Showtime Networks and the newly launched STX Entertainment have closed a multiyear deal to bring movies distributed theatrically by the latter to the former’s pay-TV channels during the so-called premium television window.
The agreement begins this year and covers releases through 2019.
Also as part of the joint announcement, STX revealed that it has begun production on its initial slate of films, including “The Free State of Jones,” which is based on the true story of a defiant Southern farmer, Newt Knight, and his armed rebellion against the Confederacy during the Civil War. That film is written, directed and produced by Gary Ross, and produced by Scott Stuber and Jon Kilik.