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Tribune Says Fox Suit Is 'Without Merit' Tribune Entertainment responded to 20th Century Fox's lawsuit against the production company saying that the case is "wholly without merit." Earlier that day, Fox announced that they were filing a lawsuit against Tribune Entertainment, claiming that Tribune's new syndicated live-action series "Mutant X" is a copy of the box office hit "X-Men."
"Mutant X," a co-production of Tribune, Marvel Comics and Fireworks Entertainment, chronicles the adventures of a group of human mutants who are bound together by extraordinary genetically engineered powers. Claiming they wanted to protect their rights of "X-Men," Fox filed the lawsuit in an attempt to stop production on the "Mutant X" series. Within hours of the Fox suit being filed, Marvel initiated its own suit at Manhattan Federal Court stating that "Mutant" is totally different from "X-Men." The new TV series is based on the "X-Men" series conceived in 1963. Marvel later sold film rights to the X-Men characters to Fox.
"As the lawsuit filed by Marvel makes clear, the Fox claims are wholly without merit," reads Tribune's statement. "Marvel has assured us that live action 'X-Men' television series rights were never granted to Fox and, while we can understand Fox?s disappointment, it is troubling to see them making unwarranted claims with regard to 'Mutant X.'"
Tribune is moving forward with ?Mutant X,? which will premiere in fall 2001, with two-year commitments and double runs in 125 markets covering over 90 percent of the country. Zap2it's parent company is a division of Tribune Co. Related Shows
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