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Federal Judge will decide Watchmen’s fate
In their battle over the legal right to distribute WATCHMEN, rival studios 20th Century Fox and Warner Brothers are attempting to speed up the decision by opting out of a trial in favor of having a federal judge decide the matter. Warners Brothers has completed a film version, which they hope to release on March [...]
Judge rules Fox owns distrib rights to “Watchmen”
Variety reports that, in a surprise ruling on Christmas Eve, a judge has ruled that 20th Century Fox owns the distribution rights to the film version of WATCHMEN. The decision comes as a blow to Warner Brothers, which has produced the WATCHMEN movie and plans to release it on March 6. A week earlier, Judge [...]
Watchmen Still in Legal Limbo
The Los Angeles Times reports that a federal judge could not decide on the fate of the WATCHMEN film, produced by Warner Brothers and directed by Zack Snyder (300). 20th Century Fox has sued, claiming they control film rights to the graphic novel. The judge was asked to decide a pre-trail motion that could have settled [...]
Watchman woes
The Guaridan offers up a brief rundown on the legal problems that may slow or stop THE WATCHMEN – director Zach Snyder’s big-screen adaptation of the Alan Moore graphic novel – from reaching the screen. Cheering on from the sidelines – for the film not to be released – is Moore himself, who say,
“‘There are [...]
Cybersurfing: Watchman wonderful?
Comic books geeks across the world are wondering whether Warner Brothers film version of the Watchman graphic novel will be wonderful. Last week they received a glimmer of hope when Kevin Smith (DOGMA), having received a special invitation to an advance screening of director Zack Snyder’s film, proclaimed on his MySpace blog that the film [...]
