Movie studio Twentieth Century Fox is seeking an injunction to block the release of Watchmen after a Los Angeles motor hotel ruled a copyright lawsuit against rival studio Warner Bros backside go forward.
The movie well-nigh raffish, blemished superheroes - which has already been shot - is slated for release on March 6, aforesaid Warner Bros spokesman Scott Roe.
The highly anticipated photographic film, with a budget believed to be about US$120 million, is based on a eighties DC Comics graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons.
In his decision released last calendar week, Judge Gary Feess of the US District Court for the Central District of California wrote that Fox could hold some of the rights to the material, even if it did not prevail all
rights.
Fox argues it acquired motion picture rights to the Watchmen graphic novel in the last eighties, and that even though it relinquished certain rights to the material in 1991 it held onto the right to distribute the first movie.
"We will be asking the courtroom to enforce Fox's copyright interests in Watchmen and enjoin the release of the Warner Brothers film and whatsoever related Watchmen media that violate our copyright interests in that property," said Fox spokesman Gregg Brilliant.
Watchmen is directed by Zack Snyder, wHO made the 2007 hit movie three hundred. The film is based on highly strung material and takes an unorthodox approaching to the superhero flick by focusing on blemished antiheroes.
Scott Rowe, a spokesman for Warner Bros, aforesaid the ruling only means that the case volition go forward.
"The judge did not speak out at all on the merits, other than to conclude that Fox satisfied the pending requirements," Rowe said.
"We respectfully disagree with Fox's place and do not believe they have got any rights in and to this project."
Feess' ruling was issued on Wednesday, in response to Warner Bros' call for to have the case dismissed. Warner Bros made the bespeak after Fox sought an injunction against release of Watchmen.
Fox filed its case against Warner Bros in February. Fox's accusations against its rival studio included copyright misdemeanour, interference with contract and breach of contract.
DC Comics, the company behind the Watchmen graphic novel, is a subordinate of Warner Bros, which is owned by Time Warner Inc Fox is owned by News Corp.
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