Judge to Decide Watchmen’s Fate on January 20th
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Basically, the judge will decide if an injunction should be issued to block the release of the film. Warner Bros has issued a statement saying that they “will continue to pursue all of our legal options to defeat Fox’s meritless claims and remain confident that we will ultimately prevail.”
THR’s legal expert Matthew Belloni says that “an injunction certainly isn’t a given here.” Belloni writes: “Under copyright law, a rightsholder still has to show, among other things, that it will be “irreparably harmed” absent an injunction, and it’s hard to see how Fox, which basically sat on its rights as the “Watchmen” project bounced from studio to studio, can’t wait until a trial to get whatever money it’s entited to from any infringement.” However, if the judge does issue an injunction to block the release of the film than it’s pretty much game over. Fox will be able to demand whatever they want, and Warner Bros will have to pay if they want the film to see the light of day.
Lite hopp alltså: WB verkar köra hårt och hoppas kunna få ut filmen trots att rättigheterna inte avgjorts innan premiären.
Black Freighter Gets Restricted
RopesofSilicon is also reporting that the Watchmen spin-off animated movie Tales of the Black Freighter has already been given an R-Rating by the MPAA for Violent and Grisly Images.
New Watchmen Website: The New Frontiersman
I just got word that a Watchmen viral website has launched - TheNewFrontiersman.net. In the Watchmen comics, Rorschach is obsessed with conspiracy theories, and gets much of his information from a far right-wing magazine called the New Frontiersman. There is no content on the site right now. But I hear that the seal will break early next week, and there will be a fair bit of content on the site leading up to the release of the film (whever that will happen), including photos, documents and video.
Edited by Fiskrens, 08 January 2009 - 11:59.
