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20th Century Fox, a friend tells me, is a pensive, unhappy place to be right now. "Agents all say they're the studio of last resort, they don't pay money, and Rupert Murdoch has said they're all on a lifeboat and there are going to be radical changes there. He's unhappy, and when he gets this way he fires people." The friend points out that the contact of Fox president/COO Peter Chernin "has been up for weeks and he still hasn't renewed it. I think he and [Fox Filmed Entertainment chairman] Tom Rothman might leave."

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on December 11, 2008 at 11:20 AM

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ZayTonday says ...

Tom Rothman leaving would be the best thing to happen to Fox in a LONG time.

Posted by ZayTonday at December 11, 2008 11:43 AM

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crsryan says ...

Seriously. For the last couple of years, Fox has made crap movie after crap movie. I've started to just skip stuff like TDTESS because I know there's no functioning creative brain over there.

Posted by crsryan at December 11, 2008 11:55 AM

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actionman says ...

Well, when something as expensive as Australia totally bombs, someone's head is gonna roll...

Posted by actionman at December 11, 2008 12:16 PM

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rgmax99 says ...

Longtime coming...

Fox movies have become as bland as out of date pimento cheese spread. One clunker after another...

Posted by rgmax99 at December 11, 2008 1:34 PM

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btwnproductions says ...

But up until this year they were making money. The boxoffice slide caught up with the creative one.

Posted by btwnproductions at December 11, 2008 2:05 PM

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jse33 says ...

Unless The Day the Earth Stood Still can cross the line, they'll end up with only 1 movie grossing over $100 million in the US. (Dr. Horton Hears a Who) Ouch.

Posted by jse33 at December 11, 2008 2:28 PM

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bmcintire says ...

TDTESS will cross $100M, but it may have to limp across that line. Done better, this thing could have been huge.

Posted by bmcintire at December 11, 2008 4:57 PM

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ZayTonday says ...

I'll never forgive Rothman for fucking up X-Men 3.

Posted by ZayTonday at December 11, 2008 7:02 PM

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TVMCCA says ...

jse33 wrote:
Unless The Day the Earth Stood Still can cross the line, they'll end up with only 1 movie grossing over $100 million in the US. (Dr. Horton Hears a Who) Ouch.

Wouldn't MARLEY AND ME be the second?

Posted by TVMCCA at December 11, 2008 11:16 PM

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D.Z. says ...

Actually, this is a "good" year for FOX, since they've been saving the over-priced bombs for '09. Seen Dragon Ball's trailer(s) yet? http://www.themoviebox.net/movies/2009/DEFGH/Dragonball/trailer.php

Posted by D.Z. at December 12, 2008 4:37 AM

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