20th Century Studios

20th Century Studios (founded as 20th Century Fox) is an American film studio currently owned by Walt Disney Studios, a subsidiary of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company. It is headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distributes and markets the films produced by 20th Century Studios in theatrical markets.
For over 80 years, 20th Century was one of the major American film studios. It was formed in 1935 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation by the merger of Fox Film and Twentieth Century Pictures, and one of the original "Big Five" among eight majors of Hollywood's Golden Age. In 1985, the studio removed the hyphen in the name (becoming Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation) after being acquired by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, which was renamed 21st Century Fox in 2013 after it spun-off its publishing assets. Disney purchased most of 21st Century Fox's assets, which included 20th Century Fox, on March 20, 2019. The studio adopted its current name as a trade name on January 17, 2020, in order to avoid confusion with Fox Corporation, and subsequently started to use it for the copyright of 20th Century and Searchlight Pictures productions on December 4.
The most well-known and commercially successful films and film series from 20th Century Studios include the first six Star Wars films, Titanic, Avatar, Ice Age, X-Men, Die Hard, Alien, Planet of the Apes, Deadpool, Predator, Independence Day, The Sound of Music, and Home Alone.
== Trivia ==
* the 1st 20th Century Fox logo was designed by Emil Kosa, Jr., who was responsible for creating the Statue of Liberty matte shot in Planet of the Apes (1968).
** Alfred Newman's fanfare and the use of art deco architecture in the design of the logo cement this logo's reputation as one of the most iconic logos of all time.
* The 2nd logo was designed by Pacific Title artist Rocky Longo, who also designed the next two logos. The slanted "0" was intended to make the logo fit the new aspect ratio.
* The extended CinemaScope fanfare has appeared on the two Star Wars score albums. Many other albums also carry this fanfare (albeit rearranged), and can be found on iTunes.
* In December 1977, this logo was adapted as the label design of 20th Century-Fox Records, until the label was closed down in 1982.
* The design of the 4th logo was used as the basis for the 1994 logo.
* On the 5th logo If one looks very closely, several hidden details can be found in the background, such as the Hollywood sign in the distance and the signage of fictional restaurants/stores behind the structure, including "Steve's Place" (referring to Steve Bell, former network production president of 20th Century Fox Television), "Burns' Tri-City Alarm" (a homage to Studio Productions animator Kevin Burns' late father, who owned a burglar and fire alarm company in Upstate New York), "Murdoch's" (referring to then-Fox CEO Rupert Murdoch), and "Chernin's" (referring to former News Corporation president and Chernin Entertainment owner Peter Chernin). There's also a sign reading "STUDIO PRODUCTIONS", which, of course, refers to the company that animated this logo.
* This logo's design had been used earlier for the 1992 20th Television logo.
* With this logo being redone in CGI, it ultimately became a favorite to many, both inside and outside the logo community.
* This logo made its first appearance on a trailer for Avatar, before making its official theatrical debut with said film on December 10, 2009.
* Like the previous logo, if one looks very close in the far right-hand corner before approaching the main structure, one can see the Hollywood sign (not very big, but still visible if one looks hard enough).
** One can also see an Ice Age billboard, cars in the city, and stars at the end of the logo, but there are fewer than the previous logo.
* Following the release of Avatar, Fox's movies used the 1994 logo until the movie Tooth Fairy, released on January 22, 2010.
* The "Celebrating 75 Years" variant for TCF's 75th anniversary is a contemporary throwback of--and a contemporary homage to--the 20th Century Fox CinemaScope logo, where the 20th logo faded after 10 seconds into the CinemaScope logo; the overall branding for the "Celebrating 75 Years" anniversary including the text included in the logos was created in collaboration with Struck Librarian, an agency in Salt Lake City, Utah. More information on the collaboration, including various unused designs, can be found here.
* Furthermore, on September 16, 2014, 20th Century Fox posted a compilation of the logos and its variants (including the "William Fox Presents" version of the Fox Film Corporation logo), backed by the 1998 re-recording of the 1997 fanfare (albeit with the drum roll played twice), as a promotion of the new Fox Movies website, on the studio's YouTube channel here.
* This logo also appeared on a season 3 episode of This Is Us (despite 20th Century Fox Television producing that show) as well as the Family Guy season 20 episode, "All About Alana".
* Many consider this logo as a suitable successor to the original CGI logo.
* Some consider the new logo a suitable update to the previous logo, although the name changes at first was not as well-received.
* This logo is the first alongside Paramount Pictures, to have ZiNG // Pac-Zing as a favorite from a child to present. 
== Gallery ==
Category:Logos
Category:Film studios
Category:Media
Category:20th Century Studios