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20th Century Fox logo 2009

20th Century Fox's logo starting of December 18, 2009

20th Century Studios (formally known as 20th Century Fox) is an American film production and distribution company owned by Walt Disney Studios, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. It was the parent company of Blue Sky Studios, and the distributor of Blue Sky films.

It was Located in the Century City area of Los Angeles, just west of Beverly Hills, the studio is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Studios, the media conglomerate owned by The Walt Disney Company.

The company was founded on May 31, 1935, as the result of a merger of two entities, Fox Film Corporation founded by William Fox in 1915, and Twentieth Century Pictures, begun in 1933 by Darryl F. Zanuck and company.

Scrat is sometimes considered as the mascot for 20th Century Fox.

In December 14, 2017, Disney announced plan to acquire 20th Century Fox assets for $52.4 billion.

In January 2020, Disney renamed the studio to 20th Century Studios,[1] leaving the Fox name retired.

Notable and popular movies/movie series[]

1960s[]

Cleopatra[]

Cleopatra is a 1963 film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. The film starred Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Roddy McDowall and Martin Landau. The music score was by Alex North.

Cleopatra chronicles the struggles of Cleopatra VII, the young Queen of Egypt, to resist the imperialist ambitions of Rome.

Despite being a critical and commercial failure, it was a four-time Academy Award winner. The movie turned out to be very expensive, although it was the highest grossing film of the year, 20th only recovered half of the money spent for its production. 20th Century Fox's foundings were restored with the film The Sound of Music.

The Sound of Music[]

The Sound of Music is a 1965 musical film directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews in the lead role. The film is based on the Broadway musical The Sound of Music, with songs written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, and with the musical book written by the writing team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.

The musical originated with the book The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp. It contains many popular songs, including "Edelweiss", "My Favorite Things", "Climb Ev'ry Mountain", "Do-Re-Mi", "Sixteen Going on Seventeen", and "The Lonely Goatherd", as well as the title song.

The movie version was filmed on location in Salzburg, Austria and Bavaria in Southern Germany, and also at the 20th Century Fox Studios in California. It won a total of five Academy Awards including Best Picture in 1965 and is one of the most popular musicals ever produced.

Planet of the Apes[]

A science fiction film series from the late 60s and early 70s based on the Pierre Boulle novel. The series did not have a video game until 2001, a game adaptation of the book released for PlayStation and PC. Tim Burton made a film about Planet of the Apes, released in 2001 to tie in the release of the game.

1970s[]

Star Wars[]

Star Wars is a space opera (sci-fi/romance) film series conceived by George Lucas. The first film was released in May 25, 1977, by 20th Century Fox and became a worldwide phenomenon, spawning two immediate sequels, released in 3 year intervals. Sixteen years later, a prequel trilogy was released, with the final film "Revenge of the Sith" being released in 2005. Disney bought the rights to the franchise, and they planned for the Star Wars sequel trilogy such as Episode VII: The Force Awakens, Episode VIII: The Last Jedi, and Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker.

Alien[]

"Alien" was made and released in 1979 and has become a big phenomenon, with several sequels and prequel films, many video games, and a Predator cross over side series.

1980s[]

Die Hard[]

Die Hard is a 1988 action film directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza. It is based on a 1979 novel by Roderick Thorp titled Nothing Lasts Forever, itself a sequel to the book The Detective.

It stars Bruce Willis as the NYPD officer John McClane and Alan Rickman as terrorist thief Hans Gruber.

A critical and commercial success, Die Hard propelled Willis' film career and established Rickman as a popular portrayer of villains in American film. The film also started the Die Hard series.

1990s[]

Home Alone[]

Not their most popular film, but it is considered a top franchise of 20th Century Fox. The story of how a boy has to survive burglar invasions while staying at home alone for Christmas.

Anastasia[]

Anastasia is a 1997 American animated musical historical fantasy drama film directed and produced by former Walt Disney Feature Animation directors, Don Bluth and Gary Goldman in association with Fox Animation Studios, distributed by 20th Century Fox, and starring the voices of Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Hank Azaria, Christopher Lloyd, Bernadette Peters, Kirsten Dunst and Angela Lansbury. The film is a loose adaptation of the legend of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, which claims that she, in fact, escaped the execution of her family. Its basic plot centers around an eighteen-year-old amnesiac orphan named Anya who, in hopes of finding some trace of her family, sides with con men who wish to take advantage of her likeness to the Grand Duchess; thus the film shares its plot with Fox's prior film from 1956, which, in turn, was based on the 1955 play of the same name by Marcelle Maurette.

Titanic[]

Titanic is a 1997 American romantic drama film directed, written, co-produced and co-edited by James Cameron about the sinking of the RMS Titanic. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson and Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater, two members of different social classes who fall in love aboard the ill-fated maiden voyage of the ship. The main characters and the central love story are fictional, but some characters (such as members of the ship's passengers and crew) are based on real historical figures. Gloria Stuart plays the elderly Rose, who narrates the film in a modern day framing device.

The film was originally to be released on July 2, 1997, but post-production delays pushed back the film's release to December 19, 1997. Upon release, the film turned out to be an enormous critical and commercial success, winning eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. It became the highest-grossing film of all time, with a worldwide total of over $1.8 billion (it is the sixth-highest grossing in North America once adjusted for inflation). The film was also distributed by Paramount Pictures.

2000s[]

Ice Age[]

Main article: Ice Age (franchise)

Avatar[]

One of 20th Century Fox's most popular movies known to man, Avatar is an American 3-D science fiction epic film directed by James Cameron, released on December 18, 2009 by 20th Century Fox. The film is Lightstorm Entertainment's latest project, and focuses on an epic conflict on a far-away world called Pandora, where humans and the native species of Pandora, the Na'vi, engage in war over the planet's resources and existence.

The film is first titled Project 880, and was originally to be released on May 22, 2009, but to avoid competition with Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, the post-production delays pushed back the film's release to December 18, 2009. The film was released in 2D, 3D and 4D formats, along with Dolby 3D, XpanD 3D and IMAX 3D releases in selected theaters. The film is being touted as a breakthrough in terms of filmmaking technology, for its development of 3D viewing and stereoscopic filmmaking with cameras that were specially designed for the film's production, and has already been slated for two awards.

Avatar is officially rated PG-13 for intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language and some smoking by the MPAA.

Most Recent Films[]

2010s[]

Most Recent Films[]

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Notes[]

  1. ↑ https://www.google.com/amp/s/variety.com/2020/film/news/disney-dropping-fox-20th-century-studios-1203470349/amp/

Trivia[]

  • In the trailers for Ice Age and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, the 20th Century Fox logo is tinted in blue and plunged into darkness, turning in a snow squall of the most beautiful effect.
  • En el trailer de Ice Age: The Meltdown , el clima de la imagen 20th Century Fox cambios de la nieve a la quema caliente.
  • In Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, the 20th Century Fox logo is surrounded by snow-covered mountains and snow-covered pine trees and is made in pre-historic style, and the searchlights are small, miniature volcanoes. In 2D versions, the 1994 logo is used instead.
  • El logotipo de la computadora de la 20th Century Fox hizo en 1994 fue creada por Pixar competidor de Blue Sky Studios
  • The new 20th Century Fox logo was animated by Blue Sky Studios.

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