Fox Aims to Delay 'Watchmen' Release
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Watchmen is not going to end 2008 on a high note. According to The Hollywood Reporter, a lawyer for 20th Century Fox has said that the studio will seek an order delaying the release of the film. Ever since Fox first filed its suit, Watchmen fans have been panicked that the film's legal woes would delay its March 6 release. Seriously, Fox, don't you just want some money? A nice chunk of money? Don't kick the Watchmen when they're down.Though the judge ruled in favor of Fox on Christmas, agreeing that Fox retained copyright on the film, he now plans to hold the trial as planned on January 20th. Warner Bros finally spoke out about the messy situation, via their lawyer, and said that he didn't know if the studio would appeal, but that trial was necessary, and a settlement was "unlikely."
So, despite that the scales of justice are tipped in Fox's favor, Warner Bros refuses to blink and agree to a payoff. Considering that Paramount already has the international distribution rights, they don't want to lose any more of the box office pie than they have to. Cue the theme to The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, and we'll keep you updated as this case drags into 2009.
Question: At what point do nerdy fanboys begin bombarding 20th Century Fox with nasty hate mail?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
12-29-2008 @ 5:02PM
Sam said...
NOW
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12-29-2008 @ 5:46PM
Eric said...
BOYCOTT FOX!!!!
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12-29-2008 @ 5:47PM
Peter Hall said...
20th Century Fox can get fucked.
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12-29-2008 @ 6:02PM
William Goss said...
Wow. Fox has a year of flops, and then with one Marley & Me, they get really cocky...
Okay, so while that may not be a factor in the slightest, I find it really hard to believe that the studio is willing to drag this out in the name of a (massive) missed opportunity. If they give you money, take the money. If they don't, move on. Drop it.
(Or we'll sic the squid on 'em.)
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12-29-2008 @ 6:58PM
killer_twinkie said...
Ridiculous plain and simple, screw Fox
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12-29-2008 @ 6:14PM
DylanG said...
This is a disgusting example of greed on the part of Fox. They passed up The Watchmen and now that it's poised to be a big hit, want a piece of the action. However, all film studios are pretty much like this, so people shouldn't act as if Fox is "evil" and Warner Bros is a victim. Warner Bros was the company that sued the makers of "Harri Putar" or whatever that Indian flick, that had no relation to the "Harry Potter" series, was called. It's all about money for these people.
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12-29-2008 @ 6:28PM
Kyle s said...
F*** you Fox!!!!! Why?!?!?!
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12-29-2008 @ 7:41PM
Tucker said...
Since this is a nerd movement, why not just tell Fox we'll boycott Wolverine? Sure, that's hard for all of us to do, but no movement succeeds without sacrifice, right?
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12-30-2008 @ 12:15PM
Jeremiah Moon said...
I'd be all for this - I think it'd be hard to get a big enough number of people to agree to the boycott, but it could totally work.
12-29-2008 @ 10:10PM
h8fox said...
Nerdy fanboys? Don't forget the geeky fan grrls! As if I needed another reason... I stopped watching Fox TV about a year or so ago, due to all the excellent shows they screwed out of the box and canceled with hardly a chance - I'm talking Firefly, Futurama, Arrested Development, and so many more. Fox is the crappy boyfriend that I let back in my life too many times - they won't get another chance to let me down, at least on television. They can go suck awful smelly things out of hindquarters for all eternity.
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12-30-2008 @ 8:52AM
filmsuki said...
Sweet, a delay gives them enough time to changing the ending back to the comic version!
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