Judge to Decide Watchmen Fate
Fox and Warner Bros. decided to skip a jury trial over the distribution rights for WATCHMEN and let U.S. District Court Judge Gary Allen Fees decide the case on January 20, reports VARIETY.
The studios reached the agreement on Monday. Feess ruled on December 24 that Fox does own the distribution rights to the film and advised the studios to either reach a settlement or prepare their appeals. Warner Bros. has not yet backed off a planned March 6 release date for the Zack Snyder-directed graphic novel adaptation.