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Fox, Ridley Scott Set Scribe Kieran Fitzgerald For Pic Inspired By BBC’s ‘The Day Britain Stopped’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday February 26, 2013 @ 10:46am PSTTags: 20th Century Fox, Big Deals Film, Kieran Fitzgerald, Ridley Scott, The Day Britain Stopped
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Fox is wrapping up a deal for Kieran Fitzgerald to write the script for a reality-based disaster movie loosely inspired by the BBC faux-documentary The Day Britain Stopped. It will be developed as a potential directing vehicle for Ridley Scott.

Film Rites’ Steve Zaillian & Garrett Basch are producing with Scott Free’s Scott, Michael Schaefer, and Elishia Holmes. Kira Goldberg is overseeing for the studio. Fitzgerald is currently adapting The Tiger for Plan B and Focus. He garnered attention for his script Bambi, based on the life of former CIA agent Luis Posada. He’s repped by CAA. READ MORE »

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OSCARS: Winners By Studio

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday February 24, 2013 @ 10:51pm PSTTags: 20th Century Fox, Oscars

WINNERS BY STUDIO

20th Century Fox Oscars 201320th Century Fox 4
Sony 3
Universal 3
Warner Bros 3
Weinstein Co 3
Disney 2
DreamWorks 2
MGM 2
Sony Pictures Classics 2
Focus Features 1

Related: Nikki Finke’s Oscar Live-Snark

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UPDATE: Rhythm & Hues Gets $5M To Finish Legendary’s ‘Seventh Son’

By JEN YAMATO | Thursday February 21, 2013 @ 11:00am PSTTags: 20th Century Fox, Life of Pi, Rhythm & Hues, Universal Pictures

Dominic Patten contributed to this report

Rhythm & Hues Bankruptcy4TH UPDATE, THURSDAY 11:00 AM The court has given Legendary the go-ahead to infuse Rhythm & Hues with another $4.9M to finish Seventh Son. Law firm Venable LLP repped the studio, which sought the court’s approval to pump additional payments into the ailing effects house after receiving only 25% of their commissioned 225 VFX shots last December.

3RD UPDATE, WEDNESDAY AM: Legendary Pictures has officially filed a motion to be allowed to give Rhythm & Hues an additional $4,961,751 to complete VFX work on their October release Seventh Son, according to a change order filed yesterday (read it here).

2ND UPDATE, FRIDAY PM: In a preliminary ruling, Judge Neil Bason has approved $11 million of the loan. A first disbursement of $6 million is expected immediately, with $5 million to follow on February 19. On March 12, Bason will offer final judgement on the loan and, pending no legal hurdles or objections, allow the remaining $5.5 million to be given to Rhythm & Hues.

UPDATE, 12:40 PM: Legendary Pictures has asked the court if it can write a check to Rhythm & Hues outside the DIP loan being offered by Universal and Fox. The production company said if the “change order” is not approved it could mean a $9 million hit, and that even though it’s already paid for the work it’s willing to “pay twice” to get its movie finished. That could be a reference to Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim, which already has set a July 12 release date via Warner Bros. (UPDATE: Nope. Legendary lawyers say it’s the Jeff Bridges-starrer Seventh Son, which has an October 18 release date via Warner Bros. A hearing date has been set for February 21.) Read More »

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Berlin: Studio-Produced Local-Language Comedies Tickle Germany’s Funny Bone; Fox Eyes Remake Of ‘The Break-Up Man’

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Thursday February 14, 2013 @ 3:21am PSTTags: 20th Century Fox, Berlin Film Festival, Warner Bros Pictures

The Berlin Film Festival may be heavy on art-house fare this year, but over at the multiplex, two German-language comedies are burning up the box office. And, they’re both produced by the local arms of a pair of … Read More »

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Bryan Singer Eyes Peter Dinklage For ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday February 13, 2013 @ 6:50pm PSTTags: 20th Century Fox, Big Deals Film, Bryan Singer, Peter Dinklage, X-Men: Days Of Future Past
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: For X-Men: Days Of Future Past, director Bryan Singer has assembled a collision of his original X-Men cast with returnees from X-Men First Class, but here’s an intriguing development: I hear he’s bringing in Game Of Thrones star … Read More »

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OSCARS: Film Student Takes On Studios In David Vs. Goliath Battle For Gold

By PETE HAMMOND | Wednesday February 13, 2013 @ 10:02am PSTTags: 20th Century Fox, Disney, Head Over Heels, Maggie Simpson In The Longest Daycare, Oscars, Paperman
Pete Hammond

In a fascinating and uber-competitive year for the Oscars, the Best Animated Short Film category may offer one of the most interesting races of them all. It’s a real David vs Goliath matchup in an area that often doesn’t get much attention. But because two of the five nominees are major studio products, and  one is the only student film to nab a nomination this year, it has become a pitched battle for attention. For the first time, the entire Academy has been sent DVD screeners of the short film nominees, so instead of just having a small number of voters show up at appointed screenings, the competition is taking on added importance — and intrigue.

Walt Disney Animation Studio’s Paperman may be the odds-on favorite to win. It’s a superb 7-minute romantic ‘toon shot in black and white. Originally it played widely in theatres in front of Disney‘s Animated Feature nominee Wreck-It Ralph. In the last two weeks, though, it became the first animated short in Disney history to be made available to online audiences, at least at no cost. Since debuting on the web January 30th, has been viewed more than 12 million times. This includes viewings on Deadline, where it was widely seen. The romantic short even reportedly inspired its own director John Kahrs to get married after he finished postproduction.

Another major, 20th Century Fox, also has a dog in this hunt, and its name of course is Simpson. The incredibly successful TV series has gone back to its original roots — it started as a series of shorts in 1987. The hilariously inventive Maggie Simpson In ‘The Longest Daycare’ is a nominee from director David Silverman, and it has also generated much buzz and support from the studio, which would love to see the multi-Emmy-winning series finally bag an Oscar too. As voting began last week, Fox gave the short another high-profile push as only a major studio can, adding ‘Longest Daycare’ to theatres showing its Best Picture contender Life Of Pi. It is also appearing in newspaper ads touting that high-profile film, which certainly helps bring it added attention during this critical period.

Related: Annie Awards: ‘Wreck-It-Ralph’ Wins 5 Including Feature; ‘Paperman’ Best Short

Other nominees such as the two-minute Pez film Fresh Guacamole and the 16-minute Adam And Dog (also recently played in its entirety on Deadline) are more low key in their campaigns and don’t have this kind of big-time backing.

And then there is the one and only student film to make Oscar’s cut, the lilting and sophisticated stop-motion entry Head Over Heels. The graduate film from 26-year-old Tuscon native Timothy Reckart (see it in its entirely below) examines a marriage from a very unique perspective. The wife lives on the ceiling and the husband on the floor, creating a communications nightmare and a union gone haywire. Harvard grad Reckart originally wanted to make live-action films but found everyone at the university was too busy to help, so he stumbled into creating stop-motion ‘toons as a way to make a film by himself.  After graduation, he entered the prestigious National Film And Television School where Oscar winner Nick Park (Aardman Animation) first created his Wallace & Gromit characters 30 years earlier as a student. Reckart spent 15 months writing and directing Head Over Heels with a team of more than 40, including his co-nominated producer Fodhia Cronin O’Reilly. Read More »

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‘Mr. Peabody & Sherman’ Release Date Moved To March 7, 2014

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday February 5, 2013 @ 5:20pm PSTTags: 20th Century Fox, Me And My Shadow

The release date for Mr. Peabody & Sherman has been pushed to March, 7, 2014 from its original date of November 1, 2013.  DreamWorks Animation announced late today that it had decided to change the date at the … Read More »

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Bruce Willis Unveils ‘Die Hard’ Mural On Fox Lot

By JEN YAMATO | Friday February 1, 2013 @ 1:58pm PSTTags: 20th Century Fox, A Good Day To Die Hard, Bruce Willis

Bruce Willis was on hand last night at 20th Century Fox studios to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his blockbuster franchise with a new mural on the backlot. From certain angles the mural McClane looks more like a young Mel Gibson, but filmmakers and execs (including Twilight … Read More »

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EXCLUSIVE: No More ‘Star Wars’ 3D Prequel Releases; Lucasfilm Passes To Focus On New Trilogy

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Monday January 28, 2013 @ 12:25pm PSTTags: 20th Century Fox, Big Deals Film, Lucasfilm, Star Wars

EXCLUSIVE: I learned of this decision just now from Lucasfilm‘s promotional partners who are telling me the studio now owned by Disney wants to focus only on “rebooting the franchise” with three new … Read More »

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‘Life Of Pi’ Exclusive Featurettes With Four Of The Multi-Oscar Nominated Film’s Contenders

By PETE HAMMOND | Wednesday January 23, 2013 @ 11:27pm PSTTags: 20th Century Fox, Academy Awards, Ang Lee, Bill Westenhofer, Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi, Mychael Danna
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Ang Lee’s Life Of Pi has turned into a success story for 20th Century Fox which had the Yann Martel book in development for several years but could never crack the supposedly “unfilmable” property until Lee got involved five years ago and figured out a way to bring to the screen this epic story of a young man and a tiger trying to survive after a disastrous shipwreck. Earlier on Wednesday the film passed the half billion dollar mark worldwide for Fox and also just passed the $100 million milestone in America alone. Nevertheless this is a strong international smash and with 11 Academy Award nominations, a remarkable feat since none were for acting, it promises to keep growing the total and has emerged as a genuine threat at the Oscars. If anything Life of Pi stands as a testament to the art and science of motion pictures, a film the director says could not have been made even five years ago. Now it has thanks to the efforts of a group of dedicated craftsmen.  Below Lee talks of the challenges as do the film’s Oscar nominees for Visual Effects, Cinematography and Music in a series of exclusive new featurettes premiering now on Deadline.

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David Fincher Eyeing Publishing Sensation ‘Gone Girl’ At Fox

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday January 22, 2013 @ 11:09am PSTTags: 20th Century Fox, Big Deals Film, David Fincher, Gone Girl
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: David Fincher is eyeing coming aboard Gone Girl, the Gillian Flynn novel that was just published by Crown and has been a bestselling phenomenon that was acquired in a 7-figure deal by 20th Century Fox to be … Read More »

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OSCARS: Nominations By Studio, Distributor

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Thursday January 10, 2013 @ 8:11am PSTTags: 20th Century Fox, Disney, Oscars, Sony Pictures

MOTION PICTURE NOMINATIONS BY STUDIOS AND DISTRIBUTORS
UPDATED Count and Annotated Count

Count
20th Century Fox (including Fox Searchlight) – 31
Sony Pictures Entertainment (including Sony Pictures Classics) – 24
Walt Disney Co (including Pixar and Marvel and DreamWorks) – 17
The Weinstein Company – 17
Universal (including Focus Features … Read More »

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Fox Makes Deal With ‘Bridesmaids’ Helmer Paul Feig To Generate R-Rated Comedies

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday January 9, 2013 @ 3:59pm PSTTags: 20th Century Fox, Big Deals Film, Emma Watts, Jim Gianopulos, Paul Feig
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: In the first overall filmmaker deal that 20th Century Fox Film has made since Jim Gianopulos became a solo act as Chairman/CEO, the studio has signed Bridesmaids helmer Paul Feig to produce and direct films under … Read More »

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20th Century Fox Boosts Domestic Marketing Unit With Exex Hires

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday January 7, 2013 @ 2:09pm PSTTags: 20th Century Fox

Joseph Epstein has been named SVP Digital Marketing Strategy for 20th Century Fox Domestic Marketing and Heather Johnson Phillips will serve as SVP Publicity. They report to EVP Marketing Debbie Miller,… Read More »

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Hot Trailer: ‘A Good Day To Die Hard’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday January 3, 2013 @ 2:57pm PSTTags: 20th Century Fox, A Good Day To Die Hard, Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney

Bruce Willis hits Moscow for the fifth installment of the Die Hard franchise, this one starring Jai Courtney as John McClane’s son, who’s become a federal agent chasing Russian bad guys. There’s clearly still an appetite for American “cowboys”: Fox‘s previous pic, 2007′s Live Free Or Die … Read More »

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Fox Acquires Sci-Fi Pitch Theory Of Everything

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday December 19, 2012 @ 11:07am PSTTags: 20th Century Fox, Big Deals Film, Dan Jinks
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: 20th Century Fox is closing a deal for Theory Of Everything, a pitch for a sci-fi action thriller that follows a disgraced scientist as he seeks to rescue his wife from a parallel dimension — a woman … Read More »

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Fox Curtails LA ‘Parental Guidance’ Events

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Saturday December 15, 2012 @ 1:46pm PSTTags: 20th Century Fox, Parental Guidance

In the wake of the school shootings in Newtown, Conn. 20th Century Fox is “cancelling the red carpet press event and the after party for the Parental Guidance premiere scheduled today in downtown Los Angeles”. But the screening that was essentially for the movie’s … Read More »

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Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps Makes 3-Year Extension At Fox; Prepping A Slew Of Films

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday December 12, 2012 @ 3:35pm PSTTags: 20th Century Fox, Big Deals Film, Shawn Levy
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: Shawn Levy‘s 21 Laps will continue to be a cornerstone presence at 20th Century Fox. Levy’s label has closed a new 3-year overall first look deal with the studio. Levy and president Dan Levine have promoted Billy Rosenberg to Senior Vice President, Dan Cohen to Vice President, Will Rack to Director of Development, and Katie Baron to Creative Executive.

“Shawn’s boundless energy, ambition and effortless creativity make him the perfect partner,” said 20th Century Fox production president Emma Watts. We are lucky he continues to call Fox his home.”

Levy has been busy. He directed the Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson comedy The Internship, which Fox releases June 7, 2013; 21 Laps produced The Spectacular Now, directed by James Ponsoldt and starring Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kyle Chandler and Brie Larson. That film premieres in competition at Sundance in January. Written by Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber (500 Days Of Summer) and produced by 21 Laps alongside Tom McNulty and Andrew Lauren. Read More »

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Fox Eyes Roman-Era German Hero ‘Arminius’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday December 7, 2012 @ 12:55pm PSTTags: 20th Century Fox
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Are the Germans getting their own version of the Scottish Braveheart? 20th Century Fox has acquired Arminius, a feature script by Frank Moll. Wolfgang Petersen and Julie Yorn are producing.

Script tells the fact-based story of Arminius, a … Read More »

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