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The 'Watchmen' Studio Blood Feud: How Bad Is It? [Graphic Violence]
Published 8/19/2008 by STV at Defamer
... That doesn't mean someone won't bleed, of course — but who? Will Paramount, which itself had Watchmen ready to go before Brad Grey cleaned house in 2005, be edged out of some or all its foreign entitlement? Will Warners cut Fox in on gross, and how much will be enough — especially with a surefire franchise on its hands? David Poland crunched some messy, guessy numbers over at The Hot Blog, but we can't argue with his conclusion: "Don’t expect them to go away for anything less than $25 million. And they will take an amount like that now… because they don’t want to ...

Watchmen delayed: for better, for worse.
Published 8/19/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Peter T Chattaway) at FilmChat
... been coming out at the wrong time. The movie would have lacked the context that the original comic book had. But now, that context is there. Of course, the long development process has had its downside, too, the most recent manifestation of which is the lawsuit that Fox has brought against Warner Brothers in an effort to prevent the release of Watchmen, or at least squeeze some money out of them before the film comes out March 6. For details, see Nikki Finke, David Poland, Variety, the Hollywood Reporter, the ...

WATCHMEN STUDIO GRUDGE MATCH
Published 8/19/2008 by Scott Macaulay (noreply@blogger.com) at Filmmaker Magazine
... in this specific case. He concludes with these thoughts: I do find it odd, though, when studios go full speed at each other. Although they are competitors, there is a need to play nice if you want others to play nice with you. Each studio will need to confirm quotes from the others; they will need to protect and release titles; and they all do business with each other on co-productions to spread risks. An aggressive position such as this is fairly odd. Here's the trailer: And here's David Poland's take on the situation over at The Hot Blog. His piece draws on research he did ...

Will Legal Wrangling Delay The Release Of WATCHMEN?
Published 8/20/2008 by mrbeaks at Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
... off the spring release schedule would be bad, bad, bad for the movie business in general (e.g. I can't imagine the exhibitors, who've been cycling through tepidly performing Fox releases all year, would be terribly pleased). The question right now is whether Fox will settle for a lump sum buyout or a percentage of the gross. My guess is that they'll gladly take the former - and I'm quite sure they've already a number in mind. $10 million? Too low. $50 million? Too high. $25 million? If David Poland's numbers make sense , The House of Rothman should be happy with that haul - ...