Just got sent the following images a couple of days ago -- they're brand-new images from Watchmen that appeared in Empire magazine.

In related but more important news, Watchmen could be facing some heavy-duty legal trouble: Fox is suing Warner Bros. because it thinks that it owns the rights to the property. The details are pretty boring, but apparently Fox does have a leg to stand on, because a judge just denied Warner Bros.' request to throw the lawsuit out. Warner Bros. might be forced to pony up some major dough or delay the film.

The latter probably won't happen, though, so stop hyperventilating; the situation is reminiscent of a legal battle over The Dukes of Hazzard in 2005, when Warner Bros. had to give $17.5 million to the estate of producer Bob Clark in order to release the film on schedule.

Onto the images: