Title/Link: Angry fans join in the battle over ‘Watchmen’
Publication: USA Today
Date: August 27, 2008
Quotes:
On the fan reaction to the news that 20th Century Fox was seeking to enjoin Warner Bros. from releasing the ‘Watchmen‘ movie: “It’s pure rage out there,” says Rob Worley, host of Comics2Film.com and author of the graphic novel The Revenant. “Fans are mortified this movie won’t come out, and they’re threatening a studio at a level I’ve never seen before.”
On fickle fans: Relationships between studios and diehard fans, who now have a bigger voice via the Internet, have traditionally been stormy. Many fans of the Watchmen graphic novel didn’t even want a movie in the hands of a big studio. But the movie’s trailer was a hit at this year’s Comic-Con, “and now suddenly everyone is worried it’s not going to come out,” Worley says. “And now they’re not the fans of (Fox’s) X-Men that they once were.”