The Court Isn’t Saving Watchmen
Popsquire presents yet another loud collision between pop culture and law…
A Los Angeles court ruling ruling today could affect the highly anticipated 2009 release of Watchmen! Earlier this year, Fox filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros. to stop Watchmen’s release, claiming that it — not Warner Bros. — held the distribution rights to any movie made from the original graphic novel. Today, a Los Angeles judge denied a Warner Bros. motion to dismiss the lawsuit.
Next steps for the parties likely will be the discovery process in which they exchange information and depose witnesses. And, for Popsquire followers, the next steps include a snarky, cynical chuckle. According to Variety, Fox’s legal team says it isn’t looking for monetary compensation and, instead, only wants to prevent the film from being released.
Uh-huh.
