20th Century Studios(formerly 20th Century Fox, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation or informally referred to as Fox) is one of the six major American film studios. 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. However, this studio, along with 21st Century Fox-related assets (including 20th Century Fox Animation, Blue Sky Studios and FX Networks), was soon to be acquired by Fox Corporation.
Disney owns 20th Century Studios's most popular film franchises include Star Wars, Ice Age, Rio, X-Men, Die Hard, Predator, Planet of the Apes, Home Alone, and Alien.
History[]
The company was founded on May 31, 1935, as the result of the merger of Fox Film Corporation, founded by William Fox in 1915, and Twentieth Century Pictures, founded in 1933 by Darryl F. Zanuck, Joseph Schenck, Raymond Griffith and William Goetz. Schenck and Fox management agreed to a merger; Spyros Skouras, then manager of the Fox-West Coast theaters, helped in the merger (and later became president of the new company). Although it was still much smaller than Fox, Twentieth Century was the senior partner in the merger.
At first, it was expected that the new company would be called "Fox-Twentieth Century". However, 20th Century brought more to the bargaining table besides Schenck and Zanuck, as it was profitable and had more talent than Fox. Schenck became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, while Kent remained as President. Zanuck became Vice President in Charge of Production, replacing Fox's longtime production chief Winfield Sheehan.
In 2019, The Walt Disney Company has reached to acquires 21st Century Fox's assets along with Disney renaming 20th Century Fox to 20th Century Studios, to avoid the confusion between Fox Corpartion brand.