{"id":4251,"date":"2012-09-19T15:27:38","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T19:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/?p=4251"},"modified":"2012-12-20T17:47:02","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T22:47:02","slug":"20th-century-fox-minji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/2012\/09\/19\/20th-century-fox-minji\/","title":{"rendered":"20th Century Fox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<pre>by Minji Kim<\/pre>\n<div id=\"attachment_8326\" style=\"width: 658px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8326\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-8326\" title=\"20th_century_fox_logo\" src=\"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/files\/2012\/09\/20th_century_fox_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/files\/2012\/09\/20th_century_fox_logo.jpg 648w, https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/files\/2012\/09\/20th_century_fox_logo-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/files\/2012\/09\/20th_century_fox_logo-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8326\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">20th Century Fox Logo courtesy of Google images<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TszyqBjjidQ?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A Brief History<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>20<sup>th<\/sup> Century Fox (Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation), one of the major Hollywood film studios, was created in 1935 by the merger of Fox Film Corporation and Twentieth Century Pictures. In 1985, the company was sold to Rupert Murdoch who was the owner of News Corporation, and became a subsidiary of News Corporation. Since then, 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century Fox has produced numerous beloved films such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0049408\/\">Kind and I<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0059742\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">The Sound of Music<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0076759\/\">Star Wars<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0099785\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2\"> Home alone<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0120338\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3\">Titanic<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0120903\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_5\">X-men<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0499549\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2\">Avatar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more\u00a0information about 20th Century Fox&#8217;s history\u00a0Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fox.co.uk\/about\">here<\/a>.[1]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Major Competitors<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.warnerbros.com\/\">Warner Bros.<\/a>, owned by Time Warner<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.paramount.com\/\">Paramount Pictures<\/a>, owned by Viacom<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.universalstudios.com\/\">Universal Studios<\/a>, owned by NBC Universal<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/movies.disney.com\/\">Walt Disney Pictures<\/a>, owned by Walt Disney Studios<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonypictures.com\/\">Columbia \u00a0Pictures<\/a>, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Recent News<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>September<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>September 14, 2012<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8366\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/files\/2012\/09\/tomrothman_a.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8366\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-8366\" title=\"tomrothman_a\" src=\"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/files\/2012\/09\/tomrothman_a-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8366\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Rothman, a Chairman and CEO of 20th Century Fox Film Studo<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to The Hollywooed Reporter,\u00a0Tom Rothman, who worked\u00a0in the 20th Century Fox for 18 years\u00a0would resign\u00a0as a Chairman and CEO of\u00a020th Century Fox Film Studio on January, 2013. This would affect\u00a0the structure of 20th Century Fox system to reorganize studio operations. Due to this change, Jim Gianopulous, a co-chairman, would run the film sutdio.(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>For the full article click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/tom-rothman-leaving-20th-century-370515\">here<\/a>.[2]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>October<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>October 04, 2012<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8341\" style=\"width: 205px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/files\/2012\/09\/peter_leeb_a_p.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8341\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-8341\" title=\"peter_leeb_a_p\" src=\"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/files\/2012\/09\/peter_leeb_a_p.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Peter Leeb&quot;\" width=\"195\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/files\/2012\/09\/peter_leeb_a_p.jpg 349w, https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/files\/2012\/09\/peter_leeb_a_p-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Leeb, Marketing Director of 20th Century Fox<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to The Hollywood Reporter, 20th Century Fox reorganized conumer product team to be a global brand in all divisions of film and TV company.\u00a0To\u00a0develop and promote\u00a0a new and better image of a global brand, 20th Century Fox hired new\u00a0people who were industry experts in global strategy. Espcially, Peter Leeb, who worked for advertising for Fortune over 500 brands such as Ford and Gatorade, will manage\u00a0shows like Family guy and\u00a0Modern Family.(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>For the full article click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/fox-lora-cohn-teri-vanlandingham-peter-leeb%20376249\">here<\/a>.[3]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>November<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>November 8, 2012<\/p>\n<p>According to New York Times, Universal Pictures, 20th Century Fox and two units of Sony Pictures Entertainment agreed that producers could\u00a0place a &#8220;p.g.a&#8221; after their names on the film. This means that producers have more credits in the film.\u00a0However, Warner Brothers, Walt Disney Studios and\u00a0Paramount pictures declined to this &#8220;p.g.a.&#8221;(<a href=\"www.newyorktimes.com\">New York Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>For the full article click <a href=\"http:\/\/mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/11\/08\/three-studios-agree-to-plan-to-certify-who-deserves-to-be-a-producer\/\">here<\/a>.[4]<\/p>\n<p>November 19, 2012<\/p>\n<p>According to LA Times, 20th Century Fox\u00a0will screen \u2018Life of Pi\u2019 which is based on Yann&#8217; Martel&#8217;s bestseller novel on big screen against the all odds. It would be a huge gamble to 20th Century Fox, because &#8216;Life of Pi&#8217; is even not based on comic book and major studios pefer to make films like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0418279\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3\">Transformers <\/a>or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0076759\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_4\">Star Wars<\/a>\u00a0which seems profitable. However, 20th Century Fox worked with Ang lee, Oscar award-winning director to produce &#8216;Life of Pi&#8217; as a\u00a03D.\u00a0\u2018Life of Pi\u2019\u00a0is mainly about\u00a0a boy\u2019s spiritual journey on a lifeboat with a tiger. (<a href=\"www.latimes.com\">LA Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&lt;Trailer of &#8216;Life of Pi&#8217;&gt;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/widget.newsinc.com\/single.html?WID=1&amp;VID=23760379&amp;freewheel=69016&amp;sitesection=selatimes&amp;w=600&amp;h=400\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For the full article click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/envelope\/cotown\/la-et-ct-life-of-pi-tough-sell-20121119,0,5088507.story\">here<\/a>.[5]<\/p>\n<p>November 30, 2012<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/2012\/12\/02\/arts\/02KEHR1_SPAN\/02SUBKEHR1-articleLarge.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" border=\"0\" \/>According to NewYork Times, 20th Centuy Fox showed over 100 Cinema Archives series of the successful films of older films for the on-demand of DVD-R\u00a0editions\u00a0of older films as other studios did. In addition, the company will introduce &#8216;The Power and the Glory(1933)&#8217;, &#8216;I Can Get It For You Wholesale(1951)&#8217;,&#8217;Gallant Lady(1933)&#8217;\u00a0and so on.(<a href=\"www.newyorktimes.com\">NewYork Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>For the full article click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/12\/02\/movies\/homevideo\/the-cinema-archives-series-from-20th-century-fox.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=0\">here<\/a>.[6]<\/p>\n<p><strong>December<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>December 6, 2012<\/p>\n<p>According to The Hollywood Reporter, 20th Century Fox&#8217;s 3D movie,&#8217;Life of Pi,&#8217; got\u00a0off\u00a0a good start in Asia regardless of success. Especially, &#8216;Life of Pi&#8217; has already earned\u00a0about $53\u00a0million in China. About\u00a0a month ago, many people doubted about the success of &#8216;Life of Pi.&#8217; However, the movies became beloved worldwidely and earned about\u00a0$133 million. Moreover, &#8216;Life of Pi&#8217; started off as a No.1 in Spain. It is expected to increase more audience that many other markets will open in next week.(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>For the full article click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/box-office-report-life-pi-398956\">here<\/a>.[7]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[1] Fox history <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fox.co.uk\/about\">http:\/\/www.fox.co.uk\/about<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[2]\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/tom-rothman-leaving-20th-century-370515\">http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/tom-rothman-leaving-20th-century-370515<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[3] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/fox-lora-cohn-teri-vanlandingham-peter-leeb%20376249\">http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/fox-lora-cohn-teri-vanlandingham-peter-leeb%20376249<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[4] <a href=\"http:\/\/mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/11\/08\/three-studios-agree-to-plan-to-certify-who-deserves-to-be-a-producer\/\">http:\/\/mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/11\/08\/three-studios-agree-to-plan-to-certify-who-deserves-to-be-a-producer\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[5] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/envelope\/cotown\/la-et-ct-life-of-pi-tough-sell-20121119,0,5088507.story\">http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/envelope\/cotown\/la-et-ct-life-of-pi-tough-sell-20121119,0,5088507.story<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[6] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/12\/02\/movies\/homevideo\/the-cinema-archives-series-from-20th-century-fox.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=0\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/12\/02\/movies\/homevideo\/the-cinema-archives-series-from-20th-century-fox.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[7] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/box-office-report-life-pi-398956\">http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/box-office-report-life-pi-398956<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[28,153],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4251"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4251"}],"version-history":[{"count":57,"href":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4253,"href":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4251\/revisions\/4253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}