• Variety, Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:30 AM

FX has picked up TV rights to the new "Star Trek" movie. The network could pay Paramount as much as $24 million for the sci-fi flick -- or about 12% of box office gross if it hits the $200 million threshold domestically. "Star Trek" opened last weekend with a three-day domestic gross of nearly $80 million.

The movie will start appearing on FX about 30 months from now -- in time for the 2011 holiday season. FX likely outbid two other major cable movie buyers, Turner and USA. All three cablers have been aggressive on the movie acquisition front in recent years.

"Trek" is the third spring/summer 2009 box office champ to be snapped up quickly by FX. It previously secured the network rights to DreamWorks Animation's "Monsters vs. Aliens" and 20th Century Fox's "Wolverine."

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