 Here’s the deal, as far as I understand it. The Watchmen comic is owned by DC, which is really WB Warner Bros. But, some time ago 20th Century Fox had the rights to the movie and GOD ONLY KNOWS WHY WB didn’t figure this crap out when they started making the movie but apparently, the superhero flick is really owned by 20th Century Fox, according to Variety.
So, a federal judge ruled on Christmas Eve that Fox actually owns the distribution rights to Alan Moore’s graphic novel, and these rights extend to the big motion picture that’s to be released in March of ’09.
Fox filed the law suit in February ’08, stating that they retain the distribution rights to the Watchmen graphic novel and that the producer Lawrence Gordon’s option to acquire the studio’s remaining interest in “Watchmen” was never exercised which means that Fox still has the rights under the 1994 agreement.
20th Century Fox originally grabbed the rights to the “Watchmen” movie in the late 1980s and spent more than $1 million developing the damn project, which later went to Universal and then Paramount before landing at Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures. Jesus, what a bunch of looers. Kinda like a duck-duck-goose, isn’t it? They have the rights and sit on it and nothing happens. Fools.
So far, the federal judge’s ruling has not stopped WB from releasing the Watchment movie on March 6. Stay tuned and we’ll let you know what the deal is as we hear it.
Here’s the lowdown.Â
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