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## Warner Bros. Pictures

### Founder:

Harry Warner
Albert Warner
Sam Warner
Jack L. Warner

### Key People:

Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy (co-chairpersons and CEOs, Warner Bros. Pictures Group)
Courtenay Valenti (president, production)
Walter Hamada (president, DC-based Film production)
Steve Spira (President of Business Affairs)

### Parent:

Kinney National (1970–1971)
Kinney Services (1971)
Kinney Leisure (1971–1972?)
Kinney (1971–1972)
Warner Communications (1972–1990)
Time Warner (1990–2003)
Time Warner Entertainment (1992–2001)
AOL Time Warner (2001–2003)
TimeWarner (2003–2018)
WarnerMedia (2018–2022)
Warner Bros. Discovery (2022–present)

### Subsidiaries:

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Warner Home Video
WCI Home Video
Warner Bros. Television Studios

## Background

Warner Bros. Pictures' origins trace back to 1918 when brothers Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack Warner established a studio on Sunset boulevard. Sam and Jack would handle the production of the films, while Harry and Albert were in charge of distribution. The studio was incorporated as "Warner Bros' Pictures Incorporated" on April 4, 1923, making it the third-oldest American movie studio in continuous operation, after Paramount Pictures, founded on May 8, 1912 as Famous Players Film Corporation, and Universal Pictures, founded on June 8, 1912. It is one of the "Big Five" studios alongside Paramount Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures, 20th Century Fox, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures.

After remaining independent for its first 45 years in operation, the studio was subject to numerous acquisitions over the decades. Warner Bros. merged with Seven Arts Productions in 1967, renaming it to "Warner Bros.-Seven Arts". The studio was purchased by Kinney National Co. in 1969, which was later reincorporated as Warner Communications in 1972 when it spun-off its non-entertainment assets, due to a financial scandal over its parking operations. Since 1989, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner (WarnerMedia since 2018), formed as a merger between the conglomerates Time, Inc. and Warner Communications. In 1992, Time Warner formed "Time Warner Entertainment" by merging all of its entertainment operations for the first time. Internet giant AOL merged with Time Warner in January 2001, renaming the company as "AOL Time Warner", but in summer 2003, the conglomerate name was reverted back to Time Warner (often with no space in between the words) due to lawsuits and losing $99 billion from the collapse of the dot-com bubble. AOL officially split from Time Warner in 2009. In 2018, after numerous legal hurdles, AT&T acquired Time Warner. Subsequently, it was rebranded "WarnerMedia". The status of the acquisition was settled in February 2019 when it was upheld on appeal and the Justice Department declined to pursue their case against the acquisition any further.

In May 2021, AT&T announced that it would spin-off its media properties to Discovery, Inc., creating the combined company "Warner Bros. Discovery". The merger was completed on April 8, 2022. Today, with the exceptions of some films WB merely distributed, such as *Sayonara* (currently owned by the estate of the producer), *Moby Dick* (currently owned by MGM), *Rope* (currently owned by Universal Studios) and *Hondo* (owned by Batjac Productions with distribution exclusively handled by Paramount), the pre-1950 catalog is held by WB subsidiary Turner Entertainment Co.

## 1st Logo (August 1, 1925-March 16, 1929)

* 1925-1926
* 1926-1929

**Nicknames:** "Brain Shield", "Studio Shield", "Brain WB Shield", "The Early Shield", "Warner Bros. Shield", "Early '20s Shield"

**Visuals:** On a background that looks like a forest, a bizarrely drawn shield is seen with the original Warner Bros. studio backlot inside it and the stylized initials "**W-B**" inside it. Above the shield are the words "***a* WARNER BROTHERS**" and below it is "**CLASSIC *of the* SCREEN**".

**Variant:** Starting around 1926, "**CLASSIC *of the* SCREEN**" was changed to "**PRODUCTION**".

**Closing Titles:**

* We see the words "**THE END**" on both sides of the shield and all of the text are now moved to the bottom of the shield on a black background.
* The logo was updated starting around 1926. On *The Jazz Singer*, the logo is on a marble background.

**Technique:** None.

**Audio:** None or the opening theme of the film.

**Availability:** Extremely rare.

* The first film to use this logo was *Kiss Me Again*.
* The "**CLASSIC *of the* SCREEN**" variant can be seen on films, such as *Lady Windermere's Fan*.
* The "**PRODUCTION**" variant can be seen on films, such as *Don Juan*.
* The last film to use this logo was *Queen of the Night Clubs*.

**Legacy:** The first design of the WB shield, it's noted by modern viewers for having a strange look to it. However, the addition of the WB Studios inside the shield wouldn't be referenced again until the 1998 logo.

## 2nd Logo (November 7, 1929-August 29, 1936)

* 1929-1931
* 1931-1936

**Nicknames:** "Vitaphone Shield", "Shield and Flag", "Warner Bros. Shield II", "'20s Shield"

**Visuals:** Superimposed on the first scene of the film, we see the words "WARNER BROS. PICTURES, Inc. **& THE VITAPHONE CORP.**" above a redrawn shield. Below the shield is a flag that reads "WARNER BROS. **VITAPHONE** PICTURES" and the word "**Present**" in a script font. A copyright stamp is seen below.

**Variants:**

* Sometimes, the NRA logo is shown on the bottom-right corner of the screen.
* Starting in 1931, the logo was updated slightly.

**Closing Titles:**

* The words "**The End**" replaces "**Present**".
* On color releases, the logo is yellow and the background is blue.

**Technique:** None.

**Audio:** None or the opening theme of the film.

**Availability:** Common. The first film to use this logo was *Paris*. The last film to use this logo was *Anthony Adverse*.

**Legacy:** This logo would mark the first appearance of the shield without the Warner Bros. building on the top of it, and is therefore the more recognizable version of the shield.

## 3rd Logo (July 21, 1934-December 18, 1937)

Early versionLater version**Nicknames:** "Zooming Shield", "Zooming WB Shield", "Warner Bros. Shield III", "Early '30s Shield"

**Visuals:** On a sky background, we see the WB shield zooming in. After that, the words "**WARNER BROS. PICTURES, Inc. *Present***" appear on the shield.

**Variants:**

* On color films, mainly *Captain Blood*, the sky background is blue and the shield is yellow.
* On early films, such as *Here Comes the Navy*, there is a grey background with a different WB shield on it and the camera zooms into the shield.
* On *The Woman in Red*, the words "**WARNER BROS. PICTURES, Inc. *Present***" do not appear.
* On *The Goose and the Gander*, the shield does not zoom in and is in the same style as the previous logo's shield.

**Closing Title:** Superimposed onto the last part of the credits, we see the words "The End" in a script font with either the WB or the FN logos and the text "Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.", or rarely "Warner Bros. Productions Corporation" or "First National Pictures, Inc." below. During the logo's later years, the text was changed to "A First National Picture" or "A Warner Bros. Picture" and the font for "The End" varies per film.

**Technique:** Motion-controlled animation.

**Audio:** The opening theme of the film.

**Availability:** Uncommon. The first film to use this logo was *Here Comes the Navy*. The last film to use this logo was *She Loved a Fireman*.

**Legacy:** Elements of this logo (the zooming shield especially) have been implemented in the opening of Warner Bros. Cartoons (*Looney Tunes* and *Merrie Melodies*), which are regarded to be iconic. The zoom-in of the shield is rough, which is typical for logos made before the Scanimate era.

## 4th Logo (November 27, 1937-July 3, 1948)

Original variantJack L. Warner versionUpdated "PRESENTS" version**Nicknames:** "Warner Bros. Shield IV", "'30s Shield"

**Visuals:** On a dark grey background, we see an updated shield with a banner around it reading "**WARNER BROS. PICTURES INC.**". "***Presents***" in a script font may or may not appear below.

**Variants:**

* On color releases, the shield is bronze and the background is red.
* Starting in 1942, the text "**JACK L. WARNER EXECUTIVE PRODUCER**" appears on the shield".
* Starting in 1944, the word "**PRESENTS**" is in the same font as the banner.
* Another color version with a blue background, a yellow shield and a red interior exists on films, such as *Casablanca*, among others.
* A hand-drawn version on a parchment background was used on some films, such as *The Adventures of Robin Hood*.

**Closing Title:** Superimposed onto the last part of the credits, we see the words "The End" with the shield and "A WARNER BROS. PICTURE" below. Sometimes, due to WB's deal with First National Pictures, the phrase will read "A WARNER BROS.-FIRST NATIONAL PICTURE" or "A FIRST NATIONAL PICTURE".

**Technique:** None.

**Audio:** Usually the opening theme of the film or a majestic horn sounder, composed by the late Max Steiner. On at least three films, which are *To Have and Have Not*, *Confidential Agent* and *Dark Passage*, a different fanfare composed by the late Franz Waxman plays.

**Availability:** Fairly common. The first film to use this logo was *Submarine D-1*. The last film to use this logo was *Romance on the High Seas*.

**Legacy:** Perhaps the second most well known version of the shield, due to preceding classics such as *Casablanca*, *The Maltese Falcon* and *The Treasure of Sierra Madre*, all starring Humphrey Bogart, who was rated as the Greatest American Movie Star (Men's Category) by the American Film Institute in 1998.

## 5th Logo (July 16, 1948-September 28, 1979)

* 1948-1956
* 1953-1956
* 1956-1979

**Nicknames:** "The Classic Shield", "The Golden Shield", "Warner Bros. Shield V", "'40s/'50s Shield"

**Visuals:** Over a skyline of clouds (much like the logos of 1984 on), we see another redrawn shield with the banner reading "**WARNER BROS. PICTURES**" in a serif font. "***Presents***" in a script font appears below. During this logo's later years, it was superimposed over different backgrounds.

**Variants:**

* A color version exists on films, including *Rope*, among others.
* There were many cloud backgrounds used during this logo's years.
* A sepia variant can be found on *Jack and the Beanstalk* and *Bonnie and Clyde*.
* Some films, such as *The Crimson Pirate*, had a different sky background.
* On 3D films and 2D films that were originally planned to be released in 3D, the shield looks more three-dimensional. This was used from 1953 to 1956.
* On some films, such as *Under Capricorn*, the "***Presents***" text is absent.
* A rare version exists where there is a different sky background with the 3D text "**WARNER BROS. PICTURES** PRESENTS" (with "**WARNER BROS. PICTURES**" in a TCF CinemaScope-esque font) zooming in (a la the 1976 Viacom "V of Doom" logo).
* Some films, such as *Battle of the Bulge* and *Cool Hand Luke*, had this logo on a black background.
* Sometimes, the banner reads "**WARNER BROS. PICTURES Inc.**" like the previous logo, but the word "**Inc.**" is really tiny and seen on the right. This can be seen on films, such as *The Prince and the Showgirl*.
* A German version exists, where the shield is outlined in white and the text underneath it reads "***zeigen***". One case had the "**zeigen**" text chyroned onto the 1953 3D shield variant.
* On the Japanese release of *None But the Brave*, the company name is written in Japanese katakana.
* Starting in 1956, the logo was slightly enhanced. Changes include the shield having a less glossy texture and the banner now being in the same color as the shield.

**Closing Titles:**

* Same as above, but only the "A Warner Bros.-First National Picture" and "A First National Picture" texts are shown.
* Superimposed on the last scene of the movie, the words "The End" appear with the WB shield between two thick lines below are shown. Sometimes, one of these four phrases appear.
	+ "Produced and Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc."
	+ "Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc."
	+ "Produced and Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures"
	+ "Distributed by Warner Bros."

**Technique:** None.

**Audio:** Originally the same as the previous logo. During this logo's later years, the fanfare was gradually dropped in favor of the opening theme of the film.

**Availability:** Fairly common. Seen on prints of many Warner Bros. films on AMC and TCM.

* Seen on every Warner Bros. film from 1948 to 1967.
	+ The 1948 shield made its first appearance on *Key Largo*.
	+ The 1953 shield made its first appearance on *Hondo*.
	+ The 1956 shield allegedly made its first appearance on *Giant* and made its final appearance on *Cool Hand Luke*.
* Despite ending regular usage in 1967, it made surprise appearances as variants on some films between 1974 and 1979, such as *Blazing Saddles* and *Time After Time* (which as a whole the last film to use this logo).

**Legacy:** The most well known version of the Warner Bros. Shield, according to *the Movie title stills collection* Warner Bros. website. This particular design was listed as the 12th best corporate logo by Complex Magazine, for its longevity and "iconic" status.

## 6th Logo (May 25, 1967-November 12, 1970)

**Nicknames:** "WB-7", "W7", "W7 Shield", "Lucky Shield", "Warner Bros. Shield VI", "'60s Shield"

**Visuals:** On a black background, we see a gold shield, this time shaped like a badge with the words "**WARNER BROS.-SEVEN ARTS**" below. Inside the shield is a stylized "**w7**", which traces in. "**Presents**" may or may not appear below.

**Variants:**

* A still version exists. This can be seen on some films, such as *Dracula Has Risen from the Grave*.
* On a few European movies, such as *Alexandre le bienheureux*, the shield outline is absent.

**Closing Title:** After "The End" in the credits, we see "Distributed by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts" superimposed in the credits with the shield below.

**Technique:** Cel animation, sometimes done on a specific backdrop of a movie.

**Audio:** None or the opening theme of the film.

**Availability:** Rare. Seen on some Warner Bros. films of the period, though it's usually replaced with a newer logo. This logo made its first appearance on *The Vengeance of Fu Manchu* and made its final appearance on *The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer*.

**Legacy:** This is the first time the WB name (and its logo) has been altered in its 50+ year history.

## 7th Logo (February 4, 1970-February 25, 1972)

Kinney National byline variantKinney Services byline variantKinney Leisure byline variantKinney byline variant

**Nicknames:** "Gasoline Shield", "Shield Stretch", "Kinney National Shield", "Kinney Services Shield", "Kinney Leisure Shield", "Kinney Shield", "Long Shield", "The Kinney WB Shield", "Warner Bros. Shield VII", "Early '70s Shield"

**Visuals:** On a blue background, we see yet another redrawn shield, this time with the interior in red and the "**WB**" initials are in a different font. "**PRESENTS**" in the Eurostile Bold font appears below.

**Bylines:** Below the logo, one of these four bylines appear on the banner.

* February 4, 1970-June 25, 1971: "**A KINNEY NATIONAL COMPANY**" (in the Eurostile Bold font.)
* April 8-May 1, 1971: "**A KINNEY SERVICES COMPANY**" (also in the Eurostile Bold font.)
* June 17-September 30, 1971: "**A KINNEY LEISURE SERVICE**" (in the Eurostile Bold font as well.)
* December 19, 1971-February 25, 1972: "**A KINNEY COMPANY**" (again in the Eurostile Bold font.)

**Variants:**

* On some films, such as *There Was a Crooked Man...*, the logo is on a black background.
* Other films, such as *The Omega Man*, have the logo superimposed onto the opening scene.
* *Dirty Harry* and *Billy Jack* do not have the "**PRESENTS**" text.
* Some films, such as *McCabe* and *Mrs. Miller*, a print version of the opening variant is used.
* On the 1970 reissue of *Giant* (1956, plastering the 5th logo), the logo is on the cloud background from said logo. It is unknown if home video prints used this as well.

**Closing Variants:**

* The closing variant features the print version of the shield with "Distributed by WARNER BROS." or "Distributed by WARNER BROS. INC." above it. Earlier 1970 films have no banner on the shield.
* German prints of *There Was a Crooked Man...* have a rare closing variant with the text in German and a cheaper version of the shield.

**Technique:** None.

**Audio:** None or the opening theme of the film.

**Audio Variant:** On at least one occasion, a majestic fanfare is used.

**Availability:** Fairly common. As we all know, Warner was incredibly shoddy with logo preservation until recently. AMC and TCM airings of movies **may** include this logo, but expect one of its more recent counterparts, most likely the Warner Communications and Time Warner (not Time Warner Entertainment) variations. This logo made its first appearance on *Start the Revolution Without Me* and made its final appearance on *Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues*.

**Legacy:** This particular shield's simplistic design reflected the style of other logos produced in this time frame.

## 8th Logo (November 24, 1971-1972?)

**Nicknames:** "Alternate Kinney Shield", "Off-Kilter Shield", "Bannerless WB Shield", "Warner Bros. Shield VIII", "Early '70s Shield II", "Kinney Leisure Shield II"

**Visuals:** On a similar background as before, we see the shield from before, but redesigned to look more like the WB shield from the 5th logo, but without a banner.

**Byline:** Referred to as "**A KINNEY LEISURE SERVICE**" in the Eurostile Bold font.

**Technique:** None.

**Audio:** Silent or in the case of *Man in the Wilderness*, the opening audio.

**Availability:** Extremely rare. Seen on *Man in the Wilderness* and preserved on the Warner Archive Blu-ray. May have been on other films of the time period (it's also confirmed to be on another later Kinney-era film, possibly *Snow Job*).

**Legacy:** This particular shield looks very ugly.

## 9th Logo (10th logo placeholder) (May 24, 1972-January 31, 1973)

**Nicknames:** "WCI Shield", "Placeholder Shield", "Tiny Shield", "Mini Shield", "Bannerless WB Shield II", "Warner Bros. Shield IX", "'70s Shield", "Warner Communications Shield"

**Visuals:** On a blue background, we see the shield from the 5th logo, but without the banner. "***Presents***" in a script font may or may not appear below.

**Byline:** Referred to as "**A WARNER COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY**" in the Franklin Gothic Bold font.

**Variants:**

* On some VHS releases, such as *Deliverance*, the logo's original aspect ratio is squished to 4:3.
* On *Get to Know Your Rabbit*, a dark version of this logo is seen and is slightly tilted to the left.
* On the 2007 DVD and Blu-ray releases of *Deliverance*, the scope version of this logo is used, but without the word "***Presents***". This is likely due to using the original negative as the basis for the restoration instead of a 35mm inter-positive.

**Technique:** None.

**Audio:** Silence or the opening theme of the film, though *Get to Know Your Rabbit* has a horn-driven fanfare with a flute mixed in towards the end.

**Availability:** Ultra rare. This was another placeholder logo only used on few films to begin with, including *Deliverance*, *The Candidate* and *Super Fly*. This logo made its first appearance on *Malcolm X* (the previous WB feature, *What's Up Doc?* used a variant) and made its final appearance on *Steelyard Blues*.

**Legacy:** An attempt to bring back the classic WB shield that was scrapped in favor of the more corporate logo a year later. The version with the fanfare, however, is known to be wasted; since it only appears on the aforementioned title above.

## 10th Logo (February 7, 1973-August 24, 1990)

***Opening Variants***

The "Big W" zooming inThe finished productOpen matte version***Closing Variants***

**Nicknames:** "The Big "W"", "(\\')", "The Worms", "The Round W", "Warner Communications W"

**Visuals:** On a black background, we see a red abstract elongated round "**\\'**" zooming in. The words "**WARNER BROS**" fade in below it about halfway through the zoom-in. When the "**\\'**" completely zooms in, filling the background red, a white "**\\'**" zooms in and then stops. A black rounded square fades in behind the "**\\'**". Most of the time, "PRESENTS" fades in below after that (in Helvetica).

**Trivia:** This logo was designed by the late Saul Bass.

**Byline:** Referred to as "**A WARNER COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY**" in the Warner Communications font.

**Variants:**

* A B&W version exists without "PRESENTS" on *All the President's Men*. This variant is kept intact on the film's DVD release. On old VHS releases, the color is simply faded.
* On some films, such as *Oh, God!*, *The Frisco Kid* and *The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie*, the word "PRESENTS" fades in at the same time as the Warner Communications byline.
* On *Superman: The Movie* and *Beyond the Poseidon Adventure*, it has simply the white "**\\'**" zooming in on a black background with the words "**RELEASED BY WARNER BROS**" and without a byline.
* On some outside films during the era, such as *Superman III*, the regular version is used, but with the words "**RELEASED BY**" added next to "**WARNER BROS**".
* On *Exorcist II: The Heretic*, a still version with the square and text in red (including "WARNER BROS" above the byline) on a black background is seen.
* On *Night Moves* and *Dog Day Afternoon*, the word "**PRESENTATION**" fades in below the Warner Communications byline in the same font.
* On the 1984 VHS release of *Class of '44*, the 2.39:1 version of this logo is squished to 4:3.
* On trailers for re-releases, the words "A RE-RELEASE FROM **WARNER BROS.**" appears above the logo and a copyright stamp appears below the Warner Communications byline.
* A short version exists where it starts with the white "**\\'**" zooming in. This can be seen on the trailer for *McQ*.

**Closing Variants:**

* We have a still version of the opening logos, but with the "Big W" logo having the colors inverted and the words "**DISTRIBUTED BY WARNER BROS**" above it. An in-credit version exists.
* An early version of this had a different font for the text. This can be seen at the beginning of some prints of *The Shining*.
* A B&W version appeared at the end of TCM prints of *Onionhead*, followed by the 2003 Warner Bros. Television logo.
* A 1996 ITV overnight airing of *The Heart is a Lonely Hunter* (1968) had the 6th logo at the beginning, but the opening variant of this logo with "PRESENTS" oddly appears at the end.
* Some early WCI Home Video releases have the logo sloppily tacked at the end of some features.

**Technique:** Motion-controlled animation.

**Audio:** Usually silent, but sometimes it has the beginning of the film's opening theme playing over it.

**Audio Variant:** On the Warner Archive Blu-ray release of *Drowning Pool*, the second half of the 1999 fanfare is used, due to to sloppy reverse plastering.

**Availability:** Used to be common, but due to it being plastered by the 11th and 12th logo (presumably the 14th one as well), it's now rare. This logo made its first appearance on *The Train Robbers* and made its final regular appearance on *Lassiter* (the last film to use this logo before the "Shield of Staleness"); it made its final appearance on *Finders Keepers* and *Irreconcilable Differences* (the last film to regularly use this as an opening logo); it made its final closing appearance on *The Witches*. It can also be seen on films, such as *Creepshow*. WB's editing bug means that the Warner Communications and Time Warner variants of the next logo were seen over this logo, and ironically enough, that this did some plastering of its own back when it was the current logo. A few films that air on Starz Encore contain this logo (*Oh, God!* is one) after the 1992 WB logo.

**Legacy:** This logo was noted as "drastically simpler" than the previous Warner Bros. logos, and was even considered to be a touch "Nazi-like" by Fast Company magazine. Despite that, it is a favorite of many, including those in the movie industry, including Ben Affleck, Steven Soderbergh, and Todd Phillips; who opted to use this logo on their respective movies, *Argo*, *Magic Mike*, and *Joker*.

## 11th Logo (April 13, 1984-February 2, 2001)

***Opening Variants***

* 1984-1999
* 2000

Bylineless versionWarner Communications byline variantTime Warner byline variantTime Warner Entertainment byline variant

***Closing Variants***

* 1988-2000
* 2000

Warner Communications byline closing variantTime Warner byline closing variantTime Warner Entertainment byline closing variant

***In-Credit Variants***

Warner Communications byline in-credit variantTime Warner byline in-credit variantTime Warner Entertainment byline in-credit variant2000 in-credit variantWarner Bros. Pictures (1984 Shield Logo w-fanfare)-2Warner Bros. Pictures (1990)-2Warner Bros. Pictures (1971-1992)-2**Nicknames:** "The Shield Returns (For Real This Time)", "Shield of Staleness", "Shield in the Sky", "Shield of Plastering", "Shield of Steel", "Warner Bros. Shield X", "'80s Shield", "Warner Communications Shield II", "Time Warner Shield", "Time Warner Entertainment Shield", "The Master of Plaster in Movie Form"

**Visuals:** Over a set of clouds (the same set used in the 1953 variant of the 5th logo), we see the WB shield, including the banner reading "**WARNER BROS. PICTURES**".

**Bylines:** Below the logo, one of these three bylines appear.

* April 13, 1984-September 14, 1990: "**A WARNER COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY"** (in the Warner Bros. 1984 font.)
* March 9, 1990-February 26, 1993: "**A TIME WARNER COMPANY**" (also in the Warner Bros. 1984 font.)
* August 14, 1992-February 2, 2001: "**A TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY**" (in the Warner Bros. 1984 font as well, but in the 2000 closing variant, it's in the Bodoni Condensed Bold font.)

**Variants:**

* For some of the earliest films with this logo, and for films that had their old logos plastered with the Warner Communications byline version of this logo, the word "**PRESENTS**" faded in underneath the logo. A B&W version of this variant exists when added to the beginning of films, such as *Onionhead*.
* Scope films and most pre-1990 films used a different, more stylized cloud background, which was also the background used for the 1984 Warner Bros. Television logo during the Warner Communications era. The clouds in this background are more uniformly fluffy in appearance.
* A French version used an animated variant where the logo glows and zooms out and the words "**PROCHAINES SORTIES CINEMA**" in a clear text appears and shines.
* Rarely, if ever, the logo is bylineless.
* There is also a rare opening version with the 2000 closing variant, but without the "**DISTRIBUTED BY**" text and the "**www.warnerbros.com**" URL address.

**Closing Variants:**

* April 13, 1984-February 2, 2001: The end logo, which features a simple superimposed WB shield without a banner, much akin to the logo Warner briefly used before the introduction of the "Big W" logo in 1972, appears with "DISTRIBUTED BY WARNER BROS." above and the respective byline below. Beginning with *The Perfect Storm*, the phrase now reads "DISTRIBUTED BY WARNER BROS. PICTURES" and the URL "www.warnerbros.com" now appears underneath the byline.
* On films from 1984 to 1990, such as *Swing Shift*, *Gremlins*, *Fandango*, *The Goonies*, *Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird*, *The Color Purple*, *Burglar* and *The Witches* (1990), it would use the "Big W" logo.
* A few films had the "Big W" bigger than normal. It can be found on films, such as *The Accidental Tourist*.
* On films from 1986 to 1990, such as *Heartbreak Ridge* and *Burglar*, the phrase and byline are in the previous logo's Warner Communications font with a WB shield. On *The Bonfire of the Vanities* and *Curly Sue*, the shield appears above "Distributed by Warner Bros. A Time Warner Company".
* December 8, 1988-March 22, 2000: Another ending variation would feature the opening variant of this logo, but modified with the words "**DISTRIBUTED BY WARNER BROS.**". This was also used at the beginning of *Freejack*.
* May 12-December 22, 2000: Only the words "**DISTRIBUTED BY**" appear above the shield, the font of the banner and byline have been modified and a small "**www.warnerbros.com**" URL address was added underneath. Some films, such as *The In-Crowd*, *Get Carter* and *Miss Congeniality* (the latter doesn't feature the "**DISTRIBUTED BY**" text) have the banner simply reading "**WARNER BROS.**".
	+ On scope films with this closing variant, the text on the banner is smaller.

**Technique:** None, except for the "**PRESENTS**" text's fading effect on the original Warner Communications version.

**Audio:** In most cases, none or the beginning audio of the film is heard.

**Audio Variants:**

* On *Gremlins* and *Innerspace*, a lusher, re-orchestrated version of the 1937 fanfare is heard. This was composed by the late Jerry Goldsmith, who also composed the 1976 Paramount Television fanfare.
* On *Caddyshack II*, a re-orchestrated version of the fanfare with the last note in a different key and held out longer is heard.

**Availability:** Ultra common. In fact, the 1992 version is usually the one that plasters older logos (hence the nickname "Shield of Plastering"), and it's probably the most common movie logo ever. Fortunately, WB has eased up on this somewhat, and older logos have been seen more often in recent years on newer prints/masters.

* This logo made its first appearance on *Swing Shift* and made its final appearance on *True Crime*; it made its final closing appearance on *Valentine*.
* The Warner Communications byline version last appeared on *White Hunter, Black Heart*. It was also spotted plastering some older logos, but it's not as easy to spot as the 1992 logo, as most films on DVD and Starz and Starz Encore replace it with the Time Warner Entertainment variant, or even the next logo. It can also be seen on films, such as *The Goonies*.
* Even the Time Warner byline variant has been plastered on 1990-92 films with the next logo on Starz Encore prints. This variant first appeared on *Joe Versus the Volcano* and last appeared on *Falling Down*. One instance where this variant did some plastering of its own was on *The Ballad of Cable Hogue*, where it plastered the Kinney Shield.
* The Time Warner Entertainment byline first appeared on *Stay Tuned*. It can also be seen on films, such as *The Fugitive*, *Natural Born Killer*, *Twister* and *Tin Cup*.
* The ending variation can be seen on films, such as *Joe Versus the Volcano* and *Romeo Must Die*.
* The version without "**PRESENTS**" first appeared on *Cannonball Run II*, the third film to use this logo.
* It was also used as a de-facto television logo for TV movies and miniseries from 1984 to 1997.

**Legacy:** Many people consider this as a throwback to the '50s shield. However, the 1992 variant is disliked by many people for its large-scale plastering, making this one of the most-hated production logos of all time, along with the 2002 Sony Pictures Television logo, the 1992 20th Television logo, the 2007 CBS Television Distribution logo, the 1984 MGM logo, among others.

## 12th Logo (January 16, 1998-November 26, 2020)

***Opening Variants***

* 1998
* 1999-2020
* 2004-2018
* 2011-2020

75 years versionOpen matte 75 years version

Bylineless versionTime Warner Entertainment byline variantOpen matte Time Warner Entertainment byline variantAOL Time Warner byline variantOpen matte AOL Time Warner byline variantPrototype Time Warner byline variantOpen matte prototype Time Warner byline variantOfficial TimeWarner byline variantOpen matte official TimeWarner byline variant

2011 enhanced versionOpen matte 2011 enhanced version2016 TimeWarner byline variant2018 WarnerMedia byline variantOpen matte 2018 WarnerMedia byline variant2019 WarnerMedia byline variant***Closing Variants***

* 2001-2020
* 2016

AOL Time Warner byline closing variantPrototype Time Warner byline closing variantOfficial TimeWarner byline closing variant2018 WarnerMedia byline closing variant

Warner Bros. Pictures 75 Anniversary -1080p--2Warner Bros. Pictures logo (1999) -720p HD--2Warner Bros. Pictures Cartoon Network Cinema 2002-2Warner Bros. Pictures 2003 logo Scope with prototype Time Warner byline-2Warner Bros. Pictures (2003)-2Warner bros. pictures (2004, imax variant)Warner Bros. Pictures Logo 2011-2Warner Bros. Pictures Logo 2018-2Warner Bros. Pictures (2011-2020) (with 2020-present WarnerMedia byline)-2**Nicknames:** "CGI Shield", "Shield in the Sky II", "CGI WB Shield", "Shield of Staleness II", "The Reflection of the WB Backlot", "Shield of Steel II", "Warner Bros. Shield XI", "'90s/2000s/2010s Shield", "75 Years of Warner Bros.", "Anniversary Shield", "Time Warner Entertainment Shield II", "AOL Time Warner Shield", "Time Warner Shield II", "TimeWarner Shield", "WarnerMedia Shield"

**Visuals:** We see an aerial view of a picture of the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California with a gold tint. The picture "ripples" slowly and then we see that it is from a reflection of the WB shield, now redone in CGI against a more computer-generated version of the previous logo's sky background. The shield zooms out and the clouds very slowly move to the left.

**Trivia:**

* If one looks closely during the transition from the photograph reflection to the shield animation, you can see posters on the studio's wall, such as *Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman*, *Friends* and *Space Jam*, dating the photograph to somewhere between late 1996-early 1997.
* The original 1998 and 1999 versions of this logo were animated at Intralink Film Graphic Design.
* It is currently unknown what animation company did the 2004 IMAX version of this logo.
* The 2011 enhanced version of this logo was animated at Picturemill, who also animated the 2020 20th Century Studios logo.

**Bylines:** Below the logo, one of these six bylines fade in.

* January 16, 1998-February 2, 2001: "**A TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY**" (in the Garamond font, but in the 75 years variant, it's in the Bodoni Condensed font.)
	+ On scope films starting in 1999, the byline is noticeably larger.
* February 16, 2001-September 12, 2003: "**An AOL Time Warner Company**" (also in the Garamond font.)
	+ On some scope films, such as *Training Day*, the byline is noticeably larger.
* November 5-December 5, 2003: "**A Time Warner Company**" (in the Adobe Garamond Pro font.)
* December 5, 2003-July 28, 2018: "A **TImeWarner** Company" ("**TImeWarner**" is in the TimeWarner font, while the rest of the byline is in the FF Meta font.)
	+ On the Warner Animation Group films *Storks* and *The LEGO Batman Movie*, "A" and "Company" are in the Proxima Nova font and smaller than "**TImeWarner**".
* July 27, 2018-November 26, 2020: "A **WARNERMEDIA** Company" ("**WARNERMEDIA**" is in the WarnerMedia font, while the rest of the byline is in the AT&T Aleck Sans font. The shadow behind "**MEDIA**" is not there.)
* October 29, 2019: "a **Warner**/\/\edia company" ("**Warner**" is in the AT&T Aleck Sans Bold (modified) font, while the rest of the byline is in the standard variation of the same font.)
* Sometimes, the logo doesn't have a byline, like the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment logo. This was spotted on the 2003 Warner Home Video DVD of *Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines*.

**Variants:**

* January 16-December 18, 1998: During this logo's first year, the shield zooms out further than usual, "***75***" and "***YEARS***" slide out on both sides of the shield, "Entertaining The World" fades in below the shield and the Time Warner Entertainment byline is now in white. Also, the shield and sky background are slightly enhanced. Sometimes, the banner may just read "**WARNER BROS.**" instead of "**WARNER BROS. PICTURES**".
	+ There are flat and scope versions of the logo. The flat version vertically stretches the tinted picture and the cloud background is normal. The scope version horizontally stretches the cloud background and the tinted picture is normal.
	+ On the 75 years montage intro, it first shows a montage of clips of films from the company, transitioning to this logo's animation and a copyright stamp "**© Warner Bros. 1998**" ("**© WARNER BROS. 1998**" in the "**WARNER BROS.**" banner variant) fades in on the bottom-right corner when the logo finishes fading in (a la the 1997 Universal Pictures logo). This exists in both 4:3 and scope.
	+ A French promo variant exists where the "**WARNER BROS.**" banner variant of this logo freezes before the anniversary disclaimer appears and "75 ANS A VOUS FAIRE RÊVER" fades in below.
* February 5, 1999-November 26, 2020: The logo was reanimated to remove the 75th anniversary wordings. Here, the shield is now in a more goldish-yellow tone and the byline is now in gold. This version would stay the same (not counting the byline changes and color grading) until it was reanimated again in 2011.
	+ The scope and flat versions are almost identical. The tinted picture is rendered the original way in the scope version, but on the flat version, it is rendered differently.
* A somewhat enhanced WB shield appears on some 3D films, such as *NASCAR 3D: The IMAX Experience* and international prints of *Beowulf*. Here, the animation revealing the shield is quicker, the flash reflection on the banner of the shield when revealed is not as bright, the inside of the shield is in a brighter blue color, the banner around the shield is brighter, the cloud background is further back and the shield zooms out further more.
* A version exists where the Bugs Bunny animation from the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment logo is seen on the logo, but the banner still reads "**WARNER BROS. PICTURES**". This was used for said division for a short time.
* Starting in 2011, the shield is sleeker, the banner is shinier, the byline is in a slightly darker color and the animation revealing the shield is enhanced. Some films, such as *The Dark Knight Rises*, *Gangster Squad*, *The Accountant*, most foreign releases until 2018 and New Line Cinema releases still use the 1999 version of the shield. On the scope version, it's zoomed in even more.
* On a TV airing of *Miss Congeniality*, the AOL Time Warner byline version is used, but the byline is replaced with a blurred byline reading "**A TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY**" in the Arial font. It is unknown whether this logo is remade by technicians or not.
* The intro video of Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood has the banner reading "**WARNER BROS. STUDIOS**" in both the standard version and the New Line Cinema variant. A scene from *Casablanca* plays in B&W, then color before tranisitioning to this logo.

**Closing Variants:**

* January 16, 1998-February 2, 2001: Same as the previous logo.
* February 16, 2001-November 26, 2020: This closing variant features the 1984 shield, but with the banner inscription updated to match the opening version of this logo. The words "Distributed by" (in the font depending on the byline) appear above the shield and the small URL "www.warnerbros.com" (also in the font depending on the byline) appears below the respective byline. This is pretty much a modified version of the 2001 Warner Bros. Television logo.
	+ February 16, 2001-November 21, 2003 (AOL Time Warner and prototype Time Warner bylines): The text "**Distributed by**" is in the Garamond font, like its television counterpart and the "**www.warnerbros.com**" URL is in the Arial Bold font below the byline reading either "**An AOL Time Warner Company**" or "**A Time Warner Company**".
	+ December 5, 2003-July 28, 2018 (official TimeWarner byline): When the byline was changed to "A **TImeWarner** Company", the text "**Distributed by**" is now updated to the Bodoni font and the URL is in FF Meta. Also, starting with this version, the sky background is stretched; however, some films, such as *Happy Feet*, *TMNT*, *It* and *Ready Player One* still used the normal sky background.
	+ July 27, 2018-November 26, 2020 (WarnerMedia byline): Once again, when the byline was changed to "A **WARNERMEDIA** Company", both the "Distributed by" text and "www.warnerbros.com" URL are now in the AT&T Aleck Sans font. Like the opening variant, the shadow behind "**MEDIA**" is not there.
* A scope version of the closing logo has a much zoomed out shield, much like the IMAX variant. This was spotted on *We Are Marshall*.
* Rarely, if ever, the banner is slightly squished vertically.
* A rare closing variant based on the opening variant was spotted on *Vier giegen der Bank*.

**Technique:** CGI, done by Intralink Film Graphic Design for the 1998 and 1999 versions and Picturemill for the 2011 version.

**Audio:**

* March 6-August 28, 1998: The original 75th anniversary version has a wind-blowing chime fanfare. It first appeared on *U.S. Marshals* and last appeared on *Why Do Fools Fall in Love*.
* February 12, 1999-May 15, 2020: It starts off with an 8-note piano piece, which rises up into a majestic moving fanfare, based on "As Time Goes By", from the *Casablanca* broadway musical "Everybody's Welcome". This was previously used as an extended version on the 75th anniversary montage promo and then later used on films starting with *Message in a Bottle*. It last appeared on *Scoob!*.
* In other cases, the opening theme of the film or silence.

**Audio Variants:**

* On the 75th anniversary montage promo, the late Chuck Riley thanks audiences around the world for celebrating 75 years.
* Sometimes, the 1999 fanfare is in mono tone. This can be heard on the 2001 DVD of *Superman II* (1980).
* On season 3 episode 10 of *Suddenly Susan* on The Roku Channel, you may hear the 1998 Warner Bros. Television fanfare start playing before this logo fades in and then the regular 1999 theme is heard.
* On current prints of *U.S. Marshalls*, the 75th anniversary variant is plastered by the 2003 version, but keeps the 75th anniversary fanfare.
* On current prints of *Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory* (1971), the 1999 fanfare is low-pitched.
* On *Yes Man*, "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" by Journey plays during the logo.

**Availability:** Very common.

* Seen on most WB films from 1998 until it was retired in 2020.
	+ The 1998 shield made its first appearance on *Fallen* and made its final appearance on *You've Got Mail*.
	+ The 1999 shield made its first appearance on international prints of *Payback* and made its final appearance on *Superintelligence*.
	+ The 2011 shield made its first appearance on *Dolphin Tale* and made its final appearance on *The Witches* (2020).
* It was also seen on all Warner Animation Group films from *The LEGO Movie* (its debut film) to *Scoob!*.
* As mentioned above, 75th anniversary version last appeared on *You've Got Mail*. However, probably due to the 75th anniversary wordings, this version is almost always plastered with the 2003 version on recent prints of these films.
* The 1999-2001 version with the Time Warner Entertainment byline last appeared on *Valentine*. It was also spotted plastering older logos on some prints of films, such as the 2001 DVD of *Superman II* (1980, plastering the 10th logo).
* The AOL Time Warner byline debuted on *Sweet November* and last appeared on *Matchstick Men*. It can also be seen on pre-2003 films, such as *Exit Wounds*, *Scooby-Doo*, *The Powerpuff Girls Movie* and *Dreamcatcher*, among others. It also plasters previous logos on 2001-2003 prints of older films.
* In most cases, the logo uses music, especially post-2001 when the AOL Time Warner byline was used.
* The prototype Time Warner byline was rare and appeared on *The Matrix Revolutions*, *Looney Tunes: Back in Action*, *Gothika* and *The Last Samurai*.
* The official TimeWarner byline debuted as a closing variant on *The Last Samurai* and as an opening variant on *Something's Gotta Give*. Just like the AOL Time Warner version, it was also spotted plastering previous logos on post-2003 prints of pre-2003 films (in addition, also plastering the 75th anniversary, Time Warner Entertainment and AOL Time Warner versions of the same logo). It can also be seen on films, such as *Happy Feet*, *The Book of Eli*, *Lottery Ticket*, *The Accountant*, *Hot Pursuit* and *Going in Style*.
* Several classic films, including the first two *Lethal Weapon* films (current prints of *Lethal Weapon 3* still retain the Time Warner variant of the 1984 logo), *Kush Groove*, *Devil's Advocate*, *Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut*, *Moonwalker*, *Driving Miss Daisy*, *The Color Purple* and current prints of the *National Lampoon* series (with the exception of *European Vacation*) have had their old logos plastered with this one in lieu of the "Shield of Staleness", though this one is mainly found on the most recent releases.
* The IMAX version can be seen on the aforementioned films above.
* The 2011 enhanced version can also be seen on films, such as *Happy Feet Two*, *Blended*, *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them* and *Justice League*. The last film to use the TimeWarner byline was *Bleach*.
* The 2018 WarnerMedia byline version made its debut on *Teen Titans Go! To the Movies*. It can also be seen on films, such as *Creed II*.
* The 2019 WarnerMedia byline only appeared on the HBO Max unveiling on WarnerMedia Day in 2019.
* This strangely appears (for a film logo) on season 3 episode 10 of *Suddenly Susan* on The Roku Channel.
* The 2018 closing variant also appears at the end of films airing on AMC, such as *Unforgiven*.

**Legacy:** A favorite of many thanks to its beautiful CGI and music, this has held up remarkably well over the twenty-four years it was used, though some people might be annoyed by it (especially the opening and closing variants with the 2001-2003 AOL Time Warner and 2003-2018 TimeWarner bylines) plastering some older logos, just like its predecessor. Despite WarnerMedia updating their logo in October 2019, the variant with the previous WarnerMedia byline continued to be used until 2020 (possibly due to the debut of the newer logos shortly thereafter). Also, the prototype Time Warner byline version was a **truly** wasted variant, since it only appears on the films mentioned above.

## 13th Logo (14th logo placeholder) (September 3, 2020-June 29, 2021)

***Opening Variants***

***Closing Variants***

**Nicknames:** "CGI Shield II", "Shield in the Sky III", "The Reflection of the WB Backlot II", "Shield of Steel III", "The AT&T Shield", "CGI WB Shield II", "Bannerless WB Shield III", "Warner Bros. Shield XII", "Early 2020s Shield", "WarnerMedia Shield II"

**Visuals:** It starts off the same way as the previous logo, but the backlot is now blue-tinted. We then see the new WB shield zoom out against the sky background from the previous logo, which fades out to black about a second before the logo finishes zooming out. A shine can be seen on the top-left corner of the shield afterwards.

**Trivia:** This logo was designed by Pentagram. It was rumored to have been animated at Rhythm and Hues Studios, though this remains unconfirmed.

**Byline:** Referred to as "a **Warner**/\/\edia company", with "**Warner**" in the AT&T Aleck Sans Bold (modified) font, while the rest of the byline is in the standard variation of the same font.

**Variant:** On *Judas and the Black Messiah*, a still version was used. However, on *Gintama: THE FINAL / Gintama: THE VERY FINAL*, an animated version (where the shield just shines) of the finished product was used.

**Closing Variant:** Just the finished product, with "Distributed by" above and the "www.warnerbros.com" URL underneath. This was used until December 25, 2020 and again on June 29, 2021.

**Technique:** CGI.

**Audio:** The opening theme of the film.

**Availability:** Rare, due to this logo being a placeholder. This debuted on *Tenet* and recently appeared on *Wonder Woman 1984* albeit using a variant; it also appeared at the opening of *Gintama: THE FINAL / Gintama: THE VERY FINAL*, and at the end of *Cats and Dogs 3: Paws Unite!*, and *A Cinderella Story: Starstruck*.

**Legacy:** This is Warner Bros.' first attempt at an animated logo based on their current print logo, and while it's okay, it's far less grand compared to the previous logo due to the stiffer animation. It's also the first logo since 1972 to not have a banner around the shield. Because the films with this logo either use variants or only show the last portion, there is no actual original version of the full opening version of this logo (although recreations exist). However, this logo was only used as a placeholder, and it was eventually replaced by the next logo below.

## 14th Logo (January 14, 2021- )

* 2021-2022
* 2022-

The studio lotThe finished product (WarnerMedia byline)

The finished product (bylineless version)The finished product (prototype Warner Bros. Discovery byline)The finished product (official Warner Bros. Discovery byline)

**Nicknames:** "CGI Shield III", "Shield in the Sky IV", "Studio Over Sunset", "The AT&T Shield II", ""The Reflection of the WB Backlot III", "Shield of Steel IV", "CGI WB Shield III", "CGI WB Backlot", "Bannerless WB Shield IV", "Warner Bros. Shield XIII", "2020s Shield", "WarnerMedia Shield III", "Warner Bros. Discovery Shield"

**Visuals:** It starts off similarly to the previous two logos, but this time, we pan back from a newly done studio backlot redone in CGI with hills behind it (a la the Searchlight Pictures logo). Then, we see the shield from the previous logo, which starts off gold (a reference to the shield's previous color) and then turns silver as it zooms out against a new and more realistic sky background. The shield then shines.

**Trivia:**

* Like the previous logo, this was designed by Pentagram.
* This logo was animated at DevaStudios (who also animated the 2011 Paramount Pictures logo) and Terragen from Planetside Software.

**Bylines:** Below the logo, one of these three bylines fade in.

* January 14, 2021-May 13, 2022: "a **Warner**/\/\edia company" ("**Warner**" is in the AT&T Aleck Sans Bold (modified) font, while the rest of the byline is in the standard variation of the same font.)
* May-June 2022: (bylineless) (this was only used on trailers.)
* June 16, 2022: "a **Warner Bros. Discovery** company" ("**Warner Bros. Discovery**" is in the AT&T Aleck Sans Bold (modified) font, while the rest of the byline is in the standard variation of the same font. This is a placeholder.)
* June 24, 2022- : "A **WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY** CO/\/\PANY" ("**WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY**" is in the Geograph Medium font, while the rest of the byline is in the standard variation of the same font. This byline debuted on *Elvis*.)

**Variants:**

* Sometimes, the sun appears first then its glow and the rest of the studio backlot's footage fades in.
* On scope films, the shield and byline are smaller.
	+ On some films, such as *Holiday Harmony*, the 16:9 version is cropped to 2.39:1.
* A version exists where the logo doesn't fade in or out. This variant may or may not have music. This can be seen on DevaStudios' website, *Dune* (albeit using a variant with a fade out) and as a closing logo on the 4K Blu-ray release of *The Outsiders: The Complete Novel*.
* A "behind the scenes" version of this logo exists, showcasing the development of this logo. It can be seen here.
* The intro video of Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood follows the same transition from the 1998 logo.

**Closing Variants:**

* The tail end of the logo's animation, with the only the clouds moving and staying on screen for about 4 extra seconds. This is the first time not to have the "Distributed by" text and the first time since 2000 not to feature the URL.
* Sometimes, a still version exists. It can be seen on a YouTube Movies print of *Thir13en Ghosts* (2001), plastering the AOL Time Warner version of the 12th logo.

**Technique:** CGI, done by DevaStudios.

**Audio:** A rearrangement of the 1999 fanfare, this time in a different key and the opening notes now being played by a guitar and flute as opposed to a piano, composed by Ludwig Göransson.

**Availability:** Current and common.

* It debuted on the HBO Max original movie *Locked Down*, and has been seen on new Warner Bros. films since.
* It was also seen on all Warner Animation Group films since *Tom and Jerry*.
* The WarnerMedia byline last appeared on *Bubble*. It can also be seen on films, such as *King Richard* and *The Batman*.
* The Warner Bros. Discovery byline made its debut on *Father of the Bride*.

**Legacy:** A much more fulfilling and worthy effort from Warner Bros. this time around, with more realistic effects, better animation and a fresh take on the fanfare, all of which makes this logo an appropriate successor to the 12th logo and a perfect way for the studio to celebrate its upcoming 100th anniversary.

## 15th Logo (October 24, 2023- )

The studio lot (Scope)The studio lot (1.75:1)Scope1.75:1
**Nicknames:** "Warner Bros. Shield XIV", "2020s Shield", "CGI Shield IV", "Warner Bros. Discovery Shield II"

**Visuals:** Almost the same as the previous logo, but the studio backlot now has the 2022 Warner Bros. Discovery shield with this logo's banner on the watertower. It also ripples a little bit (a reference to the 12th logo) and the shield is now the 2022 Warner Bros. Discovery shield with the banner reading "**WARNER BROS. PICTURES**" on it.

**Trivia:**

* Like the previous logo, this was designed by Chermayeff & Geismer & Haviv.
* This logo was animated at DevaStudios, who also did the previous logo.

**Byline:** Refferred to as "A **WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY** CO/\/\PANY" ("WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY" is in the Georgraph Medium font, while the rest of the byline is in the standard variation of the same font. This byline debuted on *Wonka*.)

**Technique:** CGI, done by DevaStudios.

**Audio:** A new rendition of the fanfare from the 12th and previous logos, composed by Jacob Yoffee, orchestrated by Nolan Markey and mixed by Jason LaRocca.

**Audio Variant:** In some cases, most notably the first few films with this logo, the opening theme or silence.

**Availability:** Brand new. the normal version debuted on *Wonka*.

**Legacy:** None.

## Copyright Stamps

* 1923-1967: Copyright © by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
* 1934-1936: Copyright © by Warner Bros. Productions Corp.
* 1926-1960: Copyright © by The Vitaphone Corp. (short subjects only)
* 1967-1970: Copyright © by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, Inc.
* 1970-1992: Copyright © by Warner Bros. Inc.
* 1992-2003: Copyright © by Warner Bros.
* 2003- : Copyright © by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

## External Links

* Warner Bros. Pictures on Wikipedia
* Warner Bros. Pictures filmography on IMDb
* Official website for Warner Bros. Pictures

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