{{Short description|American web series and web films production and distribution company}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox company | name = 20th Digital Studio | logo = 200px|class=skin-invert | logo_size = 200px | former_name = Fox Digital Studio {{small|(2008–2014)}}<br />Zero Day Fox {{small|(2014–2020)}} | type = Division | industry = Digital Media | genre = Web Films<br />Web series | founded = {{start date and age|2008}} | defunct = {{End date and age|2023|4|26}} | fate = Closed | successors = 20th Century Studios<br>20th Television<br>Searchlight Pictures<br>WorthenBrooks | location = Century City, California, United States | area_served = Worldwide | num_employees = 450 (2017) | owner = <!-- Template:Infobox company, guidelines state: "If the company is majority-owned by a single entity and as such is a subsidiary or division, omit the owner field and use the parent field instead. Do not use the owner field to indicate top-level ownership if it differs from the direct parent." --> | parent = 20th Century Studios | website = {{URL|www.20thdigitalstudio.com}} | footnotes = <ref name="acquired">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thewaltdisneycompany.com/disney-and-21st-century-fox-announce-per-share-value-in-connection-with-71-billion-acquisition/|title=Disney and 21st Century Fox Announce per Share Value in Connection with $71 Billion Acquisition|date=March 20, 2019|work=The Walt Disney Company}}</ref> }}
'''20th Digital Studio'''<ref name="new name">[https://twitter.com/20thDigital/status/1292892384070516736 Tweet from August 10, 2020]</ref> (also known as '''20th Digital''', formerly known as '''Fox Digital Studio''' and '''Zero Day Fox''') was an American web series and web films production company of 20th Century Studios. Founded in 2008 as a digital media, it was a subsidiary of 20th Century Studios,<ref name="Netflix">{{cite web|url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2013/04/01/fox-digital-studios-netflix/|title=Fox Digital Studios Drops New Series, Short Film On Netflix|date=April 1, 2013|accessdate=August 22, 2016}}</ref> a subsidiary of Disney Entertainment (under Walt Disney Studios), which is itself a division of The Walt Disney Company. Their focus evolved to funding and producing short-form genre content by new filmmakers from the digital and film festival worlds.
20th Digital Studios produced web series such as Vin Diesel's ''The Ropes'', ''Wolfpack of Reseda'', ''Let's Big Happy'', ''Suit Up'', ''Bad Samaritans'', and ''Suit Up 2'', as well as films like ''Shotgun Wedding''. ''Suit Up'', starring Marc Evan Jackson, is the first of the studio's shows to be picked up for a second season. It was produced in partnership with DirecTV.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://foxdigitalstudio.com/ |title=Fox Digital Studio |access-date=October 24, 2019 |archive-date=October 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024001524/http://foxdigitalstudio.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
20th Digital Studio is one of the 21st Century Fox studios that was acquired by Disney on March 20, 2019.<ref name="acquired" /> The studio's current name was adopted on August 10, 2020, in order to avoid confusion with Fox Corporation. It was announced that the digital content division 20th Digital Studio was dissolved by Disney in April 2023 as part of a series of cutbacks and layoffs at the company and 20th Digital Studio's leading EVP David Worthen Brooks had been transitioned into a first-look deal with Hulu, 20th Digital's main distributor, as he became an independent producer and launched a new production company titled WorthenBrooks.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=April 26, 2023 |title=Disney Layoffs: 20th Digital Studio Folding, D23 Team Downsizing |work=Deadline Hollywood |url=https://deadline.com/2023/04/disney-layoffs-20th-digital-studio-d23-day-3-1235338152/}}</ref>
==Films== * ''Shotgun Wedding'' (2013) * ''How to Be a Man'' (2013) * ''E.T.X.R.'' (2014) * ''Parallels'' (2015) * ''Mono'' (2016) *''Grimcutty'' (2022) *''Matriarch'' (2022) * ''Clock'' (2023) * ''Jagged Mind'' (2023) * ''Appendage'' (2023) * ''The Mill'' (2023)
==Television films and series== *''The Ropes'' (2011) *''Wolfpack of Reseda'' (2012) *''Let's Big Happy'' (2012) *''Suit Up'' (2012) *''Bad Samaritans'' (2013) *''Suit Up 2'' (2014) *''Phenoms'' (2018) *''Small Shots'' (2018) *''Bite Size Halloween'' (2020)
==Shorts== *''Carved'' (2018); co-production with Harding Films *''The Hug'' (2018) *''The Rizzle'' (2018); co-production with Perception Pictures
==Logo== The original '''Fox Digital Studio''' logo was created in 2007 by UK-based motion graphics and 3D artist Robert Holtby.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.robertholtby.com/|title=Home|website=www.robertholtby.com|access-date=July 3, 2019|archive-date=October 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007200339/http://robertholtby.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> As of 2013, Holtby updated the logo to reflect the new '''Fox Digital Studio''' rebranding, as "'''Zero Day Fox'''" and to move it more in line with the other 20th Century Fox logos created by Blue Sky Studios.
A print logo for '''20th Digital Studio''' was made in line with 20th Television's logo,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Disney Television Studios Will Rebrand Its Three Iconic Studios With New Names, Logos and 'Motion End Cards', Starting This Fall|url=https://www.wdtvpress.com/waltdisneytelevision/pressrelease/disney-television-studios-will-rebrand-its-three-iconic-studios-with-new-names-logos-and-motion-end-cards-starting-this-fall/|access-date=August 21, 2020|archive-date=August 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811025859/https://www.wdtvpress.com/waltdisneytelevision/pressrelease/disney-television-studios-will-rebrand-its-three-iconic-studios-with-new-names-logos-and-motion-end-cards-starting-this-fall/|url-status=dead}}</ref> following Disney's removal of the "Fox" brand from the 21st Century Fox assets acquired in 2019 to avoid confusion with Fox Corporation.
On December 1, 2022, the finishing shot of 20th Digital Studio’s new logo was leaked from a promotional Instagram and Twitter post of Hulu’s ''Grimcutty''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/ClpIPBppIya/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= | title=20th Digital Studio on Instagram: "It's December 1st. Give the gift of #GRIMCUTTY, now streaming on @hulu." }}</ref> On April 11, 2023 (just 2 weeks before the closure), Holtby posted an official onscreen intro along with two alternate variations on his YouTube channel, all of which are now based on Picturemill's design and Blue Sky Studios' animation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRoq5u28Eaw|title=4K - 20th Digital Studio 2023 Logo - Day/Sunrise Variant|date=April 11, 2023 |via=YouTube |access-date=April 12, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjJOS6NS9s0|title=4K - 20th Digital Studio 2023 Logo - Day - Alternate - (unofficial variant)|date=April 12, 2023 |via=YouTube |access-date=April 13, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjbni35H4Ao|title=4K - 20th Digital Studio 2023 Logo - Night/Dark Variant|date=April 11, 2023 |via=YouTube |access-date=April 12, 2023}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Official website|www.20thdigitalstudio.com}}
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