Fox Movies Asia

Background
Fox Movies was a Southeast Asian movie channel owned by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, subsidiaries of Disney International Operations.

After September 2021, Fox Movies, along with several other Fox/Disney-branded channels on air was closed down.

Logo (1994-1996)
Logo: We see the doubled outlined star spinning, while the filmstrip follows it, then the strip rolls, then the Star Movies logo goes up.

Trivia: The ident is based on Zee Cinema, The Movie Channel UK, and NBC movie intros.

Availability: Rare.

Editor's Note: This logo was no longer used.

Logo (1996-1998)
Logo: We begin with the Star TV logo, then the "TV" in the Star disappears and the Star is spinning, then it fades into the background of movies in orange tint, the Star Movies logo (the same as the Star TV Network logos, but below is replaced with MOVIES) appears.

Variants: Before action movies, The ident goes normal, until the Star Movies logo transitions into a structure that looks like 20th Century Fox's 1994 structure, and the 20th Century Fox text is replaced with the Star Movies 3D logo with few differences, the "STAR" text was removed, and "ACTION" was seen spinning across the star.

FX/SFX: The Star TV logo that fades into the Star Movies logo.

Music/Sounds: TBA Music/Sounds Variants: An fanfare.

Availability: Same as the 1st logo.

Editor's Note: Same as the 1st logo.

Logo (1998-2001)
Nickname(s): "Come Home to the Stars", "This is STAR"

Logo: We begin with the Star TV logo, and then the Star Movies logo appears.

Variants: One of the variants has the Star Movies logo spinning and when it reveals, it transitions into scenes from one of the movies, until the Star Movies logo from the beginning appears, and a scene from a movie.

FX/SFX: The Star TV logo that transitions into the Star Movies logo.

Music/Sounds: The voiceover says "This is STAR, and you're watching STAR Movies." Music/Sounds Variants: The music that sounds like an opera, during the music, the voiceover says "Welcome to the STAR Movies, WHERE THE STARS WILL REACH YOU. STAR Movies."

Availability: Same as the last 2 logos.

Editor's Note: Same as the last 2 logos.

Logo (2001-2009)
Nickname(s): "This is STAR II"

Logo: We begin with the Star TV logo, and then the filmstrip with all of the frames has the Star TV logo moves and the ident camera goes in many views, then the Star Movies logo appeared.

Variants: The same ident is used on Star Chinese Movies from 2001 to 2008, but the logo is white and blue and the logo is Chinese, and after the Star TV logo, it was a blue-tinted ident.

FX/SFX: The Star TV logo that transitions into the Star Movies logo.

Music/Sounds: Same as the 3rd logo, but the voiceover was different. Availability: Same as the last 3 logos.

Editor's Note: Same as the last 3 logos.

Logo (2009-2021)
Nickname(s): "The Deep Star Movies", "Star Movies Premium"

Logo: In a black background, we see the Star Movies logo without the "O" and with the orange smoke, then the orange smoke draws the O from the Star Movies logo.

Variants:


 * There's a variant that replaces the orange smoke on the logo with blue smoke.
 * There is the widescreen variant of the blue smoke ID.
 * The HD variant was we could see the man, then it reveals he is driving the car, then it drives, when it hits, it explodes through the blue smoke, then the man comes out, revealing he is in the forests. He runs on the rooftop of the building, then it jumps, then it hits the street, orange smoke comes out. Then the HD logo from any channels at the time, Star World HD, and Star Gold HD appear, then it spins to the Star Movies HD logo.

FX/SFX: 3D animation.

Music/Sounds: An fanfare that is unlike the 2nd logo.

Music/Sounds Variants: A rising 1-note theme, then parts of hip-hop music playing until the car explodes. An ending notes of "Film Orchestra FX (1)", and when the music hits the 1-note in ending, The normal music plays out. Availability: Same as the last 4 logos.

Editor's Note: As of October 1st, 2021, It was no longer used in China.

Logo (2015-2016)
Nickname(s): "Star Movies Premium II", "Star Movies in an Searchlight-like field"

Logo: We begin with the Fox International Channels ident, and then it zooms out into Star Movies logo, full of spotlights.

Music/Sounds: An voiceover that says the Chinese word that translates to "This is FOX International Networks, And you are watching, STAR Movies.". Availability: This is only used in Taiwan.

Editor's Note: No longer used.

Logo (2016-present)
Nickname(s): "Star Movies Premium III", "Star Movies Lines"

Logo: In a black background full of yellow smokes, we see the lines forming the "O" of the Star Movies logo, and then the rest of the logo textured in crystal appears.

Music/Sounds: A wind when the lines move, and a synth note plays out when the rest of the logo appears. Availability: Only in the Middle East, Taiwan viewers have Star Movies HD that closes on 1st January 2022.

Editor's Note: This is in the Middle East.

Final Note: By the end of 2011, Star Movies was rebranded to Fox Movies Premium, while other countries remained that name.

Logo (2012-2017)
Nickname(s): "MTV's Biggest Sister"

Logo: It varies.

Variants:


 * Tron: We see the Fox Movies Premium logo coming up in a futuristic city.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: A music that follows the variants.

Availability: Extinct, These videos can be found on Vimeo and YouTube.

Editor's Note: TBA

Logo (2017-2021)
Nickname(s): "Expect Incredible"

Logo: We see a few movies from 20th Century Studios library, then "EXPECT INCREDIBLE" appears one of the frames, until the logo transitions into a silhouette of spotlights, did the same animation like 21st Century Fox's logo, then the Fox Movies logo appears.

Variants:
 * After Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox's television assets, including Fox Movies Asia, the ident now had a few movies from the Disney film assets library.
 * Another version in 2020, had persons doing stuff (like walking backward) replaced a few movies in idents.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: An abridged version of the Fox Fanfare.

Availability: Extinct, It was last seen in the network on 30th September 2021.

Editor's Note: No longer used, Since Fox Movies was defunct.

Final Note: After 27 years of broadcasting, on April 27, 2021, Disney announced that Fox Movies would be closing down on October 1, 2021, at exactly 1:00 am (UTC+08:00)/12:00 am (UTC+07:00), after which the channel space created by BBC World Service Television in 1991, folded and ceased to exist. The very final and last movie is Happy Death Day (only in the Philippines) and Pacific Rim: Uprising (the rest of Southeast Asia and Hong Kong).