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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 4435809" data-attributes="member: 32740">Quite.  In what little I've read about the case it's been said nonetheless that this was rather expected, that Warner went ahead with production BECAUSE they knew it might come down to this and they wanted the movie in the can.  It also said that just because a judge found legal standing to hold up their claims doesn't actually mean that they have any hope of the final rulings coming down on their side. In all I got the impression that this is just rote legal wrangling.  Fox doesn't REALLY think they've been screwed over by Warner, it's just that they can CLAIM it.  Fox and Warner, IIUC, are not the only studios to have worked on trying to get Watchmen produced - Warner just managed to actually do it where everyone else failed.  When a project like this has been getting passed around since the last ice age this kind of obnoxiousness is expected and is probably little more than make-work for the studio lawyers.  They might get money out of it, but I'm not sure they have any hope of actually delaying release.  It's not like Warner STOLE the project from them in the dark of the night.  Fox tried and failed to get it made - that's how it GOT to Warner.</blockquote>