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Disney Drops Fox Name From 20th Century, Searchlight Pictures

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Disney Drops Fox Name From 20th Century, Searchlight Pictures

By Jessilyn Lancaster, Managing Editor

Disney dropped the Fox name from 20th Century and Searchlight properties after acquiring them last year, according to multiple reports.

Disney acquired Fox 20th Century Films and Fox Searchlight Pictures last year. However, Disney does not own Fox Corp., and may have dropped “Fox” for branding purposes.

Fox Corp. continues to operate the Fox News Channel, the Fox broadcast network and other media businesses.

The 20th Century Fox film studio is now 20th Century Studios, and Fox Searchlight Pictures is Searchlight Pictures.

According to Variety:

Disney has already started the process to phase out the Fox name: Email addresses have changed for Searchlight staffers, with the fox.com address replaced with a searchlightpictures.com address. On the poster for Searchlight’s next film “Downhill,” with Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell, the credits begin with “Searchlight Pictures Presents.” The film will be the first Searchlight release to debut with the new logo. “Call of the Wild,” an upcoming family film, will be released under the 20th Century banner, sans Fox.

The move shocked many people, who called it “historic,” among other things.

Bloomberg reports that Disney is expected to continue to use the 20th Century and Searchlight brands, particularly for R-rated films like DEADPOOL that don’t fit the family-friendly Disney label.

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What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.

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