Hotly-anticipated graphic novel adaptation Watchmen will hit the big screen on schedule after movie executives resolved a legal dispute which could have jeopardised the film’s release.
Lawyers for Fox and Warner Bros. – the film’s distributor – agreed to let a federal judge decide whether or not the $130 million (GBP90 million) film will be released this spring as planned.
In court papers filed last week, the warring attorneys handed control of the case to the courts, allowing a judge to rule on whether Fox chiefs could block the film’s planned distribution, as part of a copyright infringement lawsuit against Warner Bros.
Fox bought the movie rights to the graphic novel, about postmodern crime fighters in 1986, but the film was passed around several studios before it landed at Warner Bros. Fox chiefs argued that the original producer of the film never obtained the necessary rights from them.
But now the case has come to a close – with Watchmen making its 6 March debut as planned.
The studios settled after a judge ruled Fox did have an interest in the film, and now both film giants are looking forward to the release.
Representatives for the studios issued a joint statement saying: “Warner Bros. and Fox, like all Watchmen fans, look forward with great anticipation to this film’s 6 March release in theatres.”
Terms of the agreement have not been disclosed, but the Hollywood Reporter claims it involves a cash payment to Fox and a percentage of the film’s box office takings.
- Source: WENN
Hello friends,
A new day is here, I hope you’re all well. I’m writing to let you all know that ive been busy…and time flies when you’re busy I suppose. It’s mid January already, and everything in northern new jersey is frozen and dead. So I’ll get right to the point…some of you may have heard that a while back I started work on a band called Leathermouth with a few of my friends from back home in Jersey.
We played a few shows, wrote a few songs, and ended up recording 10 of those songs in our basements. Now, after what feels like a lifetime, on January 27th 2009 those 10 songs are finally being released as a full length CD entitled, “XO”, on Epitaph Records…and Im pretty excited about this. Ever since I was a young kid going to shows I always wanted to be in a band I believed in and release a record I put my heart into, ive been fortunate enough in my life to experience this a couple of times…and it never gets old. Now I must say this project isn’t for all of you, I urge you to find out for yourselves what Leathermouth is before you form an opinion or spend any of your hard earned money on it. I venture to say many of you will probably end up hating it and I encourage you to vent that distaste as you see fit, my only hope is that you are not indifferent to it.
With that said, if you do end up enjoying LM, well then let god have mercy on your eternal soul, and if you want to preorder the record you can do so now at Smartpunk or Interpunk. Also, for those of you that live in the greater New Jersey area, we are going to be playing a last minute CD release show at Vintage Vinyl, 51 Lafayette Rd in Fords, NJ on Tuesday Jan 27th at 7pm sharp. If you pre-order the record there or pick it up on the street date, they’ll give you a wristband for the show. You can go to their website for all the details.
Thank you for your time
XOfrank
It’s a small, small world when it comes to the comics industry.
MTV has reported that Gerard Way, the writer of the critically-acclaimed Dark Horse series The Umbrella Academy, will be leading his band My Chemical Romance for a track on the upcoming Watchmen movie soundtrack.
Way and Company will apparently be contributing a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Desolation Row.” The song will be released January 27th.
- Source: Blog@Newsarama
Big news, folks.
You can now pre-order the VERY limited edition 12″ picture disc version of My Chemical Romance’s cover of Bob Dylan’s classic “Desolation Row” from the upcoming Watchmen soundtrack right here.
The vinyl picture disc comes with artwork from the film, and is available for a special price of only $11.99. The B-side is the instrumental track “Prison Fight” by Tyler Bates from the film.
Orders will arrive on or around January 27th. Get it here and enjoy to your heart’s content.
- mychemicalromance.com
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