Another cog in the gears of Warner Brother's Watchmen release: A judge has ruled that Warner Bros. and Zack Snyder had no legal rights to the comic book when they filmed the adaptation, and Fox's suit against the competing studio was completely justified. Ca-ching!
Only problem now is, will the highly anticipated comic book feature ever see the light of day?
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It's been four months since we heard a peep about 20th Century Fox duking it out for with Warner Brothers for the rights to the Watchmen film, which the WB produced, shot, and did promotional tie-ins before Fox got around to bringing up a lawsuit. The theory at the time was that Fox originally owned the rights, some stuff got muddled, and Fox, instead of mentioning the situation to Warner Bros. when the studio started casting, decided to bide their time in the hopes that the production would just pay them a lot of money to go away once they had an actual movie shot and ready to go.
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Dave Gibbons is the graphic artist who, alongside Alan Moore, created the 20-year old phenomenon that is The Watchmen. Now with the movie coming out (by the guy who did 300, so don't give your hopes up), Gibbons is releasing for the first time ever his thoughts/dreams/unreleased images of what his baby monster has spawned in a new art book entitled, Watching the Watchmen.
So excited. It's like getting the director's commentary without having to buy the DVD! And probably the most you are going to get, since Alan Moore is notoriously tight-lipped and has already expressed his displeasure with the movie production.
Every fanboy got his panties in a bunch when a trailer for The Watchmen, Alan Moore's 1985 graphic novel about masked vigilantes, previewed before The Dark Knight several weeks ago. Watchmen holds a special place for most comic book lovers; it was one of the first comics, along with Maus, to earn the title of graphic novel (though it was released in sections) due to its meta-commentary on the traditional world of superheroes and crime fighters. Watchmen deals with some pretty dark and complex subject matter, and when details were leaked about the cast of heroes (young and hip, as opposed to the comic where they were older and washed up), and the director (Zack Snyder, who adapted Frank Miller's 300, to mixed reviews), there was some rumblings of trouble in geek and non-geek communities alike. Despite a giant marketing tie-in at this year's Comic-Con, Watchmen seemed doomed to have the impossibly high expectations of a super-hero action piece that also says something, resting on its shoulder. That is, if it even gets released now.
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