Cue the 20th Century Fox hate-fest and boycott threatening unless they cut a deal with Warners that still sees the film released on March 6th…

…Kimota has a point. What needs to happen now is comic book fans need to unite and boycott all Fox movies until Watchmen is released. Make every single film they release a box office flop, and write the heads of the studio to let them know that our need to see Watchmen on screen is more important than their attempts to make money off of something they didn’t even work on.

Fox…hmmmmm…I’m finding them to be quite a loathsome studio. I’ve heard that many directors, writers, producers, etc. find it difficult to work for them. Hey, isn’t Fox the chief reason we haven’t seen the 60′s Batman TV series on DVD?

i wanna see watchmen come out on time as much as the next guy, but anyone who thinks fox shouldn’t protect and exercise their copyright is an idiot.

these laws are important and they exist for a reason.

It’s always been about Fox seeing how much money they can siphon off. It’s Hollywood 101.

All of you that are getting your panties in a bunch need to step back from the ledge already.

Actually “Gorn Identity”, Fox can’t put out the 60′s Batman show because WB owns the rights to Batman, but Fox owns the rights to the show. Neither of them want to budge on the issue. So it’s just as much WB’s fault that that show isn’t out as it is Fox’s.

Dear Fox:

Please FORCE them to refilm the ending so it is exactly like the comic and squid monster gets his chance to shine.

Sincerely,

A guy who has watched every single episode of Married… With Children

Makes you sympathize with Alan Moore, who wants noting to do with greedy Hollywood.

“…Kimota has a point. What needs to happen now is comic book fans need to unite and boycott all Fox movies until Watchmen is released. Make every single film they release a box office flop, and write the heads of the studio to let them know that our need to see Watchmen on screen is more important than their attempts to make money off of something they didn’t even work on.”

That’s pretty stupid. Seeing Watchmen has a movie is a want, not a need. Fox isn’t in the wrong here, WB really should have made sure that they had ALL the rights.

Fox doesn’t OWN the rights. They have a right to the distribution, that’s all. Warner Brother’s Owns the movie and rights to every DC character because they own DC. What is making everyone upset, is not the fact that Fox deserves a piece, cause they do, but it has been said that Fox wants to block the release altogether, that IS something to get up in arms about. And Yes, I do think we should boycott Wolverine, comic book movie don’t need “help” and there needs to be a message sent. If everyone can do the right thing, and allow Warner’s to release the movie and allow Fox to get some money then it’s all good. But if Fox stops the movie from coming out completely… Well, I guess I am stupid for wanting the movie to come out.

I’m with Alan Moore and Terry Gilliam, Watchmen is a unfilmable, and should have never been made. Why does a comic need some kind of validation by being made into a movie, why can’t it just be brilliant on its own?
Personally I hope that the movie never sees the light of day, We already have Frank Miller butchering The Spirit, the last thing we need is another comic book classic getting it’s importance diluted by a bad film version of it.

Ah, the boycott strategy. I hope the holding breath and kicking and screaming on the ground is next. ‘Man-children Unite!’

Warner probably is the innocent party in all of this.
Fox is just jealous of the Dark Knight’s success and wants to catch up badly after seeing there won’t be another Star Wars feature film for another 20 years until its 50th anniversary. Its not like DC is not to blame either. Here you have a company that raked in HUGE success with Dark Knight and yet they STILL don’t want to market their big 3 characters in their own comic line the proper way!

Listen, we are doing exactly what they want us to do; talk about the movie. Get the online community worked up, so the entertainment news sources will talk about it, and make people want to see the movie that much more. Its going to make more money for both parties.

WB already showed the Watchmen up in Portland (OR). They had execs asking people if they knew about comic, if the person said ‘no’ then they were able to watch the movie for free, as long as they answered questions about the movie afterword. WB is going for a (I forget the term)way to prove that it i no longer jut WB’s intellectual properties, it is the property(ies) of those who have seen it.

Poor evil Fox, how dare they want a share of something they paid to secure the rights for. WB can make any movie they want,who cares who they sold the rights to?!

PS- Wolverine and Watchmen both look like they suck.

to all the people who keep bringing up the Batman TV series… theres more to it then problems with DC/WBs. Fox would still have to renegotiate contracts/royalties with guest stars, music and other various licenses from that TV series.

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Batman-Watchmen-Batman-Deal-Reported/10573

“OM has the funniest post here. Comics Fans Assemble! and then we’ll fight ‘The Man’ running Fox. It’ll be stupendous.”

that dude is famous for his rants…

Fox will probably get some huge chunk of money from WB and then the movie will be released either on time or a bit late. I think both companies are a bit off on this situation. WB should of checked to make sure everything was clear before making the movie and Fox should of tried to stop it before the movie was finished filming.

I don’t think a boycott would do anything. Wolverine is still going to do pretty darn well and when Watchmen does come out it will too. Just go see movies you want to see and don’t go too crazy.

I’m sure fox is in the right legally, but this is stupid beyond belief. How long have we known that there was going to be a Watchmen movie released by WB? And instead of get this taken care of last year, they wait, in order to what? Likely to use screwing the release date up as a bargaining chip for more money.

It’s despicable.

No, I agree with some people, you don’t let an entire film be made, allow huge buzz to be built and then say “Wait we get to make money from this for doing nothing but sitting on 10 year old documents we did nothing with.

“No, I agree with some people, you don’t let an entire film be made, allow huge buzz to be built and then say “Wait we get to make money from this for doing nothing but sitting on 10 year old documents we did nothing with.”

Hmm. Maybe you should read up on the case a little? Fox let WB know about the rights they retained right after Zack Snyder was announced as director. WB rebuffed them. Repeatedly. But, if it makes you feel better, stick your fingers in your ears and go, “LALALAALA, not listening, Fox is evil! They cancelled Firefly!”
I swear, suddenly half of internet fandom are lawyers. Who knew.

How does a property at DC comics, which is owned by a huge corporation “NOT” belong to said huge corporation? I understand that Fox had a right to make a movie years ago, but wouldn’t the rights revert back?

Short answer: DC sold those rights as they pertained to film away about 10 years ago. The quagmire comes from a misunderstanding/oversight about what happened to those rights when the Fox project went into turnaround. As I understand it, WB thought/believed/hoped that the project was dead and they were free to scoop it up and develop it again, whereas the people holding the option had fine print that said they still retained the rights. I personally doubt that any lawyer on either side is going to kill this project regardless of a judges ruling, they are just bicking for how many zeros are going to be on the end of the check to Fox.
And for all the people insisting that ANY style over substance film treatment of a beloved property like wolverine or watchmen is going to be an automatic payday- I hope you didn’t have money invested in the Spirit.

Of course, all of this could ultimately be for nothing.

Its likely Fox is angling for kind of distribution deal for either this film or Batman. WB, of course, doesn’t want that, but its too late for that now.

Whats really going to be funny is reception when this film is released. To the public at large, it looks like an X-Men movie with new characters. The “R” rating might also hurt it a little bit at the box office. Lets face it, this film is a huge gamble and it could fail spectacularly. There’s a lot of buzz, but all of it I’ve read is from people who know what it is.

As to the lawsuit, WB has too much riding on this film to ignore Fox now. We will see it this year, the question is going to be, how much is it going to cost WB?

Wow, can I predict ‘em or what?!

Nice to see you guys and gals didn’t let me down…

>Hate Directive Says comic book movies NOT featuring well-known properties are things people are finding less worth spending their time with<Look it is not the fact that the non comic book community hates lesser known characters, it is in fact the “type” of lesser known characters like the Spirit that in fact push people away. If and when “Y:The Last Man, Runaways, or a Neil Gaimine directed Sandman movie every made it to the movies then the non comic fans would flock to the theater. How many People knew anything about Iron Man? Hmmm? It’s quaility, NOT a lack of interest Hate Directive. WATCHMEN WILL RULE THE BOX OFFICE as long as WB and FOX come to an agreement, and I think they will. I love Watchmen too, but I think a lot of us have jumped the gun on this legal battle, lets give it a few weeks and see what happens…then we can decide about a boycott of FOX. BUT you know WB and Paramont deserve some blame for NOT handeling this before NOW.

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