In a story from
The New York Times, it appears that judge Gary A. Feess has sided with 20th Century Fox in their copyright claim regarding the
Watchmen movie.
The film was made as a co-venture by Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures. Feess's decision came down Wednesday in the United States District Court for Central California.
Fox has been trying to stop Warner Bros. from releasing the movie which was directed by Zack Snyder. The film is slated for release on March 6, 2009.
Originally, Feess felt that the copyright issue between Fox and Warner Bros. would be settled through a trial. Now Feess feels "that Fox should prevail on crucial issues."
"Fox owns a copyright interest consisting of, at the very least, the right to distribute the
Watchmen motion picture," Feess's ruling said.
Fox picked up to the rights to the
Watchmen graphic novel in the 1980s with Lawrence Gordon on board as producer. Fox eventually moved on and Gordon set the property up with Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures.
"The parties may wish to turn their efforts from preparing for trial to negotiating a resolution of this dispute or positioning the case for review," Feess stated.
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WOW amazing not even one comment on this is a good comment for fox. i think this should be taken in considiration. let's put a petition on here. lol. i think this should work. loll
Give them the profits to the thetrical cut on cinema and after 2 weeks on cinema.
Release the director's cut with the additional 35mins with all profits profits going to Warner and legendery.
Go to hell Fox!!!
OH BALLS!
Seriously, though, this REALLY SUCKS!
the end is:
FOX = SHIT
WARNER BROS PICTURE = BEST PRODUCER OF THE YEAR 2008 (IN MY OPINION) AND 2009.
THIS ARTICLE = VERY VERY VERY MUCH OF DISAPPOINTMENT.
I can't believe they did this shit, i saw 30 minutes of Watchmen and now i have to wait for a new release date to see the rest, this fucking pisses me off.
Those 30 minutes were amazing.
Fox's employee's can ite Eddie Murphy's ass with a Riddler question mark on it