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Posted by Seth at 10:22 AM on February 13, 2008
You didn't think Everybody's Suing Everybody Day was over yet, did you? It's time to ratchet things up a notch, and pit giant studio against giant studio! Fox has filed suit against Warner Bros. over Alan Moore's graphic novel The Watchmen. Warner already has their version of the superhero story in the pipeline for 2009, directed by 300's Zack Snyder with a cast that reunites Little Children's Jackie Earle Haley and Patrick Wilson. Fox, meanwhile, claims they bought exclusive rights to the property in the late '80s, and that producer Lawrence Gordon never paid the full buy-out price that would have allowed him to shop it around. They want nothing less than the production to be shelved, with not even Zach's personal pledge that he won't "gay it up like my last graphic novel adaptation" enough to sway their made-up minds. [THR]
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thehmsbeagle
Posted 1:07 PM 13/2/08
That script and I took a lovely three-hour nap on my couch.
thehmsbeagle
Rilo-Andy
Posted 1:07 PM 13/2/08
@MisterMuggles: After all of the hype, I finally plunked the money down and read it. I did indeed love it, but it wasn't what I really expected... This coming from a big comic book geek. Is it wrong that I just wanted some more super powers thrown in?
Rilo-Andy
MisterMuggles
Posted 1:07 PM 13/2/08
From the Nerdy Correctional Department: It's called "Watchmen" not "THE Watchmen."
Everyone should purchase and read Watchmen. Not to sound like a big geek, but in my humble opinion, it is the greatest single work of serialized graphic lit.
MisterMuggles
CapnCalamity
Posted 1:07 PM 13/2/08
@Bento: Seriously. It looks like after Fox decided it was unfilmable, they never thought someone else could pull it off the way it looks like Snyder is going to.
@TedSez: You've never read Watchmen, have you? Comparing Heroes to it is grossly unfair, even if the show totally ripped off plot points.
CapnCalamity
Bento
Posted 1:07 PM 13/2/08
They annouced this movie ages ago and Fox decides they wanna sue NOW???
Bento
TedSez
Posted 1:07 PM 13/2/08
Since the advent of TV's "Heroes" and the upcoming "Heroes: Origins," this is like grappling over a wallet from which the cash and credit cards have already been stolen.
TedSez
TedSez
Posted 2:09 PM 13/2/08
@CapnCalamity: I have, and I disagree. They repurposed most of the major plot points. And now I'm going out to buy a wheelbarrow full of tacos.
TedSez
Benovite
Posted 3:23 PM 13/2/08
Back in the 80's when I was heavily into comic books I would see this title called Watchman and ignored it, even though it got a lot of respect.
That's all I have to add really, that and I work for Fox. = /
Benovite
pkittie
Posted 4:27 PM 16/2/08
Yeah the film is going to look good, but to get all the intricacies of the story? You can't cram that into 2-3 hours.
pkittie