As you may or may not have heard, there is a Watchmen movie coming out in March.
Our good friends at 20th Century Fox, who had the rights to the book at some point in the last twenty years, are suing Warner Brothers for distribution rights. This comes from this L.A. Times article.
The money graph, and why I am confused: "They are not just fighting over 'Watchmen,' " entertainment attorney Mel Avanzado, who is not involved in the litigation, said of the duel between Fox and Warners. "They are also fighting over sequel rights. Whoever controls the franchise probably controls quite a bit."
Did these people not read the book?
But then, if you read on: "And it very well may be hard to build a franchise like "X-Men"; the "Watchmen" movie has an ending that, like a comic-book version of "Titanic," hardly encourages a sequel no matter how good the grosses. A prequel certainly could be made but Snyder, a devoted fan of the graphic novel, has called it a terrible idea and vowed to oppose it."
Then why talk about it?
Hollywood never ceases to amaze me.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
I'm Confused
3 comments:
CAUTION: May contain spoilers.
Yeah, once you end a story with characters dying left and right, it pretty much negates the need for a continuation of said story.
Dropping a Chthulhu-like beast in the middle of NYC doesn't help matters either.
No wonder Alan Moore despises DC and comics-to-film adaptations.
Snyder has already came out and said that the squid isn't in the ending. I have no idea what that will entail for the integrity of the story, but we don't get a squid. No word yet on why Ozy kills the Comedian since there was no squid island for him to fly over.
No squid, no peace.
Know squid, know peace.
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