Comments on: Fox wins case against Warner Bros. over Watchmen rights

By: FF

FF — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:57:10 +0000

FOX don’t have a money-winning comic book adaption franchise at the moment. WB has several – especially with The Dark Knight setting of the trend for ‘dark and edgy’ all over again.

If FOX can grab one then they will.

However the main reason for this is because FOX just don’t know how to nurture sci-fi as a genre. They always want the instant moneymaker and toss stuff if it doesn’t make what they want when they want. They do the same thing on their network – everytime they have a promising show it gets cancelled with in a year or two, or less.

Right now they’re trying to get an Avengers movie going (hence the HULK remix last summer) but to be honest – who’s actually looking forward to a Thor movie? Sounds snoresome! The only reason Iron Man was interesting was because of RDJ (it certainly wasn’t because of Paltrow).

All WB would have to do is pull out a Superman and Batman movie and it would be kind of be over.

As for FOX – they’re lame, and they’re desperate. Cue pettiness.

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By: Scarpe Da Ginnastica

Scarpe Da Ginnastica — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:12:09 +0000

I hope they solve this problem in a way or another. I’m waiting for this movie so badly!

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By: Jinxy

Jinxy — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:37:51 +0000

It’s one of the stranger stories, that nobody caught any of this until it’s finished and ready to go in March? I didn’t pay as much attention to Nikki Finke’s coverage of this as I should have I guess.

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By: Ohforf

Ohforf — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:56:25 +0000

Does it matter if it’s sour grapes? If they own the rights, they own the rights. It’s not like the judge sided with Fox on a lark, the law is the law. It sounds like they knew they were breaking the law too.

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By: vdantev

vdantev — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:39:38 +0000

This movie could be so very very awesome !!

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By: Jenna

Jenna — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:34:54 +0000

Jeffrey Dean Morgan, you are good to me.

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By: Aspen

Aspen — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:54:13 +0000

As a fan of the Watchmen comics, myself, this smacks of jealous retribution to me. THEY couldn’t film it. At the time, they had neither the talent nor the technology to do the film justice. Now…it’s been made, and by all appearances–I mean, it looks freaking brilliant from the trailer.

Methinks the sour grapes phenomenon has Fox playing the part of a very rich and powerful petulant child. They could’ve brought all these issues to the fore long ago when the film was still in pre-production. They didn’t do that. They didn’t start bitching until it became clear that the product was going to be an unbelievable success. Fox said it couldn’t be done and shelved it. Now, they’re feeling a bit threatened.

I hope they don’t delay the release of the movie. It looks to be quite an accomplishment.

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