Comments on: 20th Century Fox Closing Down Fox Atomic

By: Justin Theroux To Write ‘Space Invader’ Rom-Com - Screen Rant

Justin Theroux To Write ‘Space Invader’ Rom-Com - Screen Rant — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:33:59 +0000

[...] Davis Entertainment will produce Space Invader – a studio responsible for such comedy fare as The Heartbreak Kid, Norbit and Daddy Day Camp (yikes!) – along with Principato/Young. The project was originally set up at Fox Atomic, but moved over to the larger company when Atomic was shut down over six months ago. [...]

By: ‘The Surrogate’ Adaptation Next For Paul Verhoeven - Screen Rant

‘The Surrogate’ Adaptation Next For Paul Verhoeven - Screen Rant — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:10:41 +0000

[...] direct The Surrogate. The film was originally at Fox Atomic, but has moved over to 20th Century Fox when Atomic was shut down. Debbie Liebling, who ran Atomic, will still oversee the movie for Fox. The original draft of the [...]

By: Darren seeley

Darren seeley — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:54:03 +0000

The first of the 28 Days Later series was distributed under Fox Searchlight, lest we forget. With Weeks Later under Atomic, that means when Months Later is made and released, each film has been under a different FOX banner!

Hahaha!

The first film to go from Fox Atomic to the parent though has already happened last year, right? Death Sentence?

I agree that Atomic should close down; they cannot always rely on a 28 Days Later sequel or another quick Hills Have Eyes film. If that is all there is, the parent company can handle it.

And I have no sympathy for anyone at FA losing jobs; those responsible for The Rocker should be nervous.

By: SK-47

SK-47 — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:42:33 +0000

It is a shame about Fox Atomic because there is a market for genre films, it is not that there isn’t any, there is.
However, the choices Atomic has made is like parent company Fox. They pump out all this trash but there is one treasure in the bunch.
Take for instance the example you gave Ross: Turistas, Hills Have Eyes II, 28 Weeks Later. Out of those three, which one is the treasure and which two are the trash?

Times are tough I guess.