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Watchmen producer Lloyd Levin writes an open letter to someone named Drew McWeeny over at Hitfix!
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... here with a fascinating inside on the development of WATCHMEN, leading up to the current legal battle. Some dude named Drew McWeeny at the brand spankin' new site Hitfix got the scoop in the form of a very long and fascinating letter from Lloyd Levin. The full thing is ...
Sometimes A Great Letter
The Hot Blog —
... The EXCLUSIVE letter from Lloyd Levin, producer of Watchmen, one producer for Drew of the new HitFlix, is one of these moments. ...
Watchmen Producer Responds To The Watchmen Lawsuit By Fox
Latino Review —
... the decision to make the movie would never have been made because there was no interest in moving forward with the project. Does a film studio have the right to stand in the way of an artistic endeavor and determine that it shouldn't exist? If the project had been sequestered at Fox, if Fox had any say in the matter, Watchmen simply wouldn't exist today, and there would be no film for Fox to lay claim on. It seems beyond cynical for the studio to claim ownership at this point. Click HERE to read the rest. Source: ...
Read This Now - Producer Lloyd Levin's Open Letter About Watchmen
FirstShowing.net —
... we'll have a verdict from the judge and will know whether or not Warner Brothers gets to keep its March 6th release. Whatever ends up happening will undoubtedly go down in history and leave fanboys debating forever about who was right or wrong. I'm sad that it has come to a point where the only person that can say something that people respect is someone directly involved with the movie. Drew McWeeny at HitFix has ran an open letter from ...
'Watchmen' Producer Sounds Off
Get The Big Picture —
Here's a perpsective on this whole Watchmen imbroglio we haven't heard until now. HitFix (via Ain't It Cool) received an "open letter" from producer Lloyd Levin regarding the lawsuit and the future of the film, now locked up in legal proceedings between Warner Bros. and Fox.
Levin takes us back a few years, to what he calls "the flashpoint" of all of this, in the spring of 2005. "Both Fox and Warner Brothers were offered ...
Watchmen Producer Lloyd Levin Speaks Out About Fox Lawsuit
/Film —
... Until now, most of the speculation about Warner’s legal/philosophical/emotional position on this issue has been exactly that: Speculation. However, earlier today, Drew McWeeny (previously Moriarty from AICN) posted up an open letter written by Lloyd Levin, one of Watchmen’s producers. Levin’s letter is striking both for its candor and its detailed description about the trials and tribulations that went into making of the film: ...
How Brazil Is Reshaping the Futures of Entertainment
Confessions of an Aca/Fan —
... Given the latest news of the legal battle which is brewing around Watchmen's release, the exchange which I had with Alex McDowell, the film's gift art director, and Georgia State University's Alicia Perren, has been generating a fair amount of interest out there in the blogosphere. Mcdowell just shared with me a very interesting statement issued by one of the film's producers, Lloyd Levin, about the legal struggles around the film's production and distribution. This is a story which we are all following here at CMS with baited breath. ...
Watchmen Producers Strike Back
TheMovingPicture.net —
... First Up Lloyd Levin, who also produced the two Hellboy films, sent an open letter on the matter to Drew McWeeny over at HitFix titled Watchmen: A Producer’s Perspective. He outlines the difficulties in getting the film made, it’s no secret that over the years many studios didn’t want to touch the project – and now there are two fighting over it. ...
Watchmen Producers Strike Back
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... First Up Lloyd Levin, who also produced the two Hellboy films, sent an open letter on the matter to Drew McWeeny over at HitFix titled Watchmen: A Producer’s Perspective. He outlines the difficulties in getting the film made, it’s no secret that over the years many studios didn’t want to touch the project – and now there are two fighting over it. ...
Watchmen producers write letters.
FilmChat —
... producer Lloyd Levin has written an "open letter" on the movie's current legal woes, in which he essentially tries to claim the moral high ground for Warner Brothers. Levin, whose letter was published at Hitfix, certainly succeeds at making Warner sound like a more adventurous studio than Fox, and a better place to pursue a project of this nature -- but none of that is relevant to the legal issues currently facing this movie, is it? ...
'Watchmen' Producers Break Their Silence and Offer Up Very Little
RopeofSilicon.com —
... Until then, the producers behind the selling of the rights to the film adaptation, Lloyd Levin and Larry Gordon, have decided to say a few words. Levin shares his via an open letter posted on the newly minted HitFix.com and Gordon had his "voice" heard via what was deemed "improper communication" as he sent a letter directly to Judge Feess, a letter Feess refused to read and issued a one-paragraph response which included some of the following statements as paraphrased by ...
Watchmen Producers talk
Filmstalker —
... the result of either a mutual mistake by both parties or a unilateral mistake made by his counsel, on which Mr. Gordon relied.” It seems that his lawyer never received this clause, but did receive the contract, and his comment above does suggest that he's not going to go after Fox for the problem and say that they just didn't send it to him deliberately, or made it up after the fact. Then there's the open letter from Lloyd Kevin, another one of the producers on the project through HitFix and ...
A Biased Open Letter From The Watchmen Producer
The Movie Blog —
... With that being said, Lloyd Levin, producer of Watchmen, has issued an open letter to the public giving his thoughts and knowledge of the current legal battle between WB and Fox regarding the release of the movie. The following open letter comes to us through Hitfix: ...
The entire ‘Watchmen’ debacle..
We Are Movie Geeks —
... To further enlighten everyone, Larry Gordon has begun speaking out about the situation as well. Most of his statements are in the form of letters to the US District Court and arent publicly available, but it really says something that both of these guys have evidence and can prove that Fox wanted nothing to do with this movie. Thanks to HitFlix for the above letter. ...
I Am Link
my new plaid pants —
... --- If wishes were hopes that your wet dreams made then this open letter from Watchmen producer Llyod Levin would still nothing more than a load of hopeful hot air. But it's nice, thinking that morals might apply where Hollywood is concerned, ain't it? Just for a sec? ...
WATCHING THE WATCHMEN
Filmmaker Magazine —
... I've blogged before about the legal saga surrounding The Watchmen , which is the film news world equivalent of a slow-motion car crash. If you're a producer, the idea that your film could be held hostage after its completion due to legal issues is the ultimate nightmare. One of the film's producers, Lloyd Levin, has written an open letter that is posted over at Drew McWeeny's new blog, Hitfix . An excerpt: One reason the movie was made was because Warner Brothers spent the time, effort and money to engage with and develop the project. If Watchmen was at Fox the decision to ...
Open Letter From 'Watchmen' Producers Is 'Bullshit'
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... Ok, so yesterday evening all the blogs are abuzz because "Watchmen" producer Lloyd Levin wrote an open-letter regarding the lawsuit, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. and whole messy affair. ...
The Watchmen Lawsuit: A Tale of Two Letters
Film School Rejects —
... that has made Watchmen:
For the sake of the artists involved, for the hundreds of people, executives and filmmakers, actors and crew, who invested their time, their money, and dedicated a good portion of their lives in order to bring this extraordinary project to life, the question of what is right is clear and unambiguous - Fox should stand down with its claim.
You can read the letter in its entirety over at HitFix.
Will either letter have any effect on Fox or the case? No, but it ...
Watchmen Producer Speaks Out About Lawsuit
Screen Rant —
... wanted to get their hands dirty and take a risk on Watchmen, and now that there is so much good buzz and the movie is looking like it’s going to do gangbusters business–oh now all these studio sharks want to eat off it!
I’m getting overly excited. I turn the issue over to you, the people, to decide. How does Lloyd Levin’s letter strike you? Feeling any different about the Watchmen lawsuit?
Source: Big thanks to Motion Captured! ...
Screenwriting News & Links! 1/15/09
Mystery Man on Film —
... You can read in its entirety Watchmen producer’s "open letter" on HitFix, about the history of the production, its Hollywood support (or lack thereof) and the current quagmire. An excerpt: ...
