FX Secures TV Rights To 'Mission:Impossible' Film

By R. Thomas Umstead
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FX Networks has secured television rights to several of the summer’s biggest theatrical films, including the Tom Cruise-starrer Mission:Impossible – Rogue Nation, the company said Monday.

FX will have exclusive US commercial television premiere rights to Mission:Impossible – which drew $56 million in its weekend debut – for its suite of networks including FX, FXX, FXM and video on demand platform FXNOW, said network officials.

Along with Mission:Impossible, FX has also secured similar distribution rights to such summer films as Trainwreck, Spy, Pixels and Paper Towns. The deals add to a film portfolio that already includes such blockbuster films as Minions, Jurrasic World, Furious 7, Terminator: Genisys, Ted 2, Pitch Perfect 2, Taken 3, Kingsman: The Secret Service and Home, said company officials.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.