Fox & Warner Settle 'Watchmen' Lawsuit: Warner Will Distribute; Fox Gets 8 1/2% Gross + Cash + Piece Of Sequels/Spinoffs

BREAKING NEWS! (keep refreshing) The deal is finally done, and Warner Bros' highly anticipated Watchmen -- based on the comic book series/graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons -- won't be held hostage. I'm hearing that in tonight's settlement, Fox will not be an active distributor of the pic, but will receive up to 8 1/2% gross participation in the pic, and a piece of everything going forward including a sequel or spinoff, and a cash payment upfront including recoupment of its development costs and attorney fees, and god-only-knows what else. Because neither Fox nor Warner Bros would comment on the terms. But Legendary Pictures already owns a chunk of Watchmen. So cutting Fox in now as another partner really plays havoc with Warner Bros' economics on the movie. Studios hate when that happens.

[FYI, The Hollywood Reporter jumped the gun on this settlement story and got it wrong. Twice in one week for the two trades. Though THR posted at 5:25 PM PT that the deal was done, the fact is that my sources said important issues had yet to be resolved. Only at 7:15 PM was the studios' settlement concluded. Also THR claimed at first that Fox didn't get a piece of Watchmen going forward in a sequel or spinoff. But the trade corrected this at 8:30 PM.]

The settlement will be presented on Friday at 9:30 AM to federal judge Gary Feess who set this in motion in the first place by letting all sides know in December that he intended to side with Fox's claims against Warner Bros for copyright infringement and distribution rights on Watchmen. This is a case where producer Larry Gordon's hot property changed hands again and again since the late 1980s from Fox, to Universal, to Paramount, until finally to Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures which together went forward with the $130 million film despite knowing that Fox had claims which led to the lawsuit. The next legal step might have been an injunction against Watchmen's March 6th release. Initially, Warner Bros said it would fight Feess' intention to side with Fox and appeal.

But then, according to my sources, Warner Bros boss Barry Meyer stepped up and stopped that, and his studio finally started talking settlement with Fox last week. So now, Warner Bros can release Watchmen domestically as planned, and Paramount (which also had to sign off on the settlement) play it internationally, and Fox reap the rewards, and fans of the comic book series/graphic novel can rejoice -- or find something else about the movie to bitch about...

Need I remind that this isn't the only controversy in which Watchmen has been embroiled. Though the film's footage that has been shown has garnered high marks from fans, director Zack Snyder's admission that he's changed the ending has rankled many -- and he's also been dismissive of anyone who considers that a big deal. And Watchmen fans appreciated the irony of Warner Bros being hit with a lawsuit over the rights to the movie because it was DC Comics’ screwing of Watchmen writer Alan Moore over both the merchandising rights and a rights-reversion clause to his comics that resulted in his putting a curse on the movie. 

UPDATE:  Here is the statement by the two studios purporting to show that all is forgiven between them after months and months of nasty back-and-forth battling:

"Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox have resolved their dispute regarding the rights to the upcoming motion picture Watchmen in a confidential settlement.  Warner Bros acknowledges that Fox acted in good faith in bringing its claims, which were asserted prior to the start of principal photography.  Fox acknowledges that Warner Bros. acted in good faith in defending against those claims Warner Bros. and Fox, like all Watchmen fans, look forward with great anticipation to this film's March 6 release in theatres."

Boy George lítur bara vel út !!!

A judge really ass fucked Boy George today without Crisco by sentencing him to 15 months in the clink for chaining and beating a hooker in April 2007. Georgie's family gasped when the shit was read because they were so shocked by the verdict.

The judge told him, “In my view there can be no doubt that your premeditated callous and humiliating handcuffing and detention of Mr Carlsen shocked, degraded and traumatized him. He was deprived of his liberty and human dignity without warning or proper explanation to him of its purpose, length or purported justification. You assaulted the victim of this offense whom you had invited into your home by handcuffing him to your bed and inflicting on him additional wholly gratuitous violence beyond that needed merely to secure physical restraint and detention.”

Let this be a lesson to you all! Get the bitch to sign a consent form before you chain them to your damn wall. But Georgie Porgie be fine on the inside. I don't know if they let them have chains and shit, but he can tie dudes up to his radiator using bed sheets and beat them with a homemade whip made out of torn pillowcases and a plastic toothbrush. And if that doesn't work, he can just whip them with one of his chins.

DS

Boy George dæmdur í 15 mánaða fangelsi

--- VERY BRAVE MAN JOKES ---

 

How do you turn a fox into an elephant?
Marry It!

What is the difference between a battery and a woman?
A battery has a positive side.

What are the three fastest means of communication?
1) Television
2) Telephone
3) Telawoman

How are fat girls and mopeds alike?
They're both fun to ride until your friends find out.

What should you give a woman who has everything?
A man to show her how to work it.

Why is the space between a woman's breasts and her hips called a waist?
Because you could easily fit another pair of tits in there.

How do you make 5 pounds of fat look good?
Put a nipple on it.

Why do women rub their eyes when they wake up?
Because they don't have balls to scratch.

Why do women fake orgasms ?
Because they think men care.


If your wife keeps coming out of the kitchen to nag at you, what have you
done wrong?
Made her chain too long

How many men does it take to open a beer?
None. It should be opened when she brings it.

Why is a Laundromat a really bad place to pick up a woman?
Because a woman who can't even afford a washing machine will probably  
never be able to support you.

Why do women have smaller feet than men?
It's one of those 'evolutionary things' that allows them to stand closer  
to the kitchen sink.

How do you know when a woman is about to say something smart?
When she starts a sentence with 'A man once told me...'

How do you fix a woman's watch?
You don't. There is a clock on the oven.

Why do men pass gas more than women?
Because women can't shut up long enough to build up the required  
pressure.

If your dog is barking at the back door and your wife is yelling at the
front door, who do you let in first?
The dog, of course. He'll shut up once you let him in.

What's worse than a Male Chauvinist Pig?
A woman who won't do what she's told

I married a Miss Right.
I just didn't know her first name was Always.

Scientists have discovered a food that diminishes a woman's sex drive by
90%..
It's called a Wedding Cake.

Why do men die before their wives?
They want to.

Women will never be equal to men..
until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and
still think they are sexy.

Send this to a few good men who need a laugh and to the select few women  
who can handle the bullshit !

Ekki áræðanlegustu heimildarnar en er Britney að hætta við ?

 

Britney Spears has thrown her platinum-selling career comeback into a tailspin by threatening to cancel her $100 million world tour, The Circus Featuring Britney Spears, which will launch in New Orleans this March.

“Britney doesn’t want to do it, and she’s telling her father Jamie that,” an insider for The National Enquirer reports, adding that, “All the dates are booked-and $100 million would be lost if she bails.”

“Both her father and ex-husband Kevin Federline are telling her she has to go on for the sake of her kids and their financial future,” the source confided. “Jamie needs this tour for Britney to secure her wealth.”

The tabloid claims the pop tart is feeling the pressure of a grueling training schedule necessary for the 33-city North American leg of the tour.

“She is already exhausted getting in shape….Britney feels like she’s being forced to tour.”

According to The Enquirer, Jamie and Kevin both have a lot to lose if Britney runs away from The Circus.

“Britney can’t back out now-there’s just too much at stake.”

PC

Villtu sjá þriðju geirvörtuna á Lily Allen - well here it is ....

 

 

 

In case you missed its exciting debut on her BBC chatfest last year, Lily Allen is once again showing her third nipple to the world.

(Skip To 2:20)
“It’s get hard when you touch it,” the “Smile” star said in an interview on Dutch television this week.

PZ á Rás 2

Í þættinum á laugardag fáum við tvo plötusnúða í heimsókn sem að eru að spila í þættinum í fyrsta skipti en það eru þeir Karíus og Baktus.  Þeir hafa verið að spila við góðan orðstír á undanförnum mánuðum á stöðum eins og Q-Bar, 22 og fleiri stöðum.  Spennandi og ferskir snúðar sem að verður mjög spennandi að heyra í á laugardag.

   

Við spilum fleiri remix af Can't Walk Away frá Herberti Guðmundssyni en þau mix sem að við spiluðum um síðustu helgi féllu flest vel í kramið hjá hlustendum.

   

Svo ljóstrum við upp öllu um árslistakvöldið sjálft þann 31. janúar sem margir hafa verið að bíða spenntir eftir og ættu menn ekki að verða sviknir af því sem boðið verður upp á.

 

Ein múmía læðist svo jafnvel í loftið ef tími gefst til ásamt ýmsu öðru.

   

 

Helgi & Kristján

Party Zone

Öll laugardagskvöld milli 19:30 og 22:00 á Rás 2