WARNER BROTHERS Pushes For Decision On 'WATCHMEN' Movie ASAFP

THE WATCHMEN movie will hit theaters on March 6th, 2009 (or will it??)

Source: The Hollywood Reporter, Borys Kit, Matthew Belloni

Warners is asking that the hearing be moved up to as early as Monday because “time is critical,” the studio argues in papers filed this week. “Watchmen” is scheduled for a March 6 bow, and Warners must soon commit to tens of millions of dollars in marketing for a film it isn’t sure it can release.

The injunction fight stems from Feess’ Christmas Eve preliminary ruling that Fox has a right to distribute the Zack Snyder adaptation of the popular graphic novel. Feess found that producer Lawrence Gordon failed to acquire Fox’s entire interest in “Watchmen,” thereby leaving Fox with rights under a 1994 turnaround agreement.

The studios are now battling over the key issue of whether that decision allows Fox to stop the film’s release or whether the parties should proceed to a trial over money damages.

Read more HERE.

Keep your fingers crossed…

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