Searchlight Pictures

Searchlight Pictures (formerly known as Fox Searchlight Pictures, Inc. prior to 2020) is a film studio that was acquired by The Walt Disney Company in 2019. As a part of 20th Century Studios, Searchlight specializes in North American production of independent British and European films across multiple genres. Searchlight's Slumdog Millionaire, 12 Years a Slave, Birdman, and The Shape of Water have all won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

History

After years of Fox releasing independent films under the 20th Century-Fox International Classics banner, Fox Searchlight Pictures was created by Thomas Rothman, who would be its first president and would eventually serve as CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment, over a career with the company that would last 18 years.

On March 20, 2019, the company was acquired, along with most of 21st Century Fox's assets. On January 17, 2020, along with 20th Century Studios, the studio was renamed to Searchlight Pictures.

Films distributed under Disney

Tolkien (2019) (British film) (first Fox Searchlight Pictures film after Disney acquisition, and first Fox Searchlight Pictures film being released under the Walt Disney Pictures banner through Buena Vista International)
Ready or Not (2019)
Lucy in the Sky (2019)
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
A Hidden Life (2019) (last film to use the Fox Searchlight Pictures name)
Downhill (2020) (first film to use the Searchlight Pictures name)
Wendy (2020)
The Personal History of David Copperfield (2020) (British film) (US distribution only through Walt Disney Pictures, UK distribution by Lionsgate Films in January 2020) (co-production with Film4)
Nomadland (2021)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
The Night House (2021)
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
The French Dispatch (2021)
Antlers (2021)
Nightmare Alley (2021)
Fresh (2022)
Fire Island (2022)
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022)
Not Okay (2022)
See How They Run (2022)
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) (British film) (co-production with Film4)
The Menu (2022)
Empire of Light (2022) (British film)
Rye Lane (2023) (British film) (co-production with BBC Film)
Quasi (2023)
Chevalier (2023)
Flamin' Hot (2023)
Theater Camp (2023)
Next Goal Wins (2023)
Poor Things (2023)
All of Us Strangers (2023)
Suncoast (2024)
The Greatest Hits (2024)
Kinds of Kindness (2024)
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat (2024)
Hold Your Breath (2024)
A Real Pain (2024)
Nightbitch (2024)

Short films

The Last Repair Shop (2023)

Upcoming

A Complete Unknown (2024)
Again Again Again (TBA)
A Manual for Cleaning Women (TBA)
Fire of Love (TBA)
The Green (TBA)
In the Blink of an Eye (TBA)
Is This Thing On? (TBA)
Johnson Family Celebration (TBA)
Mockingbird (TBA)
O'Dessa (TBA)
Rental Family (TBA)
The Roses (TBA)
Seconds (TBA)
Small Parts (TBA)
Super Troopers 3: Winter Soldiers (TBA)
Tender is the Night (TBA)
Untitled Mahalia Belo film (TBA)
Untitled Taylor Swift film (TBA)

Cancelled

Being Mortal
Persuasion

Gallery

External links

Notes

Despite not being co-branded with "Disney", all of the Searchlight Pictures films (while itself continue to produce those as well) are distributed under the Walt Disney Pictures label through Buena Vista International in the UK and other countries; with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures currently handling distribution; while Searchlight continues to operate its own autonomous theatrical distribution and marketing unit in the US only.

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Current Figures
Bob Iger • Jennifer Lee • Pete Docter • Kevin Feige • Kathleen Kennedy

Former Figures
Michael Eisner • Jeffrey Katzenberg • John Lasseter • Ed Catmull • Bob Chapek • Sean Bailey • Christine McCarthy