Disney Renames Fox Studios!

[Gaastra]

https://collider.com/disney-kills-fo...ight-pictures/

Studio around from hollywoods golden age starting un 1914 is has been renamed. Disney has removed fox from the studios.

Rip fox studios name. They did keep 20th century in the new title however. Fox searchlight is now searchlight pictures. Fox is now 20th century studios.

[Gaastra]

[Mr.B]

Cool.

Anyway nothing lasts forever tbh.

[Midvillian1322]

So happy they are keeping it open. Disney can push more adult oriented stuff over there.

[mburns]

Dumb Collider article fails to explain Disney got rid of the Fox to avoid confusion with the Fox entities that still exist which are not part of Disney (Fox network, Fox News etc.). its like Time Warner Inc. and Time Warner Cable (now Spectrum) where so many people didn't realize the two were completely separate companies.

[mr_crisp]

Cool.

Anyway nothing lasts forever tbh.

Disney will.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

They should have really named it this since they own the cable networks now ...


"20th Century F/X"

Put a little slash there to keep the traditional name in a way but people can still pronounce it 20th Century Fox .

[Midvillian1322]

Well all the people who were upset About losing searchlight can be happy
Not going anywhere and hopefuly Disney stays hands off.

The trailer for the fox movie Free Guy also makes me think Disney isnt as uptight as people make then out to be. They let Free Guy open with From the studio that brought you... and then names all the Live action Disney remakes. Curious to see how far they let Deadpool 3 go. And since it's being made at Marvel Studios if they will brand it a such or because its R make it a "Associated with Marvel" and put it under Foxs brand.

[Arfguy]

Yeah following a basic branding idea is so pathetic

Personally, I don't care about branding. Most people don't know the difference between Marvel Studios and when people see "In Association with Marvel". Most people don't know the difference between DC and Marvel. Most people I talk to don't know the difference between studios like Warner Brothers, Universal, Paramount or Disney.

Unless there were potential lawsuits if Disney proceeds with the 20th Century Fox name, I see the move as very shortsighted. I recently watched a SJU video on YouTube where Dan Murrell covers the reason why it was called 20th Century Fox and it is sad what little integrity Disney has left.

As others have said, they virtually had to rename the studio as News Corp still owns Fox-branded entities. Just be happy Disney didn't completely internalize the organization and discontinue it altogether.

Probably too much to hope they'll return the 20th Century fanfare to the Star Wars films. I remember how jarring I found the opening score of The Force Awakens; the studio fanfare had always seemed like an overture to Star Wars films and the Williams score bursting out of a dead silence actually startled me.

Remember when Disney used to make original movies? Can you remember when movies like The Sixth Sense or Face/Off was movies produced by Disney owned Buenas Vista? I have absolutely no stakes in how they make movies, but I can see a studio that is all about chasing dollars and the days of them producing movies that weren't Star Wars, "live action" remakes or MCU stuff are long gone.

[GozertheGozarian]

Personally, I don't care about branding. Most people don't know the difference between Marvel Studios and when people see "In Association with Marvel". Most people don't know the difference between DC and Marvel. Most people I talk to don't know the difference between studios like Warner Brothers, Universal, Paramount or Disney.

Unless there were potential lawsuits if Disney proceeds with the 20th Century Fox name, I see the move as very shortsighted. I recently watched a SJU video on YouTube where Dan Murrell covers the reason why it was called 20th Century Fox and it is sad what little integrity Disney has left.



Remember when Disney used to make original movies? Can you remember when movies like The Sixth Sense or Face/Off was movies produced by Disney owned Buenas Vista? I have absolutely no stakes in how they make movies, but I can see a studio that is all about chasing dollars and the days of them producing movies that weren't Star Wars, "live action" remakes or MCU stuff are long gone.

Since Fox still exists, yes this would be a legal issue.

[Powerboy]

I'm surprised they didn't rename it 21st century Studios or 21st Century Fox which Fox itself had considered at one time.

[WebLurker]

https://collider.com/disney-kills-fo...ight-pictures/

Studio around from hollywoods golden age starting un 1914 is has been renamed. Disney has removed fox from the studios.

Rip fox studios name. They did keep 20th century in the new title however. Fox searchlight is now searchlight pictures. Fox is now 20th century studios.

Think the video forgot the Peanuts Movie version of the title sequence.

I'm surprised they didn't rename it 21st century Studios or 21st Century Fox which Fox itself had considered at one time.

They actually did that on a few projects. Nostalgia-wise, I will be sorry to see the title go, but it's just a name, at the end of the day.

[Digifiend]

Yeah, News Corp actually split in two in 2013. The newspaper side kept the News Corp name, and the TV/film side became 21st Century Fox. It's 21st Century Fox which Disney bought, minus certain elements they weren't allowed to buy by law, namely Fox News, Fox Sports, and the Fox Network (due to them already owning ABC and ESPN). These reverted back to News Corp and the 21st Century Fox name was abandoned, upon last year's buyout.

The famous 20th Century Fox logo predates it's existence - the original version used before 20th Century merged with Fox Films in 1935 looked like this:

[Arfguy]

I consider this a tasteless move by a company that seems to really be making a lot of garbage decisions lately.

Pathetic.

[wjowski]

Makes sense to me. You don't want to share a brand with a company you have no control over.

Esepcially Fox.