Breaking: Watchmen Might Not Be F@#ked
Posted at 3:43 PM Jan 09, 2009
Here's a huge fucking surprise--Well, with 11 days to go until Judge Gary Feess will rule whether Fox can get an injunction to stop/delay Watchmen's theatrical release, Fox and Warner are "talking." This news is on most of the entertainment sites, but big sis Nikke Finke has the real scoop, of course.
According to court documents, Fox and Warner Bros have conducted the settlement talks since last weekend and made concessions. This is surprising since WB lawyers announced they would continue to fight immediately after Feess announced his intention to rule in favor of Fox for copyight infringement and distribution rights.Yes, WB will fight to the last, even if it means giving Fox a huge sack of money! Never surrender! Not that Fox is any better:
Insiders tell me that this is the first time both sides are trying to hash out a settlement. Of course, Fox has been complaining all along that its approaches to WB have been rebuffed since long before the movie was even made. But I also heard that WB wouldn't even engage after federal judge Gary Feess recently announced his intention to rule in Fox's favor on the copyright infringement and distribution angle. Now, sources tell me, "Warner Bros is finally freaked out."Yes, Fox, who has denied wanting money from the very beginning, and swearing on their very soles all they wanted to do was keep the film from being released. Because Warner Bros. wouldn't talk to them about getting free money. Sigh.
We all knew this was coming but I guess I'd have a little more respect for Fox if they actually had stuck to their guns and just tried to squash the movie out of existence. And it would be nice if Warner also meant anything they said about Fox's claims being baseless and how they were going to fight it. Whatever. Fuck 'em both.
You know, it's getting to the point where I'm really just far more entertained by imagining Alan Moore seeing all this shit and tearing out his massive, massive beard. Thanks to NeoXorn for the tip. Image from an old SA Photoshop Phriday.
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Well, at least no-one is surprised.......it's a recession, the World is obviously hungry for gritty, realistic tales of naked radioactive demi-gods vapourising the Vietcong so was/is there any realistic prospect that two great engines of Corporate Greed wouldn't find a way to make nice and split the pie?
Lord help me I might actually watch this....
Posted 01/09/2009 at 01:06:11 PMYaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay~
Posted 01/09/2009 at 01:07:52 PMWith all the WATCHMEN crap thats coming out,why arent we getting any comic based figures from DC Direct? I still weep bitterly over that cover of ToyFare from a few years back that featured the Dave Gibbons comic-based WATCHMEN figures that DC Direct started to produce and then canceled.
Posted 01/09/2009 at 01:10:38 PMany news about Dr. WHO and MORTAL KOMBAT today?
Posted 01/09/2009 at 01:17:16 PM--Yes, Fox, who has denied wanting money from the very beginning, and swearing on their very soles --
You mean their souls, yes?
-Darren MacLennan
Posted 01/09/2009 at 01:45:20 PMNo, Fox doesn't have souls, but they do have soles.
Posted 01/09/2009 at 02:06:59 PMOh Fox you silly goose.
Posted 01/09/2009 at 02:41:39 PMI'm sure the bad publicity all around had nothing to do with this decision :p
Hilarious! I'd never before considered that Alan Moore might be annoyed or in some way distressed by the increasing commercialization of Watchmen. To my knowledge, this is the first joke that anyone has ever made on the subject. Especially on this site.
And he does have a large beard! Well observed!
A sarcasm detector... that's a REALLY useful invention!
Posted 01/09/2009 at 03:36:58 PMBring on the Watchem tchotchkes! I want to see Alan Moore foaming at the mouth in his rage. :D
Posted 01/10/2009 at 07:17:35 AMMake a Todd Toys-produced Alan Moore figurine wearing a V for Vendetta T-shirt and lots of Rob Liefeld pouches on his pants. That'll learn `im!
Posted 01/10/2009 at 10:36:54 AMMake a Todd Toys-produced Alan Moore figurine wearing a V for Vendetta T-shirt and lots of Rob Liefeld pouches on his pants. That'll learn `im!
Bonus points: Give him little feet.
Posted 01/10/2009 at 10:37:26 AMI've been seeing continual Watchmen ads (with the 3=6 date affixed at the end) throughout all the football playoffs I've been watching.
Are we good then? The ads are running for March 6th, are we good?
Posted 01/11/2009 at 11:36:11 AMI'm disappointed. I was really looking forward to seeing a thousand enraged fans storm the homes of the FOX lawyers and the executives who approved the lawsuit, and slay them.
Posted 01/11/2009 at 08:32:28 PMI'm disappointed. I was really looking forward to seeing a thousand enraged fans storm the homes of the FOX lawyers and the executives who approved the lawsuit, and slay them.
Posted 01/11/2009 at 08:33:31 PMI'm disappointed. I was really looking forward to seeing a thousand enraged fans storm the homes of the FOX lawyers and the executives who approved the lawsuit, and slay them.
Posted 01/11/2009 at 08:33:56 PM