A federal judge said Monday that he was unable to decide whether 20th Century Fox controls rights to “Watchmen”, which is set to be released by Warner Bros. on March 9th, 2009, leaving open the possibility that the dispute between the studios could be tried on Jan. 20th, 2009.
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that US District Court Judge Gary Feess has told lawyers for both Fox and Warner Bros. that a series of contracts from a decade ago between Fox and “Watchmen” producer Larry Gordon are too open to interpretation thanks to their language, and thus he cannot give a pre-trial judgment for either party, as both sides have [...]