Watchmen Film in Jeopardy

The much-anticipated Watchmen movie adaptation by 300 director, Zack Snyder, may be in jeopardy, following a judge's ruling that 20^th Century Fox does, in fact, hold a copyright interest in the product.

We have been following this story as it develops, and you can get The Rundown on the backstory by clicking that link. Originally, a January 20^th hearing was set, but the judge has since decreed that Fox at least owns the distribution rights to the Watchmen film. Fox claims it never relinquished the rights to the property, while Warner insists those rights were never renewed.

This ruling will likely delay the release of the Watchmen movie, but given its high profile, audience interest, and the (mountain of) money already invested in the project, I sincerely doubt it will kill it.

© C Harris Lynn, 2008