You thought that the lawsuit over the rights to the Watchmen movie were actually about Zack Snyder's adaptation of the famous Moore/Gibbons comic? The latest moves in the story show just how wrong you are.

According to the New York Times' Michael Cieply, lawyers working on behalf of Warner Bros. are now claiming that Fox's lawyers are blocking evidence that would show that Warners is a "better" studio than the "underperforming" Fox. This is, in part, in response to a deposition from a Fox executive who claimed that his studio was both "unique" and "the best in the business."

If this is the kind of legal battle we can expect from the upcoming trial, we can only hope that - at some point in the proceedings - a Warners' attorney will feel the need to tell a Fox lawyer that he should, in fact, eat all the dicks.


(Related: Judge Gary Feess' December 24th ruling in Fox's favor is now online for you to read for yourself.)

Warner and Fox Debate: Which Is Better? [NYT]