I felt a good cereal-bowlful of tension drain from my shoulders this morning when I got an email from a fellow “Watchmen” fanatic saying simply, “You hear they settled?” What words to start my morning! In case you hadn’t heard, Fox and Warner Bros. have been having legal battles for quite some time now over the upcoming Watchmen movie adaption. This morning, however, they will request that the case be dismissed.
They have settled. It will come out on time. Phew.
I’d been worried for some time that it’d be delayed and delayed until its hype tapered off (sort of like the movie adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocolyptic novel The Road, which was originally supposed to come out in 2008), but now I can simply look forward to March 6th with everyone else. And feel better about my hasty investment in that owl costume…
Here’s the official statement:
“Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox have resolved their dispute regarding the rights to the upcoming motion picture Watchmen in a confidential settlement. Warner Bros acknowledges that Fox acted in good faith in bringing its claims, which were asserted prior to the start of principal photography. Fox acknowledges that Warner Bros. acted in good faith in defending against those claims Warner Bros. and Fox, like all Watchmen fans, look forward with great anticipation to this film’s March 6 release in theatres.”
Thank God for little miracles! Hopefully Fox saw the movie, realized it is a great one, and knew they could settle and make more money from it. :)
I hope Snyder has done this story justice. The lack of the squid at the end doesn't bug me at all. If he nails everything else right, this should be amazing. I'm just worried the movie going public is going to view this as dated... we'll see.
I was also excessively relieved to hear this, although with so much money at stake, it was unlikely that Fox would really stand in the way.