20th Century Studios Movie Updates
Total Updates: 634
- added 20th Century Fox as a distributor of Narco Sub
- added 20th Century Fox as a distributor of The Snowy Day
- added 20th Century Fox as a distributor of The Mountain
- added 20th Century Fox as a distributor of He's F***ing Perfect
- added 20th Century Fox as a distributor of The Three Misfortunes of Geppetto
- added 20th Century Fox as a distributor of RentaGhost
- added 20th Century Fox as a distributor of Mr. Ed
- added 20th Century Fox as a distributor of The Caves of Steel
- added 20th Century Fox as a distributor of The Language of Flowers
- added 20th Century Fox as a distributor of Robopocalypse
- added 20th Century Fox as a distributor of Hell's Angels
- added 20th Century Fox (Former) as a distributor of Darkfever
- added 20th Century Fox as a distributor of Red Tails
- added 20th Century Fox (Rumored) as a distributor of The Gray Man
- added 20th Century Fox as a distributor of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- changed the status of 20th Century Fox to Former of Walter the Farting Dog
- added 20th Century Fox as a distributor of ESPN: Those Guys Have All The Fun
- added 20th Century Fox as a distributor of Mutts
- added 20th Century Fox as a distributor of Rust
- added 20th Century Fox as a distributor of Myth
- added 20th Century Fox as a distributor of King Kong
- added 20th Century Fox as a distributor of X-Men 4
- added 20th Century Fox as a distributor of X-Men: Days of Future Past
- changed the status of 20th Century Fox to Current of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
- added 20th Century Fox (In Talks) as a production company of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
- added 20th Century Fox as a distributor of Pied Piper
- added 20th Century Fox as a distributor of From Mia With Love
- added 20th Century Fox as a distributor of Won't Back Down
- added 20th Century Fox as a distributor of Go the F**k to Sleep
- added 20th Century Fox as a distributor of Glee: The 3D Concert Movie
Tue., Nov. 29, 2011
from Variety
Scott Eyes 'Narco Sub' at Fox
20th Century Fox used the holiday weekend to close a preemptive deal for David Guggenheim's action thriller spec Narco Sub.
Fri., Oct. 21, 2011
from Deadline
Fox Acquires Helen Childress Spec 'The Mountain'
20th Century Fox has preemptively acquired The Mountain, a spec script by Helen Childress that Ben Stiller will develop to direct.
Fri., Oct. 21, 2011
Comedy 'He's F***ing Perfect' Picked Up by Fox
Fox 2000 has picked up the comedy spec He's F***ing Perfect from newbie scribe Lauryn Kahn, with with Will Ferrell and Adam McKay producing via their Gary Sanchez Prods shingle.
Mon., Oct. 17, 2011
from Deadline
Fox Buys Pinocchio Prequel for Shawn Levy
20th Century Fox acquired The Three Misfortunes of Geppetto for Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps. He’s attached to direct the screenplay by Michael Vukadinovich.
Wed., Oct. 12, 2011
from Variety
Ben Stiller to star in 'RentaGhost'
Ben Stiller is taking the lead in "RentaGhost" for Fox, which has acquired the comedy from Warner Bros., where Russell Brand had been set to star.
Mon., Oct. 10, 2011
Fox 2000 Bringing 'Mr. Ed' to the Big Screen
Elizabeth Gabler’s Fox 2000 has picked up the film rights to the classic talking horse Mr. Ed for David Friendly's Friendly Films and Jim Mahoney to produce.
Sun., Sep. 25, 2011
from Deadline
Fox Sets Isaac Asimov’s 'The Caves Of Steel,'’ Henry Hobson to Direct
20th Century Fox, which tapped into Isaac Asimov’s futuristic robot science fiction for I, Robot, is now working on a live-action adaptation of Asimov’s The Caves of Steel.
Sun., Sep. 11, 2011
'The Language of Flowers' Film Rights Optioned by Fox 2000
Elizabeth Gabler’s Fox 2000 has acquired the film rights to The Language of Flowers, based on the critically acclaimed debut novel of the same name by Vanessa Diffenbaugh.
Wed., Sep. 7, 2011
from Deadline
DreamWorks, Fox To Co-Finance Steven Spielberg's 'Robopocalypse'
Steven Spielberg’s next film is so big, it needs two studios. DreamWorks and Fox are near a deal to co-finance Robopocalypse, a Drew Goddard-scripted adaptation of the Daniel H. Wilson epic novel about the human race’s attempt to survive an apocalyptic robot uprising. I’m told that Disney will release domestically and Fox ...
Sat., Aug. 20, 2011
from Deadline
Scott Boarding 'The Wild Bunch' While Revving 'Hell's Angels'
Tony Scott is getting serious about a new version of a movie classic. Scott is in talks with Warner Bros to direct a reboot of the 1969 Sam Peckinpah-directed The Wild Bunch.
Sat., Aug. 20, 2011
from Variety
DreamWorks Bags 'Darkfever' Franchise
DreamWorks, which is looking to launch its own fantasy franchise, has acquired feature film rights to all five books in Karen Marie Moning's bestselling Darkfever series.
Sat., Aug. 20, 2011
from Facebook
Facebook - Red Tails
Mon., Aug. 15, 2011
from Variety
Brad Pitt in talks to star in 'The Gray Man'
Brad Pitt is negotiating for the lead in New Regency's "The Gray Man," a script from last year's blacklist by Adam Cozad that will have Pitt playing an assassin for the first time since "Mr. and Mrs. Smith."
Tue., Aug. 9, 2011
from bleedingcool.com
Sequels To Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes: Director Rupert Wyatt’s Ideas
“There’s so much we could do… The ideas I’ve had are all sorts of things, ranging from Full Metal Jacket with apes… you could start this story again eight years from where we left off, the next generation of apes, those that have come from our protagonists, perhaps going in to a conflict with humans and showing real fe...
Fri., Aug. 5, 2011
'Hop' Director Tim Hill in Talks to Direct 'Walter the Farting Dog'
Hop director Tim Hill is in talks to direct Walter the Farting Dog for Paramount Pictures. Mary Parent has come aboard to produce with the Farrelly brothers, who had been attached to direct and produce when the project was at Fox.
Mon., Jul. 25, 2011
from Variety
Fox to Bring 'ESPN' to Bigscreen
Fox is developing a feature film adapation to ESPN: Those Guys Have All The Fun and has set the project up with Michael De Luca, Dana Brunetti and Julie Yorn.
Fri., Jul. 22, 2011
'Mutts' Comic Strip Headed to Big Screen From 20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox is prepping a big-screen version of the popular comic strip Mutts. The studio’s animation division has hired Mutts creator Patrick McDonnell and his brother Robert McDonnell to write the script for a feature-length animated film. Patrick McDonnell will executive produce.
Sat., Jul. 16, 2011
from Deadline
Fox Buys Graphic Novel 'Rust'
20th Century Fox has acquired the Royden Lepp graphic novel Rust: Visitor in the Field, and has set Aline Brosh McKenna to write the script.
Sat., Jun. 18, 2011
Fox in Talks for Big Sci-Fi Project
20th Century Fox is in early talks with writer Will Staples to pick up a sci-fi action project that could serve as high-powered reunion of Avatar director James Cameron and star Sam Worthington, with the added firepower of Transformers producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura.
Tue., Jun. 7, 2011
from Deadline
Fox Animation Takes On King Kong Story
Rise of the Planet of the Apes isn't the only case where a film division at 20th Century Fox is monkeying around with a primate picture. Fox Animation has set the team of Christian Magalhaes & Bob Snow to write a modern day twist on the King Kong story.
Fri., Jun. 3, 2011
from Variety
Fox puts superheroes on parade
"X-Men: First Class" sequels that could take place in the '70s and '80s, according to Vaughn and producer Bryan Singer (who launched the "X-Men" franchise in 2000), given that first pic is set in 1962. Vaughn has said he'd like Magneto to be behind the assassination of John F. Kennedy, for example, using his ...
Tue., May. 17, 2011
from Deadline
20th Century Fox Closes 'Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children'
20th Century Fox and Peter Chernin Enterrtainment have closed the deal for screen rights to Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children.
Tue., May. 17, 2011
Heated Auction for Movie Rights to Fantasy 'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Childr...
A spirited book auction sparked Monday evening for Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, a fantasy novel from author Ransom Riggs. APA and Heroes and Villains rep the book and author while CAA is repping the publisher. The project hit all the studios Monday with producers each carving out a “territory” to pitch�...
Fri., May. 13, 2011
from Variety
Landis Pens 'Pied Piper' for Fox
Max Landis, the young screenwriter who recently found traction in a weakened spec market with his Chronicle, will write the fantasy thriller Pied Piper for 20th Century Fox.
Fri., May. 13, 2011
from Deadline
Fox Acquires Spec From 'Abe Lincoln, Vampire Hunter' Scribe
20th Century Fox has acquired the spec From Mia With Love, a John Hughes-style comedy written by Seth Grahame-Smith, David Katzenberg, Bryan Shukoff and Kevin Chesley. Katzenberg will direct, and he and Grahame-Smith will produce under their Katsmith Productions banner.
Tue., May. 10, 2011
from Deadline
Maggie Gyllenhaal And Viola Davis Lead Walden's 'Still I Rise'
Walden Media has has set a May 23 start in Pittsburgh on Still I Rise, the working title of a drama that will star Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis. Daniel Barnz, who most recently directed Beastly, will helm the film.
Tue., May. 10, 2011
from Variety
Fox 2000 Nabs 'Go the F**k to Sleep'
Fox 2000 has acquired Go the F**k to Sleep, a humorous bedtime book for adults by Adam Mansbach.
Wed., May. 4, 2011
from Deadline
Fox Plans 3D 'Glee' Film With Original Cast
20th Century Fox TV and film divisions have partnered to produce GLEE LIVE! 3D!, a feature film based on the Glee Live! In Concert! North American tour. The studio plans to release the film for a two-week engagement starting August 12.