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Latino Review: Breaking News: Judge Rules In Fox's Favor Over Watchmen Copyright Interest
RopeofSilicon.com: BREAKING: Fox Owns Rights to 'Watchmen' Says Judge
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Breaking News: Judge Rules In Fox's Favor Over Watchmen Copyright Interest
Latino Review —
... and Fox could come to some sort of settlement but at what cost to Warner Brothers? Warner was simply doing what Fox wouldn't do, which is make a Watchmen movie. And now they have to pay for it. But let's get something straight, Fox isn't the bad guy here. They have every legal right to pursue their property. Let's just hope they think of the audience that's anxious to see this on the big screen sooner rather than later. Then it'll truly be a happy new year for Watchmen fans. Source: NY Times Submit Your Comments ...
BREAKING: Fox Owns Rights to 'Watchmen' Says Judge
RopeofSilicon.com —
The New York Times has just revealed that Gary A. Feess, a federal judge in Los Angeles, said he intended to grant 20th Century Fox's claim that it owns a copyright interest in the ...
Fox Owns a Copyright Interest in Watchmen!
TheMovingPicture.net - Movie News - Movie Trailers - Movie Reviews - TV - DVD - Rumors - Casting News —
... Warner Bros. just received a pretty crappy Christmas gift. The New York Times is reporting that Gary A. Feess, a judge in the United States District Court for Central California, intendeds to grant 20th Century Fox’s claim that it owns a copyright interest in Watchmen, the highly anticipated movie shot by Warners and Legendary Pictures and set for release in March. ...
Breaking News: Judge Says Fox Owns Rights to Watchmen!
FirstShowing.net —
... This may have just become the worst Christmas eve in history. The New York Times is reporting tonight that a federal judge in Los Angeles made a decision last Wednesday in favor of 20th Century Fox's claim that it owned the distribution rights to the upcoming Watchmen movie. As we all know, Fox first filed a claim against Warner Brothers in ...
Judge Rules for 20th Century Fox in Watchmen Case
ComingSoon.net - 30 most recent stories —
... 6. In a surprise ruling, Judge Gary A. Feess concluded that 20th Century Fox owns a copyright interest and have the right to distribute the movie themselves, having acquired the rights to the graphic novel in the late '80s before shelving the intended film. Judge Fees has suggested that the studios work on a settlement or an appeal rather than going to trial, but we probably won't hear the results of this decision until the New Year. You can read the full New York Times story here .
Newsbites: The comics and heroes edition!
FilmChat —
... consisting of, at the very least, the right to distribute the ‘Watchmen’ motion picture." The film, which is currently set for a March 6 release, was produced by Warner Brothers and Paramount, and it is at least theoretically possible that Fox could block the release altogether. The judge's ruling came as a surprise, since he had said only the week before that the matter was so complicated it could only be resolved at a trial slated for late January. -- New York Times (x2), Variety 2. Warner Brothers ...
Judge Rules for 20th Century Fox in Watchmen Case
Superherohype.com —
... 6. In a surprise ruling, Judge Gary A. Feess concluded that 20th Century Fox owns a copyright interest and have the right to distribute the movie themselves, having acquired the rights to the graphic novel in the late '80s before shelving the intended film. Judge Feess has suggested that the studios work on a settlement or an appeal rather than going to trial, but we probably won't hear the results of this decision until the New Year. You can read the full New York Times story here .
Breaking News: Judge Rules That Fox Owns Rights to Watchmen
/Film —
... United States District Court judge Gary A. Feess has a horrible Christmas present for Watchmen fans. The judge concluded on Wednesday that 20th Century Fox “should prevail on crucial issues” in their lawsuit with Warner Bros over the rights to the comic book movie adaptation. According to the New York Times, Feess says that “Fox owns a copyright interest consisting of, at the very least, the right to distribute the Watchmen motion picture” and that “The parties may wish to turn their efforts from preparing for trial to negotiating a ...
Black Christmas? 'Watchmen' Fans Delivered Crappy Gift; Judge Sides With 20th Century Fox Over WB In Copyright Interest Claim
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... The New York Times has some breaking news on the Warner Bros. Vs. 20th Century Fox legal tussle over the graphic novel adaptation of Alan Moore's "Watchmen" as directed by Zack Snyder. ...
On Watchmen...
The Hot Blog —
... The judge has given a ruling... nothing really new for me to say... the only thing I find interesting is that both side must have pushed him for a quick ruling as delaying until the end of January would surely have led to an injunction on the release of the film... settle soon.. Fox wants money and a logo in front, not to distribute the film or to interrupt what seems to be a successful sell by WB... if you do anything because you think the geeks are going to rebel, you're idiots... just eat your porridge, WB and/or Paramount. You screwed up on Lawyering 101... clear your ...
Judge Rules Fox Owns 'Watchmen' Copyright
Get The Big Picture —
... Feess had been scheduled to hear the case beginning January 6th, a date he then moved back to January 20th. Then Wednesday, a real shocker came from the District Court: According to The New York Times, Feess ruled in a five-page written order that Fox indeed did hold rights to the project even though it had failed to make the movie on its own back in the 1990s. ...
Fox Wins Ruling in 'Watchmen' Case
Cinematical —
Yikes -- Warner Bros. obviously landed on Santa's naughty list this year. The New York Times reports that the judge has ruled in favor of Fox Studios. Sayeth the Honorable Judge Feess "Fox owns a copyright interest consisting of, at the very least, the right to distribute the Watchmen motion picture." ...
Fox wins 'Watchmen' legal battle!
The Screening Log —
... What does that mean for the film's scheduled March 6, 2009? Well, don't panic quite yet. It's still too early to determine what will happen, but according to the New York Times, the judge issuing the ruling "advised both Fox and Warner to look toward a settlement or an appeal." ...
Watchmen Ruling, Fox Given Control!
Cinema Blend News —
... Years Eve no less) a Federal Judge decided to settle the whole thing by handing the rights to the movie over to Fox. Thats right, Fox. You remember Fox? Theyre the studio whose lawyers, back in August when this whole thing started heating up, said their only goal was to keep the film from being released. Fox has made it clear they arent in it for the money, only to keep you from seeing Watchmen . It looks like Fox now has the legal power to make that happen. According to the NY Times the courts ruling says, Fox owns a copyright interest consisting of, at the very ...
Fox Wins Watchmen Dispute
At The Movies - Film News and Reviews —
Of course Watchmen will get released–there are action figures to be released.
Okay, happy holidays, whatever you’re celebrating. And if you’re not sure, just find something to celebrate. Anything.
If you’re Warner Brothers, you’re not celebrating that much, though. According to the New York Times, Gary Feess, the has ruled that Fox still owns the film rights to Watchmen, the graphic novel. To sum it all up very quickly–the rights to Watchmen, the classic graphic novel bounced around between a number of companies beginning in the early 1990s. Warner Brothers thought ...
Fox Wins Watchmen
TheBadandUgly.com —
... there is a meeting going on where a whole bunch of idiots are laughing and throwing out just how many millions of dollars they can suck out of a film they put absolutely no money into.
This isn’t going to effect the release of Watchmen, it’s just going to severely cut into Warners’ profit margin for Watchmen. Because heaven forbid people who take risks that pay off get to keep their winnings.
You can read the New York Times piece on the surprise ruling HERE.
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Movie Marketing Madness: Watchmen
Movie Marketing Madness —
The problem with “unfilmmable” pieces of literature is that they usually wind up getting filmed anyway. Everyone, as late as 1999, said the Lord of the Rings trilogy was unfilmmable because of the fantastic characters that inhabited the story and, indeed, the scope of the story itself. Even markedly less artistically ambitious properties such as Transformers have been largely off-limits because, let’s face it, making a 30-foot robot that turns into a semi truck look even moderately realistic required technology that just didn’t exist until a couple years ago.
The “unfilmmable” barrier began ...
