Judge Gives FOX Watchmen Movie for Xmas

Judge Gives The Watchmen Movie to FOX for Christmas. Fanboys.. we may have a problem! Alan Moore will be getting his wish for Christmas. Him and FOX studios. According to a post on ReelComix a Judge has ruled in favor of FOX in the legal battle between FOX and Warner Brothers over who really owns the rights to the upcoming Watchmen movie which was supposed to be in theatres next March. FOX has won.

Although Warner Brothers will obviously want to appeal and or negotiate a settlement with FOX we are all pretty much screwed as of right now. FOX bought the rights to the film in the 80's with the intentions of only doing the film if Alan Moore would work on writing it. When Alan said 'no way jose' FOX decided to shelf the project for good. Somehow the film ended up at Warner Brothers and once they finished making it FOX jumped on the project.

As it stands right now the Judge has ruled that FOX has a right to the film which means that we as fans may very well be screwed as they shelf the movie. That said do I believe FOX will shelf it? Hell no. They will settle for ownership of the movie and all the profits at the box office. It will be a huge and easy payday. Stay tuned for more... I am sure this legal battle is not over.