Comments on: 20th Century Fox Wins Watchmen Legal Battle! What Now?

By: EZELL

EZELL — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:14:36 +0000

oh if if you were in the right kriptonite than so many film would be made by the studios and the hard working writers would not see any money they already make shit for how hard they work.

By: EZELL

EZELL — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:12:19 +0000

for a guy who uses alot of big word sure makes no point at all.

By: John

John — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:20:21 +0000

Hey Kriyptonite

I 100% completely disagree with your idea.

When something is your property, it’s yours to do with as you please. Period. You can use it, put it in a box, play with it, destroy it, hide it, display it… do whatever you want with it. It’s YOURS.

If someone wants to sell their rights to something under the condition that they want it made into a movie within a certain period of time, then they can sell an option without selling all the rights completely. If they sell all the rights completely, then it belongs to whoever bought it.

Sorry, but if Fox did indeed own the rights as the court has decided, then Fox if totally in the right here.

By: Kryptonite

Kryptonite — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:28:56 +0000

Bottom line: if the judge’s ruling is correct according to the law (and I’m sure it is), then the law needs to be changed. If a project sees absolutely NO movement after a decade or more, then the intellectual property rights (for the film) should be up for grabs. Exceptions would have to be made for properties that have already been produced in one film already (i.e., there have already been Star Wars movies, so the Star Wars property should never be up for grabs.) Other studios should be able to petition the courts to terminate the property rights of the first film rights holder (Fox in this case) so other studios may re-bid to buy the property from the original copyright holder (DC Comics), and should be granted if they can prove that the current film rights holder has made no significant effort towards moving the property into production. An alternative would be the court simply forcing the current film rights holder to sell the property to the petitioner for a price equalling the original purchase price plus all development costs already accrued. This would motivate film makers to only purchase properties they were serious about making, keeping people like Fox from simply sitting on their hands because they aren’t competent enough to produce a particular film, yet claiming ownership when another company succeeds where they failed.

By: HAZMAT_IS_A_VAGITARIAN

HAZMAT_IS_A_VAGITARIAN — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:47:46 +0000

stupid question alert:

does this mean that we can one day have an avengers movie (sequel) with reserve avangers and…..spiderman? even though hes sony? liek can they “rent” him? or pay sony half? because i want an avengers movie sequel (which im sure will happen, avengers will be a SMASHING success) with spiderman and other reserve avengers in it

By: EZELL

EZELL — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:29:19 +0000

Thats funny you quote Stewie cause family guy is part of fox. oh and just cause they won the rights to the film doesnt mean wb cant sew them for waiting. oh and fox might have brought this up two years ago and was not able to court date set till now so we should not jump on wb r foxs side cause we dont know the real story.

By: Slushie Man

Slushie Man — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:47:12 +0000

“i just can’t see this thing with Fox being the distributor”

Then you’re a fucking idiot.

By: LordThyBob

LordThyBob — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:20:46 +0000

This is probably very good news for us. A long legal battle would surely delay the release. A quick judgment, even against WB, gives time for a deal to be made and get it released.

By: 46and2

46and2 — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:21:34 +0000

There’s no excuse for FOX waiting this long to file suit; they get cut zero slack in my book.

Deja Firefly all over again.

By: entertainmenttodayandbeyond

entertainmenttodayandbeyond — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:05:52 +0000

This is not the end of the world. WB will have to offer Fox a piece of the action and they will take it. Its bad business for Fox to keep this film from being released. Way to high profile to do so!

Chuck