RSS
Home
FX accepts Sandra Bullock's Proposal
Print
Email
RSS
Subscribe
.jpg)
Disney: Sandra Bullock in "The Propsal"
Arlington native Sandra Bullock is coming to FX in late 2011 thanks to a deal securing TV rights to her current box office topper "The Proposal."
[Links to video clips from her Washington-Lee High School days below.]
According to Hollywood trade magazine Variety, the cable channel signed a standard four-year movie license deal with Disney for the romantic comedy, which took in a domestic gross of $34.1 million over the weekend.
In the film, Bullock stars as a Canadian immigrant who rushes into a marriage of convenience with her young office assistant (Ryan Reynolds) after finding out she's about to be deported. He reluctantly agrees in order to save his job.
FX will ultimately pay 12% of "The Proposal's" final gross for the movie, which will be available to the network roughly 30 months from now -- in late 2011.
As previously reported, FX also swooped rights to previous box office champ "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian," the Ben Stiller movie shot at various spots around Washington.
As is standard, Disney will retain rights to secure deals for a broadcast run or two for "The Proposal" during FX's window.
Bullock, a graduate of Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, is married to TV star and recent "Celebrity Apprentice" finalist Jesse James. The CEO of motorcycle makeover company West Coast Choppers and host of the former Discovery Channel series "Monster Garage" is now the star of Spike TV's "Jesse James is a Dead Man."
For more info:
Below are links to early 80s video clips of Sandra Bullock at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, VA
- Sandra and fellow drama student Scott Sowers are the Master of Ceremonies at Senior Talent Night in May of 1982. Sandra and Scott introduce the acts and watch for Sandra who makes an appearance as a dorky contestant several times in between the acts.
- Cheerleadering practice in 1981 prior to the homecoming football game. Sandra was one of the homecoming attendants as well as a Varsity Cheerleader. She dons her Mickey Mouse ears and stands along side her friend Cliff.
- In February, 1981, the drama department presented the play "My Sister Eileen," about two sisters who live in Greenwich Village and the strange and unusual characters who come into their apartment. Sandra plays the part of Violet Shelton, an unusual neighbor who makes several appearance in their apartment.
- Varsity Cheerleader in fall of 1981, mugging for the camera.
- In November, 1981, the drama department presented the Woody Allen play "Don't Drink the Water." This is a dress rehearsal with Sandra playing the part of the Countess Bourdini.
- Click here for six clips from "The Proposal"
Related Articles:
Add a Comment
