Comic-Con, National Geographic at TCA, new FX series
This week’s recap of news about 21st Century Fox and its businesses includes this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, National Geographic’s announcements at this year’s summer TCA press tour, this year’s Fox Writers Lab Fellow, a new FX series and more.
- Disney, Fox shareholders approve $71.3 billion deal (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Fox SDCC news roundup: First look at ‘Cosmos: Possible Worlds’ (Variety)
- ‘One Strange Rock’ renewed for Season 2 on National Geographic (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Nat Geo greenlights new shows from Jeff Goldblum, Gordon Ramsay (Variety)
- Fox Searchlight’s Stephen Gilula and Nancy Utley promoted to chairmen (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Primetime ratings: Fox rides Gordon Ramsay to win (Broadcasting & Cable)
- Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott named to Adweek’s 2018 Power List (Adweek)
- FX orders Bob Fosse limited series starring Sam Rockwell, Michelle Williams with Lin-Manuel Miranda producing (Variety)
- ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ inclusive reboot in the works with Joss Whedon (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Fox to bow seasons of ‘The X-Files,’ ‘The Gifted,’ ‘9-1-1’ and ‘The Resident’ on disc this fall (Media Play News)
- Fox, Steve Zaillian developing ‘The Mirage Man’ on anthrax attacker hunt (Deadline)
- Brenda Chapman & Kevin Lima team to set Fox first-look deal; first project ‘The Cartoon Touch’ (Deadline)
- Tesia Walker selected as 2018 Fox Writers Lab Fellow (Deadline)
- Fox’s ‘Rent Live!’ gets tax credits as a movie because it’s 2018, says CA agency (Deadline)
- Yara Shahidi, Ellen Pompeo, ‘Will & Grace’ co-creators and 20th Century Fox Film to be honored at 2018 GLSEN Respect Awards (People)
- Ajit Mohan: Streaming success (Livemint)
- Interview: Melody Hildebrandt, 21st Century Fox (IBC.org)
- Flipkart launches ‘Shopper Audience Network’, a new ads platform in partnership with Hotstar (Best Media Info)
Enjoy the weekend!
