Legalality over Watchmen movie!
The studio film Twentieth Century Fox has applied to a Los Angeles court to block the release of Watchmen, based on the comic books written by Alan Moore. Fox says that it bought film rights to the series in the 1980s, has been given the go-ahead to launch an injunction against rival Warner Bros. Warner Bros spokesman said that they respectfully disagree with Fox’s position and do not believe they have any rights. Fox said that they will be asking the court to enforce the copyright interests.
This movie flawed superheroes, has already been filmed and was due for release 6 March. The stars Patrick Wilson and Jeffrey Dean Morgan and is directed by Zack Snyder, who made hit movie 300. Last week also US District Court Judge Gary Feess said Fox could hold some of the rights to the material, even if it did not hold all rights. Gregg Brilliant a Fox spokesman said that it will be planned to stop the release of the movie and any related watchmen media that violate their copyright interests. Warner Bros counterpart Scott Rowe said that the judge did not opine at all on the merits, other than to conclude that Fox satisfied the pending requirements.
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Posted by Denz
on Aug 20 2008. Filed under Entertainment.
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