Showtime Lands Pay TV Rights To Indians Jones Sequel

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will make its exclusive pay TV debut on Showtime under a deal with Paramount, Variety reported. The fourth Indy movie is the most high-profile of the Paramount movies that Showtime is negotiating to buy as part of a multiyear renewal of the current theatrical-output deal, which expires on December 31, the trade paper reported. Showtime may be taking its time on a new contract because it has the exclusive pay TV rights to all of Paramount’s movies released in 2007, which will play on the network throughout 2008 and into the first part of 2009.