20th Digital Studio[2] (also known as 20th Digital, formerly known as Fox Digital Studio and Zero Day Fox) was an American web series and web films production company of 20th Century Studios. Founded in 2008 as a digital media, it was a subsidiary of 20th Century Studios,[3] a subsidiary of Disney Entertainment (under Walt Disney Studios), which is itself a division of The Walt Disney Company. Their focus evolved to funding and producing short-form genre content by new filmmakers from the digital and film festival worlds.
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| Formerly | Fox Digital Studio (2008–2020) Zero Day Fox (2008–2020) |
|---|---|
| Company type | Division |
| Industry | Digital Media |
| Genre | Web Films Web series |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Defunct | October 9, 2023 |
| Fate | Dissolved |
| Successors | Walt Disney Pictures 20th Century Studios 20th Television Searchlight Pictures WorthenBrooks |
| Headquarters | Century City, California, United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Number of employees | 450 (2017) |
| Parent | 20th Century Studios (Walt Disney Studios) (Disney Entertainment) |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references [1] | |
20th Digital Studios produced web series such as Vin Diesel's The Ropes, Wolfpack of Reseda, Let's Big Happy, Suit Up, Bad Samaritans, and Suit Up 2, as well as films like Shotgun Wedding. Suit Up, starring Marc Evan Jackson, is the first of the studio's shows to be picked up for a second season. It was produced in partnership with DirecTV.[4]
20th Digital Studio is one of the 21st Century Fox studios that was acquired by Disney on March 20, 2019.[1] The studio's current name was adopted on August 10, 2020 in order to avoid confusion with Fox Corporation. It was announced that the digital content division 20th Digital Studio was dissolved by Disney in April 2023 as part of a series of cutbacks and layoffs at the company and 20th Digital Studio's leading EVP David Worthen Brooks had been transitioned into a first-look deal with Hulu, 20th Digital's main distributor, as he became an independent producer with his new production entity titled WorthenBrooks.[5]
Films
edit- Shotgun Wedding (2013)
- How to Be a Man (2013)
- E.T.X.R. (2014)
- Parallels (2015)
- Mono (2016)
- Grimcutty (2022)
- Matriarch (2022)
- Clock (2023)
- Jagged Mind (2023)
- Appendage (2023)
- The Mill (2023)
Television films and series
edit- The Ropes (2011)
- Wolfpack of Reseda (2012)
- Let's Big Happy (2012)
- Suit Up (2012)
- Bad Samaritans (2013)
- Suit Up 2 (2014)
- Phenoms (2018)
- Small Shots (2018)
- Bite Size Halloween (2020)
Shorts
edit- Carved (2018); co-production with Harding Films
- The Hug (2018)
- The Rizzle (2018); co-production with Perception Pictures
Logo
editThe original Fox Digital Studio logo was created in 2007 by UK-based motion graphics and 3D artist Robert Holtby.[6] As of 2013, Holtby updated the logo to reflect the new Fox Digital Studio rebranding, as "Zero Day Fox" and to move it more in line with the other 20th Century Fox logos created by Blue Sky Studios.
A print logo for 20th Digital Studio was made in line with 20th Television's logo,[7] following Disney's removal of the "Fox" brand from the 21st Century Fox assets acquired in 2019 to avoid confusion with Fox Corporation.
On December 1, 2022, the finishing shot of 20th Digital Studio’s new logo was leaked from a promotional Instagram and Twitter post of Hulu’s Grimcutty.[8] On April 11, 2023 (just 2 weeks before the closure), Holtby posted an official onscreen intro along with two alternate variations on his YouTube channel, all of which are now based on Picturemill's design and Blue Sky Studios' animation.[9][10][11]
References
edit- ^ a b "Disney and 21st Century Fox Announce per Share Value in Connection with $71 Billion Acquisition". The Walt Disney Company. March 20, 2019.
- ^ Tweet from August 10, 2020
- ^ "Fox Digital Studios Drops New Series, Short Film On Netflix". 1 April 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Fox Digital Studio". Archived from the original on 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (April 26, 2023). "Disney Layoffs: 20th Digital Studio Folding, D23 Team Downsizing". Deadline Hollywood.
- ^ "Home". www.robertholtby.com. Archived from the original on 2022-10-07. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
- ^ "Disney Television Studios Will Rebrand Its Three Iconic Studios With New Names, Logos and 'Motion End Cards', Starting This Fall". Archived from the original on 2020-08-11. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
- ^ "20th Digital Studio on Instagram: "It's December 1st. Give the gift of #GRIMCUTTY, now streaming on @hulu."".
- ^ "4K - 20th Digital Studio 2023 Logo - Day/Sunrise Variant". 11 April 2023. Retrieved April 12, 2023 – via YouTube.
- ^ "4K - 20th Digital Studio 2023 Logo - Day - Alternate - (unofficial variant)". 12 April 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2023 – via YouTube.
- ^ "4K - 20th Digital Studio 2023 Logo - Night/Dark Variant". 11 April 2023. Retrieved April 12, 2023 – via YouTube.