Fox Atomic#ox Atomic Comics
{{short description|American film production and distribution label}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Fox Atomic
| fate = Shut down
| logo = Fox Atomic logo.png
| type = Label
| foundation = {{Start date and age|2006}}
| defunct = {{End date and age|2009}}
| successors = Library:
20th Century Studios
Searchlight Pictures
| owner =
| parent = 20th Century Fox
| divisions = Fox Atomic Digital
Fox Atomic Comics
| industry = Entertainment
| products = Motion pictures
}}
Fox Atomic was a short-lived production and distribution label of film studios 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight Pictures created in 2006 to generate comedy and genre films.{{cite web|last=Fleming |first=Michael |url=https://variety.com/2009/biz/markets-festivals/fox-folding-atomic-label-1118002584/ |title=Fox folding Atomic label - Entertainment News, Film News, Media |publisher=Variety |date=2009-04-19 |access-date=2012-08-02}}
In 2008, following overall disappointing results, Fox Atomic scaled back its production operations and shut down all marketing divisions.{{cite web|last=Finke |first=Nikki |url=http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/fox-atomics-marketing-operations-fold/ |title=Fox Atomic's Marketing Operations Fold - Deadline.com |publisher=Deadlinehollywooddaily.com |date=2008-01-11 |access-date=2012-08-02}} In 2009, the label was shut down, with films in development transferred to other Fox labels.
All of the Fox Atomic film library are now owned by The Walt Disney Company via Walt Disney Studios, following Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox on March 20, 2019.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
History
In late 2006, Fox Atomic was started up as a label of 20th Century Fox{{Cite news |last=Walsh |first=Mark |date=July 20, 2006 |title=Fox Atomic Unveils Broadband Site |language=en |work=Online Media Daily |publisher=Media Post |url=https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/45787/fox-atomic-unveils-broadband-site.html |access-date=April 1, 2022}} under Fox Searchlight head Peter Rice and COO John Hegeman{{Cite news |last1=Kilday |first1=Gregg |last2=Fernandez |first2=Jay A. |date=April 20, 2009 |title=Fox shutting down youth-focused film unit |work=The Hollywood Reporter |agency=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-fox-idUSTRE53K0HE20090421 |access-date=April 1, 2022}} as a sibling production division under Fox Filmed Entertainment. In early 2008, Atomic's marketing unit was transferred to Fox Searchlight and 20th Century Fox, when Hegeman moved to New Regency Productions. Debbie Liebling became president. After two middling successes and falling short with other films, the unit was shut down in April 2009. The remaining films under the Atomic label in production and post-productions were transferred to 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight with Liebling overseeing them.
Films
| class="wikitable sortable" | |
| Title
! Release Date | |
|---|---|
| Turistas | December 1, 2006 |
| The Hills Have Eyes 2 | March 23, 2007 |
| 28 Weeks Later | May 11, 2007 |
| The Comebacks | October 19, 2007 |
| The Rocker | August 20, 2008 |
| Miss March | March 6, 2009 |
| 12 Rounds | March 27, 2009 |
=Films in production at shutting down and transferred to other Fox units=
- I Love You, Beth Cooper (July 10, 2009); 20th Century Fox release
- Post Grad (August 21, 2009); 20th Century Fox release
- Jennifer's Body (September 18, 2009); 20th Century Fox release
=Canceled projects=
In 2006, it was announced that Fox Atomic was going to make one of their launching movies a remake of the 1984 film Revenge of the Nerds. After two weeks of filming, an executive at Fox Atomic viewed the film's dailies and made the decision to stop production of the film.{{cite news |url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/11/23/revenge_of_the_nerds_remake_canceled |title=Revenge Of The Nerds Remake Canceled |work= World Entertainment News Network |date=2006-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071104010031/http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/11/23/revenge_of_the_nerds_remake_canceled/|archive-date=2007-11-04 }}{{cite news|last1=LaPorte|first1=Nicole|title=Atomic blast to 'Nerds'|url=https://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/atomic-blast-to-nerds-1117954365/|access-date=2015-08-15|work=Variety|date=2006-11-21}} The film's cancellation was also due to potential filming location Emory University refusing to lend its campus to the production.{{cite news |url=https://www.tmz.com/2006/11/21/exclusive-nerds-radioactive-waste-at-fox-atomic/ |title=Fox Atomic Kills "Nerds" Remake |work=TMZ |date=2006-11-21 }}
Fox Atomic Comics
Fox Atomic Comics was formed in late 2006 as the graphic novel publishing arm of Fox Atomic. In partnership with publisher (and corporate sibling) HarperCollins, Fox Atomic Comics produced and distributed graphic novels tied to Fox Atomic theatrical releases as well as original content. It closed, along with Fox Atomic, in 2009.
The editor-in-chief of Fox Atomic Comics was R. Eric Lieb.
All of the Fox Atomic Comics library are now owned by The Walt Disney Company, following Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox on March 20, 2019.
=Graphic novels=
References
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{{21st Century Fox}}
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Category:Mass media companies established in 2006
Category:Companies disestablished in 2009