20th Century Fox and Warner Brothers have agreed to allow a federal judge to decide whether or not
Watchmen will be released on March 6, as was originally planned by Warner Brothers. The studios made a statement, as reported by the
LA Times, where they agreed to allow U.S. District Judge Gary A. Feess to make a final decision, forgoing a jury trial that could have put the film into limbo for an even longer time.
In a preliminary ruling issued December 24, 2008, Feess said that Fox owned the right to distribute
Watchmen, and not Warner Brothers. In that same ruling, Feess urged the studios to negotiate a settlement, rather than to bring the case to trial. Any potential trial on remaining parts of the lawsuit will be postponed until after the January 20 hearing about the film's distribution.
"We are gratified by the recognition of our rights in the judge's order, which speaks for itself," Fox said in a statement Tuesday.
Warner Bros. said in a statement: "We will continue to pursue all of our legal options to defeat Fox's meritless claims and remain confident that we will ultimately prevail."
In any case, fans will be watching closely to see what happens with
Watchmen, with many fans remaining hopeful that distribution rights and arguments about who should earn the money from the film won't prevent them from seeing the adaptation of the graphic novel created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.
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I would want to boycott fox really easily but I feel that I am the one miising on the movies. I mean really If there was anyone else with the spirit to boycott fox like i do, by which i mean ( boycott fox forreal and not only say it ) then i would for the sake of the novel portrayed in this movie. The book was a very good sucsess and i think we should only do the boycotting for the sake of the novel and the sake of the people who like the novel (WARNER BROS.) not only the people who just want to get the copyright of the movie just to get more money because there own movies sucked (FOX). I bet if WARNER BROS would say "hey let us keep the movie name under our name and give you arround 1/3 of the money we make of it, FOX", FOX would say YES. because they want the money not the movie.
THAT IS WHY FOX IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A SHITTY MOVIEMAKING COMPANY, BECAUSE IT MAKES MOVIE FOR THE CASH NOT ENTERTAINMENT AND VALUE.
I mean watchmen was pretty much made and produced by warner bros. this is called stealing whatever FOX did, not lawsuit. like siriously, someone pays money to do a project and then you just come and take it in a blink of an eye.
and all I have to say is the expression that makes me remember the COMEDIAN " GOD HELP US ALL ". LOLLLL.
or at least i can dream
But, I am glad WB is finally standing its ground :"We will continue to pursue all of our legal options to defeat Fox's meritless claims and remain confident that we will ultimately prevail."
I'm with you, even though you too are a heartless corporate studio (you just make better movies)
FUCK. YES. Go get em, WB. C'mon, Judge Feces, you screwed up once, don't do it