20th Century Fox



Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (also spelt 20th Century Fox or just simply Fox) is the major film company that distributes The Chronicles of Narnia movies since 2010.

The studio is one of the six major American film studios. Located in the Century City area of Los Angeles, just west of Beverly Hills, the studio is a subsidiary of News Corporation, the media conglomerate owned by Rupert Murdoch.

The company was founded on December 28, 1934, as the result of a merger of two entities, Fox Film Corporation founded by William Fox in 1915, and Twentieth Century Pictures, begun in 1933 by Darryl F. Zanuck and company.

Popular franchises under the Fox umbrella include the Star Wars, Home Alone, Die Hard, Ice Age, Revenge of the Nerds, X-Men, Alien, Predator and X-Files franchises.

Scrat, of Ice Age fame, is considered as the mascot for 20th Century Fox.

In association with Walden Media, 20th Century Fox distributed The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, which is scheduled for release on December 10, 2010.

Trivia

 * The new 20th Century Fox logo was animated by Blue Sky Studios, creator of the Ice Age movies.