So the judge that's presiding over the legal battle for the rights to the distribution of Watchmen ruled in favor of Fox. According to the judge Warner Bros. had no right to get the ball rolling on Zack Snyder's adaptation of Watchmen.
A trial had been set for January 20th, which presumably would have been enough time for Warner Bros. and Fox to reach a settlement. That is what the judge had seemingly wanted to happen all along. But according to EW.com, both sides had pressed the judge to reconsider and issue a summary judgment to help both parties interpret the old Watchmen contract between Fox and producer Larry Gordon.
In the ruling, the judge concluded that Gordon never properly gave Fox the option to produce and distribute Snyder's version of Watchmen, and that Warner Bros. did not buy out Fox's interest in the project.
The article presents a lot of options about what will happen next and about what else the judge put in his ruling. I think the most important thing is that Snyder's film gets released on time in March for all the fans that have been anxiously awaiting its release, myself included.
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