Judge Says Fox Owns Rights to Watchmen

The battle over the Watchmen film continues with this victory for 20th Century Fox in a federal district court in California. According to the linked NY Times article, the reviewing court has  determined that Fox likely does have the underlying film rights. I'm not an entertainment attorney but the question of who owns the rights to a property does seem like something that should be squared away before you start building sets. As from the beginning, the end of this is going to be Warner handing over some percentage of the film to Fox--the overseas rights, maybe. I like how the article encapsulates Watchmen as a story about the "underside of life for superbeings."

Close enough.  And rumors that Rick is the shadowy puppet master behind all this to ensure Watchmen never sees the light of day are unconfirmed. But totally true.