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A judge today shut down Netflix’s appeal in a long-running legal battle centered on the streamer poaching executives from Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Netflix had claimed, in part, that Fox's contracts were void because they violate California's famed seven-year rule and severely restrict employee mobility…

Marc Wooldridge, former Head of 20th Century Fox Film Distribution in Australia, is launching Sydney-based film distribution and production development firm Maslow Entertainment. Wooldridge, a 27-year Fox vet who left the studio last year, will serve as founder and managing partner of Maslow, which will focus on the…

Chris Green has been appointed UK Theatrical Managing Director for 20th Century Fox Film. The exec was promoted from his previous position as Marketing Director, a post he held for seven years. Green will be reporting to Paul Higginson, EVP EMEA, and will oversee strategic and operational responsibilities for Fox's…

T-Mobile and Twentieth Century Fox Film announced a deal today that will make available to T-Mobile customers a $4 ticket to five of the biggest movies of the year: Maze Runner: The Death Cure, Red Sparrow, Deadpool 2, Alita: Battle Angel and Dark Phoenix. The promotion starts Tuesday, January 23, with tickets to the…

Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, the studio behind the Emmy-winning stop-motion series, Robot Chicken, has secured a two year first-look deal with 20th Century Fox Film to development animated and family hybrid/live-action projects. Co-founded by Seth Green, John Harvatine IV, Matthew Senreich and Eric Towner, Stoopid Buddy…

Pia Chaozon, who spent the past three years as a marketing exec at Netflix, has joined Twentieth Century Fox Film as SVP of Worldwide Theatrical Marketing, effective immediately. The company said she will play a leading role in strategy development and execution for marketing initiatives across all Fox films on a…

20th Century Fox Film has named Jennifer Peterson EVP Global Theatrical Publicity, a newly created role in which she will lead the studio's publicity team on a global basis. Peterson will be based at the studio's Century City headquarters and report to Pam Levine, TCFF's President of Global Marketing.  "As we continue…

Industry vet Jim Fielding has been named President of Consumer Products and Innovation for Fox Television Group and Twentieth Century Fox Film. In his new role, Fielding will oversee licensing, product development and new business opportunities in the consumer retail space across both businesses and FX Networks…

Twentieth Century Fox Film Chairman/CEO Stacey Snider has named Dan Berger to be the film studio’s chief corporate spokesman. Berger, who has been Head of Corporate Communications at DreamWorks Animation, has been appointed Executive Vice President, Corporate Communications and will lead Fox Film’s global corporate…

EXCLUSIVE: Jeff Berg’s Resolution has hired new agent Brehan Fitzgerald from the ranks of 20th Century Fox’s casting division. The former VP of Fox feature casting is starting to make calls around town as she transitions into her new gig repping talent at the agency, effective today. Why make the leap from casting…

U.S. shares of China’s Bona Film Group are up 7.7% this morning after the distributor announced two deals that help to consolidate ownership: Its founder and CEO, Yu Dong, agreed to pay $71.4M for the 19.3% stake owned by 21st Century Fox. Separately, Bona plans to sell a 13.3% interest to a Chinese investment group, F…

Fox just announced that it was the first studio to cross the billion dollar mark at the box office this year with a total tally of $1.015B, thanks to Dawn of the Planet of the Apes pushing it past that threshold this weekend with what is expected to be a $73M to $74M three-day. The tally, according to the studio, does…