Warner Brothers and Fox Trying to Settle Their ‘Watchmen’ Dispute - NYTimes.com

Warner Brothers and Fox Trying to Settle Their ‘Watchmen’ Dispute - NYTimes.com: "Warner Brothers and 20th Century Fox are moving toward a settlement of their bitter legal battle over rights to the superhero film “Watchmen,” lawyers for both sides said at a hearing here on Friday morning.

The film has already been shot, at a cost of about $130 million, and Warner Brothers, which made the movie in partnership with Legendary Pictures and Paramount Pictures, is planning to release it on March 6. But even before shooting began, Fox stepped forward, saying it actually owned the rights to the dark, highly regarded graphic novel on which the film was based."