Fans are hopping mad over Fox's attempt to block the Watchmen movie from being released. Outraged at the prospect that a film they're dying to see might not get released due to a legal dispute, fans are stepping in and telling Fox what they'll do if the film does indeed get blocked.
They're taking on Fox, threatening to boycott the studio's future movies and, more alarming to studio executives, pirate films. That includes one of Fox's biggest of 2009, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, scheduled for May 1.
"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."
Fox isn't showing any signs of backing off, however.
While it's understandable that fans would react with passion, copyright infringement cannot be swept under the rug," the studio said in an e-mail.
So will Wolverine end up paying the price for Fox's move against the Watchmen? Will the non-geek general public really care enough if the film gets blocked to actually boycott a popular film like Wolverine? Only time will tell I suppose.
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