AdvertisementWatts was one of the few high-level Fox film executives to remain at the company after Disney acquired it in March. Major executives who left in the wake of the acquisition included Fox film Chairwoman Stacey Snider, Fox 2000 head Elizabeth Gabler, domestic theatrical distribution President Chris Aronson and marketing President Pam Levine. Disney also put the “X-Men” franchise, one of Fox’s biggest film properties, in the hands of Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige. Disney recently rebranded the film company as 20th Century Studios, dropping the Fox name that is closely associated with media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who sold much of his empire to Disney. 20th Century Fox was part of Disney’s larger $71.3-billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox Inc., which was meant, in part, to provide more content to fuel Chief Executive Bob Iger’s push into streaming to rival Netflix.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 30, 2020 18:31 UTC