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Fox says it will try to stop 'Watchmen'

Update: WB releases new Behind-The-Scenes Footage

Published on Monday, Dec 29, 2008 By AP Staff
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Fox says it will try to stop 'Watchmen'
Billy Crudup in 'Watchmen'
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - An attorney for 20th Century Fox says the studio will continue to seek an order delaying the release of 'Watchmen.'

U.S. District Court Judge Gary Feess last week agreed with Fox that Warner Bros. had infringed its copyright by developing and shooting the superhero flick, scheduled for release March 6.

Feess said Monday he plans to hold a trial Jan. 20 to decide remaining issues.

Fox claims it never fully relinquished story rights from its deal made in the late 1980s, and sued Warner Bros. in February. Warner Bros. contended Fox isn't entitled to distribution.

Warner Bros.' attorney said Monday he didn't know if an appeal was coming, but thinks a trial is necessary and a settlement unlikely.

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Update: Warner Bros. continues marketing "Watchmen" for a March 6, 2009 release.  Case in point, latest behind-the-scenes featurette with new footage from the movie.


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    • Grulg said
    • Donno, they'll wind up sharing the money and play nice. This could be a good movie.
    • Dec 31, 08 at 04:20PM EST
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    • LazarusReturns said
    • God that would be one of the biggest movie upsets in a long time. Fox you already screwed over Firefly don't you ever learn?
    • Dec 31, 08 at 04:15PM EST
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    • SteveBIRK said
    • Wow hopefully it doesn't get pushed back to far. I have heard a bunch of good things about this movie and I think I am going to read the book that they based the movie off of
    • Dec 31, 08 at 12:52PM EST
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    • Infinite_Regress said
    • Plus gods help us if Tom Rothman gets his talentless claws on this film. It's a tough call whether Watchmen will be any good - I didn't care for either of Zack Syder's previous adaptations - but if Rothman gets at the AVID it's sure to end up a big pile of crap.
    • Dec 30, 08 at 07:58PM EST
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