{"id":958,"date":"2008-08-19T00:43:34","date_gmt":"2008-08-19T04:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=958"},"modified":"2018-11-20T23:04:40","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T04:04:40","slug":"will-we-ever-see-a-watchmen-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2008\/08\/19\/will-we-ever-see-a-watchmen-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Will We Ever See A WATCHMEN Movie?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the world of movie curses, <strong>Watchmen <\/strong>might have one of the worst. It appears that its curse is that its movie might never see the light of day.<\/p>\n<p>A judge\u00a0denied Warner Brothers motion to dismiss 20th Century\u00a0Fox&#8217;s lawsuit over their belief that they hold the exclusive rights to the property. Fox bought the rights in 1991 and they claim they never signed them away.<\/p>\n<p>This might seem like a quick money grab by Fox, but <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20121103093555\/http:\/\/www.variety.com\/article\/VR1117990722?refCatId=13\" target=\"_blank\">Variety<\/a>\u00a0quotes someone closely involved with the lawsuit that states Fox doesn&#8217;t want money&#8211;it wants to kill the project all together. Why? This is what the source said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;When you have copyright infringement, there are some damages you never recover&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This whole thing seems really petty, even more so when you consider that Fox didn&#8217;t sue Paramount or Universal,\u00a0two studios that\u00a0tried to bring <strong>Watchmen <\/strong>to the screen before Warners. You&#8217;d think that if they were so concerned about copyright infringement, they&#8217;d speak up way before Warners got involved.<\/p>\n<p>The judgment does not mean that Fox wins. It simply means that the judge thought Fox&#8217;s case was strong enough to stand trial. But the fact that the lawsuit is going to trial means that there is a strong possibility that <strong>Watchmen <\/strong>might be delayed&#8211;if we see it at all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">In the world of movie curses, Watchmen might have one of the worst. It appears that its curse is that its movie might never see the light of day. 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