Wasn't this brought up a while ago? I don't feel like digging through the thread but I swear it was.
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Wasn't this brought up a while ago? I don't feel like digging through the thread but I swear it was.
The judgement hath only recently been rendered.
Fox wants to stop the release; Legality to ensue.
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LOS ANGELES – An attorney for 20th Century Fox says the studio will continue to seek an order delaying the release of 'Watchmen.'
U.S. District Court Judge Gary Feess last week agreed with Fox that Warner Bros. had infringed its copyright by developing and shooting the superhero flick, scheduled for release March 6.
Feess said Monday he plans to hold a trial Jan. 20 to decide remaining issues.
Fox claims it never fully relinquished story rights from its deal made in the late 1980s, and sued Warner Bros. in February. Warner Bros. contended Fox isn't entitled to distribution.
Warner Bros.' attorney said Monday he didn't know if an appeal was coming, but thinks a trial is necessary and a settlement unlikely.
Fox were the ones that made that LXG monstrosity. I don't think preserving the artistic integrity of Alan Moore's work is high on their priority list.Quote:
Originally Posted by epmode
Fox wants the right to the Batman TV series, to release. Most likely, they would have liked to have had it recently, and get some extra sales off Dark Knight.
They knew about The Watchmen and probably could have done a 1:1 trade with Warner Brothers, but, given that Fox has no intention of ever making a Watchmen movie (The higher ups aren't really big on comic book movies and only begrudingly do them) they wait, let WB invest millions of dollars into it, then hit them with the suit.
I'm thinking Fox will weasel a payoff and the Batman Tv rights out of it, likely without Watchmen movie delay.
Trailer from Fox owned Myspace ...
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...deoid=48917596
Wow, nice work on that trailer massively spoiling who the villian of the story is.
No, it doesn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by bbobb
It kinda gives MASSIVE glaringly obvious hints.
I agree with this. Near the end of the vignette they basically give it away.Quote:
Originally Posted by bbobb