The studio was founded in March 2008 as a joint venture between
20th Century Fox and co-owned by Star India. In 2009, the studio acquired the rights for
My Name Is Khan, the studio's debut film as distributor. In 2011, Fox Star Studios entered the Tamil film industry with
Engaeyum Eppothum, as co-producing and distributing partner for
A. R. Murugadoss's AR Murugadoss Productions. In 2013, the studio released Tamil-feature
Raja Rani, which won four
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. In 2015, the studio entered a 9-film deal with
Dharma Productions as a co-producer and distributor. In 2016,
Kapoor & Sons was released as the first film under the arrangement. The same year, the studio won
National Film Award for Best Hindi Feature Film for its in-house production
Neerja. The studio also released
M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, the biopic of then Indian Cricket captain
MS Dhoni. In 2017, the studio entered a three-film deal with
Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment. In May 2018, the studio entered a multi-film deal with
Akshay Kumar's
Cape of Good Films and had set
Mission Mangal with Kumar attached to star. In 2019, the studio released
Chhichhore which it co-produced with Nadiawala Grandson Entertainment had won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi 2019. The studio had released
Baaghi 3 at the start of the
COVID-19 pandemic and the film ended its box-office run as the second-highest grossing Hindi-film of 2020. In June 2020,
Star India, the parent company of the studio decided to release the rest of the 2020 slate directly on the sister streaming platform
Disney+ Hotstar under Disney+ Hotstar Multiplex Initiative. The films released on the platform were
Dil Bechara,
Lootcase,
Sadak 2, and
Laxmii. In late 2020, several reports indicate
The Walt Disney Company's was not going greenlighting newer films with the studio ceasing its operations after the releases of
Tadap and
Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva as the studio's CEO Vijay Singh has resigned. In December 2021, the studio released
Tadap. In February 2022, the studio ended speculations of ceasing operations by announcing
Babli Bouncer starring
Tamannaah Bhatia, co-produced with
Junglee Pictures. In March 2022, the company announced the release of
Kaun Pravin Tambe? on
Disney+ Hotstar. Soon after the studio started production on
Manoj Bajpayee starrer
Gulmohar. Later that month, the studio along with Dharma Productions had acquired the remake rights for blockbuster Malayalam film
Hridayam in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. On 27 May 2022, Fox Star Studios was renamed Star Studios, as part of the removal of the "Fox" name from studios that had been acquired from
21st Century Fox by Disney. After the 2024 merger of Viacom18 with Disney Star formed JioStar, it was announced in August 2025 that the studio would be renamed to
Star Studio18, following
Viacom18 Studios being absorbed into the new company. ==Logo and fanfare==