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		<title>BREAKING: &#039;Watchmen&#039; Lawsuit Settled</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hollywood Reporter brings word the lawsuit between Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox over film rights to the March 6 release of Watchmen, the adaptation of the acclaimed graphic novel, has been resolved. The two studios are scheduled to present the settlement to Judge Gary Feess on Friday morning and request that the case [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurm&#8230; You Sue Me, I Sue You, You Sue Him&#8230; &#039;Watchmen&#039; Style</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: No matter what happens with everything posted below it has now been revealed the hearing scheduled for yesterday, Tuesday the 13th, was canceled meaning a settlement could be just around the corner.

I considered opening this article saying how this Watchmen lawsuit was certainly helping raise the profile of the film. Then I remembered, no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Watchmen&#039; Producers Break Their Silence and Offer Up Very Little</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there is anything most avid online movie news readers know it is that Hollywood is a &#034;money driven&#034; industry. Without the moola there is no reason to exist. Morals play no part in such an industry and considering the lawsuit between Warner Bros. and Fox over Watchmen the only thing that is important is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Watchmen&#039; Injunction Ruling Could Come Sooner</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Currently the big day for the Warner Bros. adaptation Watchmen is not its March 6 release date, but January 20, the day Judge Gary A. Feess is set to decide whether or not he will issue an injunction against the film&#039;s release at the request of 20th Century Fox. Feess ruled back on December 24 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fox Looks to Delay Release of &#039;Watchmen&#039;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know the big trend is to pile on Fox due to the awful movies they released in 2008 and seem to have been releasing over the past few years, but when it comes to this Watchmen lawsuit I can&#039;t say I blame them. When you are talking about material rights it is a pretty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BREAKING: Fox Owns Rights to &#039;Watchmen&#039; Says Judge</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 02:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times has just revealed that Gary A. Feess, a federal judge in Los Angeles, said he intended to grant 20th Century Fox’s claim that it owns a copyright interest in the Watchmen, a movie shot by Warner Brothers and Legendary Pictures and set for release in March. At an earlier hearing, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What if &#039;Watchmen&#039; Sucks?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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Patrick Wilson, Malin Akerman and Jackie Earle Haley in Watchmen
Photo: Warner Bros.


Now don&#039;t get me wrong with that headline, I want Watchmen to be phenomenal just like the rest of you, but with all the talk it is hard to wonder what it will be like if the movie just isn&#039;t any good.

Over at SCI-FI [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alan Moore&#039;s Nightmare: &#039;Watchmen&#039; Video Game Prequel and Potential Sequels</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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Rorschach and Nite Owl own the streets of &#039;72
Photo: Tiscali Games


It&#039;s already been revealed there will be a video game based on the upcoming release of Watchmen from Warner Bros., and as you can see from the image above and the gallery at the end of this article it&#039;s already being promoted as stills from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Warner Bros. vs. Fox Debacle Over &#039;Watchmen&#039; is a Mess</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How mad at Fox are you concerning their lawsuit against Warner Bros. with regards to copyright ownership of Watchmen? Well, you are probably placing blame in the wrong direction.

EW.com has a source at Fox saying &#034;studio lawyers contacted Warner Bros. about the distribution rights issue several times prior to the start of production but were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Knee Deep in &#039;Watchmen&#039; Legal Papers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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Photo: Warner Bros.


Deadline Hollywood points us to Un Civil Society where you can download megabyte after megabyte of court documents from the 20th Century Fox vs. Warner Bros. Watchmen legal battle.

You can read the Fox complaint, the Warner Bros. response, the disputed legal documents and the judge&#039;s order as laid down yesterday. You can even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Could &#039;Watchmen&#039; be Delayed Due To Legal Trouble?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in February it was announced that Fox was set to sue Warner Bros. as they claim to have exclusive rights to develop, produce and distribute a film based on the graphic novel &#034;Watchmen,&#034; a film in which Warner Bros. is set to release on March 6, 2009. We hadn&#039;t heard anything more about the [...]]]></description>
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