Watchmen, la battaglia è finita

1 E Alan Moore sarà li che se la ride di gusto...

» postato da Garrett alle 22:20 del 23-01-2009

2 «E Alan Moore sarà li che se la ride di gusto...» Assegno e proventi futuri credo siano già nella sua dichiarazione dei redditi. Palomino.

» postato da KVT Palomino alle 16:06 del 25-01-2009

3 Invece, com'è ben noto e come abbiamo detto già varie volte, Alan Moore non prende una lira dal film su Watchmen, essendo i diritti della serie interamente della DC Comics. S*

» postato da S* alle 17:22 del 25-01-2009

4 «Invece, com'è ben noto e come abbiamo detto già varie volte, Alan Moore non prende una lira dal film su Watchmen, essendo i diritti della serie interamente della DC Comics. S*» Se non sbaglio Moore ha una quota di royalties su Watchmen. Ma siccome non vuole avere niente a che fare con adattamenti di sue opere a nessun livello, per quelle opere su cui non ha diritto di veto rifiuta le sue quote, cedendole ai co-creatori, ad esempio.

» postato da Michele Amadesi alle 17:32 del 25-01-2009

5 Interessante. Come dire che riceve solo i diritti come autore dalla DC. O che è pagato a progetto: un tot ad opera e poi che vada bene o meno non è più un suo problema. Palomino.

» postato da KVT Palomino alle 23:10 del 25-01-2009

6 Moore non lavora piu' per la DC da anni (anche se con la linea ABC è poi nato un paradosso), e detiene i diritti di tutti i suoi lavori recenti. A titolo informativo, estratti da Wikipedia. Alan Moore e Watchmen: «Moore also told Entertainment Weekly in December 2001, "With a comic, you can take as much time as you want in absorbing that background detail, noticing little things that we might have planted there. You can also flip back a few pages relatively easily to see where a certain image connects with a line of dialogue from a few pages ago. But in a film, by the nature of the medium, you're being dragged through it at 24 frames per second." Moore's opposition to the film adaptation crystalized after the disappointing 2003 film version of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and he intends to give any resulting royalties from Watchmen to the comic's artist, Dave Gibbons. According to Moore, David Hayter's script "was as close as could imagine anyone getting to Watchmen." However, Moore added, "I shan't be going to see it. My book is a comic book. Not a movie, not a novel. A comic book. It's been made in a certain way, and designed to be read a certain way: in an armchair, nice and cozy next to a fire, with a steaming cup of coffee." In November 2006, Zack Snyder said that he hoped to speak to Moore before filming, though the writer had sworn off involvement with film or television productions after his disagreement with the V for Vendetta film adaptation. Moore signed a deal to go uncredited on the film and give his share of income from it to Gibbons, as he had done on V for Vendetta. (As a result of this, Moore and Gibbons managed to block Watchmen action figures being produced for the comics' 15th Anniversary (in 2000), as well as an anniversary hardcover. Subsequent to the latest falling-out between Moore and DC - and coincident with the series' 20th anniversary - the oversize Absolute Watchmen was released in 2005.) Subsequent to his earlier disputes with DC and his stated intention to not work for them, DC's purchase of Jim Lee's WildStorm studios found Moore working for DC by proxy. Unhappy by the situation, it has been reported that Lee and editor Scott Dunbier flew to England personally to reassure Moore that he would not be affected by the sale, and would not have to deal with DC directly: Moore's hope that DC would not interfere with his ABC work was dashed when sections of two of his comics (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen #5, cover dated June 2000, and Tomorrow Stories #8, January 2001) were altered both after and before going to press. (See ABC, above) Promethea #22 also saw slight friction, when a couple of panels were censored, but these were reinstated for the collected edition. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen film Further information: Cast of Characters vs. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen lawsuit Film adaptations of Moore's work also proved controversial. With From Hell and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Moore was content to allow the filmmakers to do whatever they wished and removed himself from the process entirely. "As long as I could distance myself by not seeing them," he said, he could profit from the films while leaving the original comics untouched, "assured no one would confuse the two. This was probably naïve on my part." His attitude changed after producer Martin Poll and screenwriter Larry Cohen filed a lawsuit against 20th Century Fox, alleging that the film The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen plagiarized an unproduced script they had written entitled Cast of Characters. Although the two scripts bear many similarities, most of them are elements that were added for the film and do not originate in Moore's comics. According to Moore, "they seemed to believe that the head of 20th Century Fox called me up and persuaded me to steal this screenplay, turning it into a comic book which they could then adapt back into a movie, to camouflage petty larceny." Moore testified in a deposition, a process so painful that he surmised he would have been better treated had he "molested and murdered a busload of retarded children after giving them heroin." Fox's settlement of the case insulted Moore, who interpreted it as an admission of guilt. V for Vendetta film The last straw came when producer Joel Silver said at a press conference for the Warner Bros. film adaptation of V for Vendetta that fellow producer Larry Wachowski had talked with Moore, and that "he was very excited about what Larry had to say." Moore claims that he told Wachowski "I didn't want anything to do with films... I wasn't interested in Hollywood," and demanded that DC Comics force Warner Bros to issue a public retraction and apology for Silver's "blatant lies", even though Silver appeared to have been lied to himself by Larry Wachowski. Although Silver called Moore directly to apologize, no public retraction appeared. Moore was quoted as saying that the comic book had been "specifically about things like fascism and anarchy. Those words, 'fascism' and 'anarchy,' occur nowhere in the film. It's been turned into a Bush-era parable by people too timid to set a political satire in their own country." This conflict between Moore and DC Comics caused Moore to receive a very sympathetic article in The New York Times that was published on March 12, 2006, five days before the USA theatrical release. In the New York Times article, Silver stated that about 20 years prior to the film's release, he met with Moore and Dave Gibbons when Silver acquired the film rights to V For Vendetta and Watchmen. Silver stated, "Alan was odd, but he was enthusiastic and encouraging us to do this. I had foolishly thought that he would continue feeling that way today, not realizing that he wouldn't." Moore did not deny this meeting or Silver's characterization of Moore at that meeting, nor did Moore state that he advised Silver of his change of opinion in those approximately 20 years. The New York Times article also interviewed David Lloyd about Moore's reaction to the film's production, stating, "Mr. Lloyd, the illustrator of V for Vendetta, also found it difficult to sympathize with Mr. Moore's protests. When he and Mr. Moore sold their film rights to the comic book, Mr. Lloyd said: "We didn't do it innocently. Neither myself nor Alan thought we were signing it over to a board of trustees who would look after it like it was the Dead Sea Scrolls." Outcome As a result of Moore's disputes with DC (and then Warner Bros.), which came to a head over V for Vendetta, he declared that The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier, a hardcover comic book, will be his last work for the publisher, and future installments of LoEG will be published by Top Shelf Productions and Knockabout Comics. Moore has also stated that he wishes his name to be removed from all comic work that he does not own, including Watchmen and V for Vendetta, much as unhappy film directors often choose to be credited as "Alan Smithee."»

» postato da Michele Amadesi alle 00:11 del 26-01-2009