Watchmen update
I hope everyone has seen the featurette for the (possibly defunct?) movie based on Alan Moore’s Watchmen, but if you haven’t Superhero Hype has you covered! Check it out, then check out what’s going on with Warner Bros. and Fox fighting about who legally owns the rights to the movie… when I think about it, it kind of reminds me of that awful Fantastic Four movie Fox made on next to nothing to keep the rights to the Fantastic Four franchise, they haven’t made any such movie (read: no such movie has surfaced) to keep ahold of the Watchmen rights and I’m no lawyer so I can only add conjecture to the mix: Fox can’t continue to own the rights to the Watchmen and sit on it for close to 20 years. And if they can, fuck you Fox. I hate your politics and now it’s fucking with a movie I am actually kind of excited about (but still wary of very possibly sucking.)
Here’s to hoping something gets worked out in time for the March 6th release of the Watchmen.
Dude, Fox knows it is going to be a money maker. they better resolve the rights issue and put it out rather than canning it when its at the stage its at now. I really think this movie could capture the essence of the graphic novel. it has that potential.
Yeah, Fox does know it’s going to make money but I honestly don’t think they should hold claim to any of the rights… it’s been 20 freaking years without them doing anything with it, I would like to see the contract they have that says “you can hold onto the rights to this movie for however long you want and not have to do anything with it – ever.”