The Fox moniker has been dropped from the studio’s 20th Century and Searchlight labels, which will now be branded as, simply, Searchlight Pictures and 20th Century Studios.

Searchlight Pictures. cr: Disney Studios. It was announced today that the Walt Disney Company will be dropping the ‘Fox’ in 21st Century Fox, renaming the iconic studio “20th Century Studios”.

A month ago when Fox Searchlight emails had dropped the Fox, there was a sense that the full integration of the former Rupert Murdoch-owned studio was in full effect at Disney. Well, it's official ...