mistake.
