Watchmen (movie)

Watch out Warner Bros. It would seem that the superhero flick "Watchmen" is really owned by 20th Century Fox, according to Variety. A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Fox owns the distribution rights to the graphic novel by Alan Moore, and that extends...

The family adventure movie "Race to Witch Mountain" flew past "Watchmen" and "Last House on the Left" to win the weekend box-office derby, conjuring $25 million in ticket sales to become Walt Disney Co.'s first No. 1 premiere of the year. Extending a...

Alan Moore was right. There isn't a movie in his landmark graphic novel "Watchmen" -- at least not a really good one. What we get instead is something acceptable but pedestrian, an adaptation that is more a prisoner of its story than the master of it....

A wise old Hollywood hand taught me ages ago that the only way you can even begin to figure out a film's profit potential on its opening weekend is by knowing how much it cost to make in the first place. So, if you were trying to write a halfway...

Known as the first lady of neo-soul, Erykah Badu is likely to give a soul stirring concert. She takes the stage Friday night at the arena theatre. It's a one night only engagement. The 11th Annual Springfest, a Texas-style wine tasting, art exhibition,...

Somewhere near the middle of Watchmen, Rorschach, a super-hero jailed for murder, growls to the other inmates, "I'm not stuck in here with you.  You're stuck in here with me!"  A prison cafeteria fight breaks out, drippy carnage follows.   It was at...

SPOILER ALERT: If you don't want to know anything about "Watchmen" before you go see it next March, don't read this post. I saw about 20 minutes of footage from the "unfilmable" film on Wednesday and I'm very happy to report that Zack Snyder has a...

The iconic image from " Watchmen," Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' ground-breaking graphic novel, is a yellow button sporting the familiar happy-face design. Next to the cheerful smile, though, you'll find a foreboding splatter of blood. That good-news-...

A federal judge has ruled that 20th Century Fox owns a copyright interest in " Watchmen," potentially jeopardizing the superhero movie's March release. U.S. District Judge Gary Feess of Los Angeles disclosed the decision in a written order Wednesday, The...

Reporting from Vancouver -- The fiery prison riot scene was over and, mopping the sweat from his brow, actor Jackie Earle Haley was heading back to his trailer in seach of some lunch. It was a crisp fall day in 2007 on the set of " Watchmen," the most...

Hollywood, Back to the Future: Top filmmakers have already dipped into the sci-fi vault for 21st century remakes of "The War of the Worlds," "The Planet of the Apes" and the upcoming "The Day the Earth Stood Still," so what's next on the revival list?...

Nicolas Cage -- with a timely assist from college hoops -- powered sci-fi action picture "Knowing" to the top of the weekend box office with an estimated $24.8-million haul. The gross receipts were more than one-third better than those of its closest...