20th Century Fox

Fox Names Watts Sole President of Production

source: VFXWorld

Emma Watts has signed a three-year deal to serve as the president of production at 20th Century Fox, reports VARIETY . She will report to Fox Filmed Entertainment chairmen Tom Rothman and Jim Gianopulos. Watts joined the studio in 1998 as a creative exec, having previously worked at Def Pic...

Published Fri, Nov 13

Moses Gets New Life at 20th Century Fox

source: ScreenCrave

Twentieth Century Fox is gearing up to tackle a story of epic proportions, according to Variety. The studio has decided to take on the Biblical tale of Moses, as in “Mr. let my people go.” The writing team behind the developing project, were previously hired to create a graphic novel style Mob...

Published Mon, Oct 12

Fox Adapting EA's SPORE

source: Comics2Film

20th Century Fox has teamed up with video game publisher Electronic Arts to bring about an animated theatrical adaptation of the best-selling genre game, Spore . Variety reports the studio has tasked Chris Wedge ( Ice Age ) to direct from a screenplay by Greg Erb and Jason Oremland...

Published Fri, Oct 2

Pilots in play via extended options

source: Hollywood Reporter

The Station," Ben Stiller's comedy pilot for Fox, is staying in contention at the network as Fox and producing studio 20th Century Fox TV have extended options on the cast through year's end.

Published Thu, Oct 1

Fox studio acquires worldwide rights of Bollywood film

source: NewKerala.com

Mumbai, Aug 7 : Fox Star Studios, a joint venture of 20th Century Fox and Star, has announced that it has acquired marketing and distribution rights of Shah Rukh Khan starrer, Bollywood film, 'My Name is Khan'.

Published Thu, Aug 6

Fox joins Universal's war on Redbox DVD rental kiosks

source: Ars Technica

20th Century Fox has followed in Universal's footsteps by yanking its DVDs out of Redbox, the bargain-basement-priced DVD rental kiosks. Ars was tipped off by a reader that the studio, which has never entered into an agreement directly with Redbox, has ordered its wholesalers not to sel...

Published Thu, Aug 6

DENZEL STOPS WORKING ON 'UNSTOPPABLE': Actor withdraws from Fox film after studio dragged its feet on a start date.

source: Eurweb.com

If you snooze, you lose – at least when it comes to Denzel Washington. Just ask 20th Century Fox. The Oscar winner has formally withdrawn from the studio's film "Unstoppable" after waiting three months for the company to set a budget and a start date, reports Variety.

Published Wed, Jul 15

Paramount in talks to merge DVD ops

source: United Press International

LOS ANGELES, July 1 (UPI) -- U.S. film studio Paramount Pictures is talking with Sony Pictures and 20th Century Fox about merging parts of their home video businesses, sources say.

Published Wed, Jul 1