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Watchmen Fracas Resolved: Fox Gets Back End Share
Thompson On Hollywood —
... The Watchmen Duel of the Titans between Fox and Warners has been resolved.
Winners: Warners. They get to open the movie as planned on March 6. Fox is also a winner. It gets a back-end gross share of the movie. And gets rewarded for chasing after a legal opportunity. And the audience wins: they get to see the movie sooner rather than later.
Loser: Producer Larry Gordon, who lost face when the judge blamed him for not nailing down the rights; plus, he may have to give up some of his share of the gross, to make up for what Warner has ...
WB and Fox Will Allows us to Watch the Watchmen
Movies - Spoilers —
Variety is reporting that WB and Fox have reached an agreement on a deal that will allow Watchmen to be released on it's scheduled release date on March 6th. Of course FOX gets some money, but their logo will not appear in the movie. You can read the full details of the deal over at Variety. I am just glad we will be able to watch it. ...
Warner Bros and Fox settle Watchmen dispute
Film | guardian.co.uk —
... Warner Bros, which has spent more than $130m developing the project, said yesterday it had reached an agreement to pay rival studio Twentieth Century Fox an upfront cash fee and a percentage of the film's final gross. Variety reports that the initial sum, which is to reimburse Fox for legal costs and development work the studio conducted in the early 90s, could reach a figure of between $5m (£3.3m) and $10m. Fox will also receive between 5% and 8.5% of gross box-office takings, a figure that could run into the millions if the film performs well. ...
Are Warner Bros. Screwed In The 'Watchmen' Settlement? Fox Entitled To Percentage Of Sequels And Spin-Offs Too
:: The Playlist :: —
Yes, the "Watchmen" case was settled between Fox and Warner Bros. last night, but for particular anal nerds like us, the Variety and many other report shines a much brighter light on the details than the early Hollywood Reporter piece from last night. We're completists for better or worse and what's more Warner Bros. sounds like they got pretty ass-raped in the deal (excuse our language, but you'll see and plus, it figured, their backs were against the wall). As we (and you) assumed, the March 6, release date of the film will stick (it wasn't ...
Details About the 'Watchmen' Settlement Emerge
Get The Big Picture —
... settlement? A lot less than you
might think. In addition to losing out on distribution to Warner Bros.,
Variety reports that the
payout will get an upfront cash payment in the $5 - $10 million range. Really? That's it? ...
The Aftermath: A Few Financial Details About the Fox/WB Watchmen Settlement
/Film —
This past Thursday night we reported that Fox and Warner Brothers had reached a settlement over the Watchmen film. In the following 24 hours, details began to emerge about the specific financial terms of the settlement. These figures are a couple of days old, but here they are for those that want to know how big of a bite Fox really took out of the WB:
According to Variety’s sources, Fox will receive an upfront payment totaling between $5 and $10 million, which will cover $1.4 million that the studio invested in development fees, plus millions of dollars in legal ...
