FX Purchases “Straight Outta Compton” TV Broadcast Rights

August 17, 2015 | 3:30 PM

by Soren Baker

FX Networks has purchased the exclusive U.S. commercial television premiere rights to Straight Outta Compton, according to The Wrap.

The film, which chronicles N.W.A’s rise to prominence in the late 1980s, opened as the #1 film in the country and a $60.2 million box office haul.

FX Networks includes FX, FXX, FXM and the VOD platform FXNOW.

The company has also secured exclusive U.S. commercial television premiere rights to Furious 7, Jurassic World, Minions and Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation.

Having seen the movie being produced and being able to watch the finishing product on screen, DJ Yella said during an interview with VladTV that he’s impressed. “It’s huge, you know,” he says. “It looks grand.”

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blu capone

August 18, 2015 | 2:16 AM

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Dan you jeffin and you know it ross is from miss plus he wenr to college on a football schlor ship how did he have it badd

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August 17, 2015 | 11:31 PM

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Im the fourth person on this thread....interesting with 45 comments

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August 17, 2015 | 8:05 PM

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Stfu u cunt eater

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Dan

August 17, 2015 | 8:33 PM

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Was that an insult or compliment....wait...you probably cant tell the difference.

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Dan

August 17, 2015 | 5:59 PM

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I'm a bitch ass white boy who doesn't know anything.

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Dan

August 17, 2015 | 4:23 PM

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Straight Outta COmpton was a shit film. Why would I support shit? That's why im mad.

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August 18, 2015 | 5:07 AM

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A wise man told me don't argue with fools, cause people from a distance can't tell who is who......

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Jharp14

August 17, 2015 | 9:34 PM

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When a person says it' was hardly in a brutality in Compton or anywhere is Bc that person never experienced it. Why go back and forth with people who never experienced shit. That's why they always so opinionated. Like a person that says it was inaccuracies in the movie is because they are so dumb to recognize that all truth can't be put into a movie. Thats why it's a movie!!!Lol In total there was 13hrs of movie footage and had to be chopped down to 2hrs or whatever. On Hot 97 he said there will be a directors cut. Its always that one guy who really can't argue with anybody around him so the message board is the only outlet.

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Anonymous

August 17, 2015 | 6:01 PM

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How do you cosign Fuck The Police and criticize the people who made the song? Very hypocritical.

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Don

August 17, 2015 | 5:58 PM

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The crooked cops are the criminals, not NWA. They didn't do anything at all.

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Don

August 17, 2015 | 5:56 PM

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They didn't throw anyhthing at police at all. Again, quit defending crooked cops.

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Dan

August 17, 2015 | 5:56 PM

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Im out bitch. You are basically supporting criminals.

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Don

August 17, 2015 | 5:55 PM

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They mentioned that in song. Again, the black cops are worse as they allow or implement the harassment to their own people. There is no pulling the race card.

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Don

August 17, 2015 | 5:54 PM

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And they address black cops sticking up for the white cops in the song. Again, the black cops are even worse for allowing the harassment to happen or implementing it. There is no pulling the race card, it actually happened to them.

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Dan

August 17, 2015 | 5:54 PM

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Throwing stuff at police and escaping

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Dan

August 17, 2015 | 5:51 PM

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Again, some cops were black so pulling the race card is BS.

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August 17, 2015 | 5:50 PM

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A free pass for their acts? What, being black and being at the wrong place at the wrong time?

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Don

August 17, 2015 | 5:49 PM

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No, that was the result of the crooked cops harassing them for being black and them getting tired of the cops getting away with it. You know nothing.

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Dan

August 17, 2015 | 5:45 PM

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Dope song but that was a result of being butthurt that the police wouldn't allow them a free pass for their acts.

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Don

August 17, 2015 | 5:45 PM

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Do you ever give up? NWA never provoked the police, the police provoked them. That's why they made Fuck The Police.

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Dan

August 17, 2015 | 5:43 PM

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Of course its a problem but for the NWA, they provoked the police themselves.

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Don

August 17, 2015 | 5:25 PM

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I didn't say or suggest that all Compton police are white. I just talked about black cops a couple comments ago and how they're worse. Not all cops care about safety. Some of them are racist/self-hating assholes. My point is that police brutality is a problem.

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Dan

August 17, 2015 | 5:22 PM

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You're going off the suggestion every police member is white when there are black police in compton. They care about safety.

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Don

August 17, 2015 | 5:21 PM

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Yes, you are. You're defending the cops who constanly harass black residents of Compton. NWA wasn't a threat to the police, the police were a threat to them since they were just minding their own business. Police brutality has been happening in every city with a population that's mostly minorities, Compton happens to be one of those cities.

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Dan

August 17, 2015 | 5:18 PM

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Im not defending all of the cops. In the case of NWA, they were threats to the police. A shame that other cases were happening in other cities though.

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Don

August 17, 2015 | 5:16 PM

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There was no overhype. It is brutality. Why are you defending crooked cops harassing black people?

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Dan

August 17, 2015 | 5:14 PM

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They overhype the police defending themselves by saying they attacked that person. Its not really brutality.

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Don

August 17, 2015 | 5:09 PM

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Hardly any police brutality in Compton? LOL That's how I know you're not from Compton because it's well-documented that there's a lot of police brutality in Compton (I'm not white, BTW, you are). The facts say otherwise. And Carol City is the suburbs, not the streets. Rick Ross had it easy compared to NWA.

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Dan

August 17, 2015 | 5:06 PM

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I lived in compton and there was hardly any brutality and no more crime than any other city. You're the white one here. Carol City isn't the suburbs. Its the streets.

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Don

August 17, 2015 | 5:03 PM

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Yes, you are describing all black people (and you're white, not black). There is a lot of well-documented racial profiling in Compton, you just don't want to accept it. Florida got it easier when it comes to that. Ross was never a gangster, he's a CO turned rapper reaised in the suburbs.

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Dan

August 17, 2015 | 5:00 PM

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I'm not describing all blacks (I'm a black BTW). Most of them don't even get noticed. It's only those who had a bad reputation. And Im only talking about compton. Florida is where the unfortuante racial profiling bullshit goes. Rozay. Rozay was from carol city and was a CO turned gangster.

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Don

August 17, 2015 | 4:57 PM

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People who might be a danger aka black people. You're starting to sound like a white racist ignorant to the racial profiling going on. Rick Ross did not have a hard life. He's from the suburbs and was a correctionals officer. The only gunfight he was involved in was a drive-by shooting on his birthday when he fled away and crashed his Phantom.

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Dan

August 17, 2015 | 4:51 PM

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They had good reason to check people who might have been a danger. All they had to do was listen. If anyone had a hard life, its rozay. He got involved in more gun fights than i can remember and got arrested just for him being in the wrong place.

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Don

August 17, 2015 | 4:49 PM

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The balck cops are even worse than the white ones since they allow the harassment to happen or happily inflict the harassment. NWA's lives weren't easy. Anyone from the ghettos of Los Angeles did not have easy lives.

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Dan

August 17, 2015 | 4:46 PM

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There were black police in compton so that racism card is BS. NWA had at least easier lives in the streets than portrayed.

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Don

August 17, 2015 | 4:45 PM

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Yes, they can act. NWA did have hard lives. They did not have easy lives growing up, they're not white suburbanites. And police harass anyone who's black, so yes, it is because of their looks. You're sounding real white right now.

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Dan

August 17, 2015 | 4:39 PM

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They may look like NWA but they can't act. They portray them as having hard lives when they had easy ones or at least easier than what they say. They do get in trouble with the law frequently but not because of looks.

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@Dan

August 17, 2015 | 4:37 PM

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He's not the one bitching about a movie like you are.

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Don

August 17, 2015 | 4:37 PM

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What inaccuracies? Sure, no biopic is 100% accurate, but this film was an accurate portrayal of this group. Nothing in this film over-dramatizes or panders. It has good writing, direction, and acting. The actors playing NWA look and act so much like the people they're playing. You're hating on a good film.

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Dan

August 17, 2015 | 4:36 PM

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You just described yourself girl.

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Dan is PMSing

August 17, 2015 | 4:34 PM

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You need to take some midol for your menstral cramps...seriously

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Dan

August 17, 2015 | 4:33 PM

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How is this one of the best? There's a lot of inaccuries and they over dramatize shit to expose this to a mainstream audience. It panders.

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Don

August 17, 2015 | 4:28 PM

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How is Straight Outta Compton shit? It's one of the best biopics ever made. You being mad over a movie is stupid. Just ignore it, plain and simple. The new Fantastic Four movie is shit, yet I'm not complaining about it or making up shit like you are.

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Dan

August 17, 2015 | 3:48 PM

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That shit only made its money because a few individuals were wealthy enough to purchase all the seats for all the showtimes in many theaters. Only 10 million came from audiences.

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August 17, 2015 | 4:19 PM

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F5 Dan waiting on a story.

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@Dan

August 17, 2015 | 4:14 PM

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You are so bitter right now. I bet this film's success makes your blood boil LOL.

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Anon

August 17, 2015 | 4:09 PM

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Please. A few wealthy individuals are unable to purchase EVERY seat in EVERY movie theater NATIONWIDE. Straight Outta Compton made $60 million from fan support.

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Stop Hating

August 17, 2015 | 4:07 PM

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Shut the fuck up,you bitter hating ass nigga. Cant let them bask in their glory...Doctor's Orders.....Go Fuck Yourself

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