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In case you haven't noticed: There is an ongoing feud between WARNER BROS. and FOX about who owns the distribution rights for the upcoming blockbuster WATCHMEN. Without going into too much detail, the bottom line is: FOX SUCKS ELEPHANT BALLS!
Lloyd Levin, one of the producers of WATCHMEN now published 'an open letter' to give the world an insight on whats going on. Pretty interesting stuff. Here's a snippet:

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From my point of view, the flashpoint of this dispute, came in late spring of 2005. Both Fox and Warner Brothers were offered the chance to make Watchmen. They were submitted the same package, at the same time. It included a cover letter describing the project and its history, budget information, a screenplay, the graphic novel, and it made mention that a top director was involved.

And it's at this point, where the response from both parties could not have been more radically different.

The response we got from Fox was a flat "pass." That's it. An internal Fox email documents that executives there felt the script was one of the most unintelligible pieces of shit they had read in years. Conversely, Warner Brothers called us after having read the script and said they were interested in the movie- [...]