20th Century Fox

20th Century Fox Film Corporation (commonly known as 20th Century Fox, 20th Century-Fox with a hyphen until 1985) is an American major film production studio headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles and is a subsidiary of New 20th Century Fox, a division of Microsoft Entertainment Group. Microsoft Movie Distribution distributes and markets the films made under the 20th Century Fox brand.
It was formed in 1935 from the merger of the Fox Film Corporation and 20th Century Pictures (while being owned by TCF Holdings) as one of the original Big Six among eight majors of Hollywood's Golden Age. In 1985, the studio was renamed as Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (without a hyphen) after being acquired by News Corporation, which was spun-off and replaced with 21st Century Fox in 2013, after spinning off its publishing assets. The acquisition of 21st Century Fox by took place on March 20, 2019, including 20th Century Fox. The studio's current name was adopted on January 17, 2020. In January 7, 2022, Disney spun off their Fox assets, with them becoming their own company, New 20th Century Fox, which Fox Corporation was folded to. As of December 4, 2020, the company has been using Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Inc. as copyright for 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight Pictures, while the company has been using 20th Century Fox Television Studios, Inc. for the copyright of 20th Century Fox Television Studios and 20th Century Fox Television Animation productions as a Microsoft subsidiary.
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