Tag: Searchlight Pictures
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Taylor Swift Signs Deal with Disney to Direct Debut Feature Film
Taylor Swift is currently lobbying for her short film All Too Well: The Short Film to get a nomination for the Academy Awards but she has her sights on something bigger. After writing and directing the short film, she now has her sights on making a feature film. To do this, she has signed a…
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Disney+ Gets First Nods at Academy Awards as The Walt Disney Company Earns 15 Oscar Nominations
The Walt Disney Company has earned 15 Oscar nominations with Disney+ films earning 8 nominations. Searchlight Pictures’ Nomadland led the pack with 6 of Disney’s 15 nominations. The nominations for Disney+ were the first Oscar nominations that Disney’s streaming service had received since being launched in 2019. Disney+ launched Disney and Pixar content that received…
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Disney Shakes Up Movie Release Schedule Due to COVID-19
Today Disney announced a new lineup for its upcoming movies. This comes after Disney’s Mulan and Marvel Studios’ Black Widow saw their release dates pushed back due to the coronavirus outbreak. With theaters still closed, these aren’t the only two movies in the Walt Disney Studios slate to get new release dates. In fact, just…
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Disney Drops Fox From Recently Purchased Brands
Disney has dropped the Fox name from a couple of its brands it recently purchased. According to Variety, the Fox name is being dropped from 20th Century Fox which Disney purchased last year. It will also be dropped from Fox Searchlight Pictures. The result will be that the two units will be named 20th Century…