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12 Feb 09

WB, Fox make deal for 'Watchmen' - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety

  • Fox, on the other hand, will emerge with an upfront cash payment that sources pegged between $5 million and $10 million, covering reimbursement of $1.4 million the studio invested in development fees, and also millions of dollars in legal fees incurred during the case.

    More importantly, Fox will get a gross participation in "Watchmen" that scales between 5% and 8.5%, depending on the film’s worldwide revenues. Fox also participates as a gross player in any sequels and spinoffs, sources said.

  • Though it was denied by both studios, sources said that in recent weeks that WB and Fox discussed several intriguing horse-trading scenarios after WB choked on Fox’s initial ask of 10% gross and distribution in some overseas territories.
18 Dec 08

‘Wanted’ P2P Pre-Releaser Gets 2 Year Jail Sentence | TorrentFreak

  • All around the world, people who pre-release media onto the Internet face the prospect of harsh treatment if caught. The crew at EliteTorrents felt the full force of the DOJ for their uploading of Star Wars: Episode III, the uploaders on OiNK face uncertainty as their criminal trial is delayed again, and Kevin Cogill, the Chinese Democracy uploader, faces a year of confinement.
16 Dec 08

Judge unable to reach ruling on Watchmen copyright case - Coventry Telegraph - The Geek Files

  • U.S. District Court Judge Gary Feess told lawyers for Fox and Warners that a series of 1990s contracts between Fox and Watchmen producer Larry Gordon were so open to interpretation that he could not render a pre-trial judgment for either party, as the lawyers had requested.



    Fox sued Warners in February, arguing that Gordon - who once ran Fox - assigned Watchmen rights to Warner that he didn't possess. Warner maintains that Fox holds no copyright on the movie.

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