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It’s Official: Roger Friedman Loses His Job Over Wolverine Piracy
7:23AM Gabriel Snyder | Roger Friedman, a showbiz columnist for FoxNews.com, failed to persuade Fox News head Roger Ailes that he should keep his job after downloading a pirated copy of Wolverine and angering 20th Century Fox studio executives. More »
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Pirated Wolverine Review Gets Fox Newser Fired
8:17AM Ryan Tate | Wow, 20th Century Fox really doesn’t want anyone to know how fun it is to pirate Wolverine: The studio had a Fox News columnist fired for raving about the unreleased movie. More »
Shocker: ‘Watchmen’ Settlement on the Way
6:55AM STV | The day after heartfelt if hopeless pseudo-legal judicial appeals from Watchmen co-producers Larry Gordon and Lloyd Levin, Fox and Warner Bros. today hinted at a more binding resolution in their copyright case. More »
‘Watchmen’ Producer’s Emotional Appeal Fails to Grasp Basic Contract Law
8:26AM STV | In the latest stakes-upping gesture to emerge from the Watchmen legal tussle, one of the film’s producers has issued an open letter arguing Warner Bros.’ “morally right” claim to the film. Good luck with that! More »
‘Watchmen’Gate Update: Warner Gambles, Geeks Revolt
8:20AM STV | There’s still not much to report from the front lines of World War Watchmen, where a smattering of fire today has nevertheless nudged half a million angry refugee fanboys into comics-genre exile. More »
Warner Bros. Slaps Back at Fox, Preps For ‘Watchmen’ Trial
9:25AM STV | Now that Fox and Warner Bros. no longer have SAG to engage in their quest for mutually assured destruction, they’ve officially entered the saber-rattling stage of their own legal wrangle over the rights to Watchmen. More »
Five Lessons Learned From the ‘Marley and Me’ Box-Office Windfall
4:36AM STV | The Monday Morning Box Office looks basically the same as it did on Friday, with Marley and Me shocking everyone with a $51 million holiday frame. But what does its surprising success really mean? More »
Fox Takes WB’s Rights to ‘Watchmen’ in High-End Studio Gift Exchange
1:47AM STV | Fox wanted a pony for Christmas, and it got a lovely one Wednesday when a judge ruled that the studio owns a copyright interest in Warner Bros.’ mega-budget blockbuster hopeful Watchmen. More »
Fox UpheavalWatch: Are Peter Chernin and Tom Rothman on the Way Out?
8:54AM STV | It is just a matter of time before a few of the generals at Fox are called to account after the year-long bombing raid that’s left its studio clinging to life. More »
