• Broadcasting & Cable, Wednesday, April 23, 2008 11:15 AM

Spike TV has struck a deal with movie studio Lionsgate that will bring the full "Rambo" series of movies -- including the latest installment -- to the cable net. The first of the movies will roll on Memorial Day weekend. "Rambo headlines a package of five action films that we are thrilled to deliver to Spike TV," says Rand Stoll, Lionsgate executive vice president of television sales.

Spike will have the cable rights to Rambo for four years, beginning in 2010 and has also snared other Lionsgate films including "National Lampoon's Van Wilder," "Kickboxer" and "Replicant."

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