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Outfoxed again! Fox Putting The Brake On WB's WATCHMEN

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UPDATED: Saturday, January 10, 2009 04:36
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008 6:12 PM

JAYNEZTOWN


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Warner Bros says it has no plans to move the March 6 release date of its upcoming film "Watchmen" and may fight an adverse court ruling that gives Twentieth Century Fox the right to distribute the film.

U.S. District Judge Gary Feess said at a hearing on Monday that he would delay ruling on an injunction sought by Fox to bar release of the film, saying he would consider the request, as well as damages and other issues, at a January 20 hearing.

The hearing followed Feess' ruling last week that the film, which reportedly cost Warner Bros more than $120 million to make, infringes on a copyright held by Fox.

Feess ruled on December 24 that Fox still owned "at the very least, a distribution right" in the film, based on a comic book series about superheroes, because producer Lawrence Gordon had never acquired those rights from the studio.


Faux studios at it once again!

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Friday, January 9, 2009 4:20 AM

JAYNEZTOWN

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Friday, January 9, 2009 9:28 AM

STORYMARK


As popular as it is to bash Fox, they are in the right here. Mr. Gordon's letter is a bit desperate, when you look at it. He knows that contractually, he and WB screwed up royally. So, his only recourse is to appeal on emotional terms.

Not that the movie will likely be delayed at all. It's just going to come down to how much of the box-office WB will have to fork over to Fox now.

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Friday, January 9, 2009 2:55 PM

CORNCOBB


Well, that's pretty much the same attitude Fox have regarding Firefly: we don't get it, so we don't want it, but we're not letting someone smarter get their hands on it.
A**holes.

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Saturday, January 10, 2009 4:14 AM

ECGORDON

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Don't forget that Warner Bros. has plenty of lawyers too. As long as this thing has been kicked around, you know their legal department would have been consulted before they did anything. And if FOX really had the rights they would have been aware of it at the time and they wouldn't have waited to bring suit. Pre-production on this film began close to two years ago now, and it never would have gone beyond that at Warners if FOX had made a claim at that time, because there is no way they didn't know what was happening.

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Saturday, January 10, 2009 4:36 AM

DAVESHAYNE


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Originally posted by Corncobb:
Well, that's pretty much the same attitude Fox have regarding Firefly: we don't get it, so we don't want it, but we're not letting someone smarter get their hands on it.
A**holes.



Except that Fox really did let other people have a go at Firefly. They let Joss shop the series around after they canceled it and then sold the rights to Universal for the movie.

David

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