Warner Bros. Pictures: Difference between revisions

===Background===

'''Warner Bros. Pictures'''<nowiki/>' 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). Warner Bros. is one of the "Big Five" studios, alongside Paramount Pictures, [[Sony Pictures Entertainment|Sony Pictures]], Universal Pictures, and [[Walt Disney Pictures]].

After remaining independent for its first 45 years in operation, Warner Bros. was subject to numerous acquisitions over the decades. First, the studio merged with [[Seven Arts Productions]] to become '''Warner Bros.-Seven Arts''' in 1967. Two years later, the studio was purchased by Kinney National Co., 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. In 1989, Warner Bros. became a subsidiary of Time Warner, a merger between Warner Communications and [[Time Inc.|Time, Inc.]] In 1992, Time Warner formed Time Warner Entertainment by merging all of its entertainment operations for the first time. In 2001, internet giant AOL merged with Time Warner to become AOL Time Warner, but its name was reverted back to Time Warner two years later 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, telecommunications company AT&T acquired Time Warner, which was later renamed [[WarnerMedia]] in 2018. 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 Networks|Discovery, Inc.]], creating the combined company [[Warner Bros. Discovery]]. 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 [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|MGM]]), ''Rope'' (currently owned by Universal), and ''Hondo'' (owned by [[Batjac Productions]] with distribution exclusively handled by Paramount), the pre-1950 catalog is held by Warner subsidiary [[Turner Entertainment Co.]]

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===1st Logo (August 1, 1925-March 24, 1929)===

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'''Logo:''' On a background that looks like a forest, a large, bizarrely shaped shield is seen with a very wide top. The top part of the shield shows a picture of the original Warner studio in Hollywood, CA (now known as "Sunset Bronson Studios"), the bottom having a squashed, stylized "WB". "{{font|Times New Roman|a WARNER BROTHERS}}" is above the shield (with "{{font|Times New Roman|WARNER BROTHERS}}" in an arc around the shield, a la the first [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]] logo), with "{{font|Times New Roman|CLASSIC ''of the'' SCREEN}}" below. Starting in 1926 or so, it changed to "{{font|Times New Roman|PRODUCTION}}".

'''Closing Titles:''' There are two closing titles for this WB era:

*1st Closing Title: We see the words "{{font|Times New Roman|'''''THE END'''''}}" all in capitals on both sides of the WB shield, with "{{font|Times New Roman|'''''THE'''''}}" on the left and "{{font|Times New Roman|'''''END'''''}}" on the right. The "T" on "THE" and the "E" on "END" are bigger than the other letters. Below the shield, we see "A WARNER BROTHERS CLASSIC OF THE SCREEN" in big capital letters. But on some movies, the WB shield was omitted. For example, ''Beau Brummel'' (1924) had a background with some books and two candles on both sides of the screen. Above the books, we see the "The End" in a small, fancy white script arched above a small "A WARNER BROTHERS "CLASSIC of the SCREEN"" text.

*2nd Closing Title: The second variant is the one you see in the 3rd photo. On ''The Jazz Singer'' (1927), it was superimposed on a marble-like background.

'''FX/SFX:''' None.

'''Music/Sounds:''' None or the film's opening theme.

'''Availability:''' Extremely rare.  

* This is retained on all extant silent-era Warner Bros. films shown on TCM, such as ''The Better 'Ole''.  

* This logo premiered at the beginning of ''Kiss Me Again'' and made its final appearance on ''Queen of the Night Clubs''.

'''Legacy:''' The first design of the WB shield is noted by modern viewers for having a strange look to it. The addition of the WB Studios inside the shield would later be implemented in the 1998, 2020, and 2021 logos.

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

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'''Logo:''' The words "WARNER BROS. PICTURES, Inc." appear, and "''& THE '''VITAPHONE''' CORP.''" appears below in a much smaller font, with the "VITAPHONE" in "electric" style letters. Below is a very small WB shield (using the stylized WB seen in the 1st logo), and in script, "{{font|Times New Roman|Present}}". Behind it we see a drawing of a flag "waving" so it looks like it is in three sections: on the first, "WARNER BROS." appears, followed by the electric-letter "VITAPHONE" logo and "PICTURES".

'''Trivia:''' [[First National Pictures|The First National Company]] also used this logo, but with the words "FIRST NATIONAL" instead of "WARNER BROS. PICTURES". Also, on some features, only a large banner saying "VITAPHONE" was shown, omitting the First National or the Warner Bros. logo.

'''Variant:''' On some films, the NRA logo is shown on the bottom right.

'''Closing Title:'''

* The closing variation has "{{font|Times New Roman|The End}}" instead of "{{font|Times New Roman|Present}}".

* A colorized version exists in which the logo (the text, the flag, and the shield) are colored {{color|gold|yellow}} and appear on a {{color|blue}} background.

'''FX/SFX:''' None.

'''Music/Sounds:''' None or the opening theme of the film.

'''Availability:''' Common.

* However, on the DVD version of ''G-Men'', it has usually been replaced with the 1948 shield logo, although this logo is kept at the end of ''G-Men''.

* The logo premiered on ''Paris'' and made its final appearance on ''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)===

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'''Logo:''' Over a cumulonimbus cloud setting, a superimposed WB shield design zooms in to the screen. The words "WARNER BROS. PICTURES, Inc. {{font|Times New Roman|Present}}" appear over the shield.

'''Variants:'''

* On ''The Goose and the Gander'' (1935), the shield is a still image, and is in the same style as the previous logo's shield.  

* On ''God's Country and the Woman'' (1937), the shield is different and looks like the WB shield bug on the closing version of the 5th logo.  

'''Closing Title:''' On a special background, superimposed on the last scene of a movie or the cloud background of the opening logo, we see the words "The End" in a fancy script font, with either the WB or the FN logos and "Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.", or rarely "Warner Bros. Productions Corporation", or "First National Pictures, Inc." below. Later, the disclaimer changed to either "A First National Picture" or "A Warner Bros. Picture" and the font for "The End" would change different times.

'''FX/SFX:''' 2D animation.

'''Music/Sounds:''' The opening theme of the movie.

'''Availability:''' Uncommon.  

* It's seen on films from the period and occasionally seen on TCM or preserved on Warner Archive DVD releases.  

* Its first known appearance is on ''Here Comes the Navy'' and made its final theatrical appearance on ''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.

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'''Logo:''' Inside a shield, a more realistic version of the stylized "WB" from the previous logo appears. Over the shield is a banner that reads "'''WARNER BROS. PICTURES, INC.'''" Below the logo is the word "{{font|Times New Roman|''Presents''}}" in script.

'''Variants:'''

* A colorized version of this logo with a {{color|blue}} background, a {{color|gold}} shield and a {{color|red}} inside exists on ''The Maltese Falcon'' and ''Casablanca'', among others.

* An ornate hand-drawn version of the shield against a parchment-like background was seen on some films, such as ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' and ''The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex''.  

'''Closing Title:''' Superimposed on a special background or sometimes on the last scene of the movie, the huge words "The End" (with font varying on a movie) fade in, with the "WB" shield bug and "A WARNER BROS. PICTURE" in small letters below, but sometimes, due to the deal between WB and First National Pictures, the disclaimer was "A WARNER BROS.-FIRST NATIONAL PICTURE", or it was sometimes shortened to "A FIRST NATIONAL PICTURE" with the WB shield bug intact.

'''FX/SFX:''' None.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Usually the beginning of the movie's theme, or a majestic horn sounder composed by Max Steiner. On at least three films (''To Have and Have Not'', ''Confidential Agent'' and ''Dark Passage''), a different fanfare composed by Franz Waxman plays.

'''Availability:''' Fairly common. It's seen on Warner releases of the period, like ''Casablanca'' on TCM. It premiered on ''Submarine D-1'' and made its final appearance on ''Romance on the High Seas''.

'''Legacy:''' This is perhaps the second most well-known version of the shield, having preceded classics such as ''Casablanca'', ''The Maltese Falcon'' and ''The Treasure of Sierra Madre'', all starring Humphrey Bogart, who was named the Greatest American Movie Star (Men's Category) by the American Film Institute in 1998.

===5th Logo (July 31, 1948-November 1, 1967, February 7, 1974-August 31, 1979)===

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'''Logo:''' Same as before, only the design has been cleaned up a bit. The border of the shield, banner, text, and "WB" are now {{color|gold}}, and the inside of the shield is now {{color|blue}}. The banner phrase is now changed to "{{font|Times New Roman|'''WARNER BROS. PICTURES'''}}" and is now {{color|gold}}. "{{font|Times New Roman|''Presents''}}", in the same font as the previous logo, usually appears below. Also, the background is now a cloud skyline (much like the logos of 1984 on). For the later years, this logo was usually superimposed onto the titles of Warner features of this period.

'''Variants:'''

* A German version exists where the "Presents" text is replaced with "zeigen", as well as the shield being outlined white. One case has "zeigen" chyroned over the "presents" text in the three-dimensional shield variant.

* On the Japanese release of ''None but the Brave'' (1965), the company name is written in Japanese katakana.

'''Closing Titles:'''

** "Produced and Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures"

** "Distributed by Warner Bros."

These texts are seen sandwiched below "The End" and above the WB shield bug.

'''FX/SFX:''' None.

'''Music/Sounds:''' The Max Steiner majestic horn fanfare from the previous logo was used initially, and it was gradually phased out in favor of the movie's opening theme.

'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' On ''New York Confidential'', the logo had a different fanfare, composed by Joseph Mullendore.

'''Availability:''' Fairly common.

* Sometimes, this may be preceded by a later logo, as seen on the earliest home video releases of ''Them!'' (where the 10th logo preceded this one).

* This also appears on the [[Video Collection International|VCI]] release of ''Drum Beat''.

'''Legacy:''' This is the most well-known version of the Warner Bros. shield, according to ''the Movie title stills collection'' [http://annyas.com/screenshots/warner-bros-logo/ Warner Bros.] website. This particular design was listed as the 12th best corporate logo by ''Complex Magazine'' for its longevity and "iconic" status.

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'''Logo:''' Just a superimposed, stylized shield which can be white, {{color|gold|yellow}} or {{color|red}}. The shield features a combination of a "'''W'''" and a "'''7'''", representing Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. The "'''W7'''" is often drawn on-screen, a la the NBC Snake, although it's a still logo on a few films. Below the shield, "{{font|Impact|WARNER BROS.-SEVEN ARTS}}" is seen. The word "Presents" usually appears under the shield.

'''Variants:'''

* Some films, such as ''Dracula Has Risen from the Grave'' (1968) and ''Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed'' (1969), have a still version of this logo.

* Some European movies distributed by Warner Bros., such as ''Alexandre le bienheureux'' (1968) and ''The Bastard'' (1968), have only the letters without the shield outline. On ''The Bastard'', the logo is on a cloudy background like the previous logo.

'''Closing title:''' After the words "The End" and the credits, the words "Distributed by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts" are seen superimposed in the last scene of the movie or on a special BG with the W7 shield bug below.

'''FX/SFX:''' 2D animation; sometimes done over the backdrop of a specific movie.

'''Music/Sounds:''' None or the film's opening theme.

'''Availability:''' Rare.

* This occasionally plastered the previous logo, such as on early VHS releases of ''East of Eden''.

* The plaster originally was not used in ''Reflections in a Golden Eye'' (the first film to be released under Warner Bros.-Seven Arts) and ''Camelot'', but it debuted on ''The Vengeance of Fu Manchu'' and made its final regular appearance on ''Last of the Mobile Hot Shots'', subsequently appearing on ''Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed'', ''Moon Zero Two'', ''Once You Kiss a Stranger'', ''The Phynx'', ''Crescendo'', and ''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)===

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'''Logo:''' On a {{color|blue}} background, we see an abstract shield (akin to those seen on posters for 1960s Warner Bros. films) in a {{color|gold|golden}} color with a {{color|brown|dark brownish}} color inside. The word "WB" (this time not stylized) is at the upper part, and a rectangle in the same colors is at the lower part of the shield with the Kinney byline inside. The word "{{color|orange|PRESENTS}}" appears underneath the logo.

'''Bylines:'''

* June 17-September 30, 1971: "{{color|orange|A KINNEY LEISURE SERVICE}}"

* December 19, 1971-February 25, 1972: "{{color|orange|A KINNEY COMPANY}}"

'''Variants:'''

* Some films, including ''McCabe'' and ''Mrs. Miller'', had a two-dimensional version of the shield appearing in white over a black background.

* On the 1970 print of the 1956 film ''Giant'', the Kinney Shield appears over the classic WB clouds. It is unknown if this variant is preserved on any home video release.

'''FX/SFX:''' None.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Again, the opening/closing theme of the movie's theme or silence.

'''Availability:''' Fairly common.

* The cheaper German shield version was found on an ARD airing of ''There Was A Crooked Man...'' from August 28, 1982.

* The Kinney Services byline, the rarest of the byline variants, appeared on ''Billy Jack'', and is also presumed to have appeared on ''Zeppelin'' and ''Summer of '42''.

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

===8th Logo (November 24, 1971-February 2, 1972?)===

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'''Logo:''' On a background similar to the last logo, a bannerless WB shield is seen, with the design closer resembling the classic WB shield. "{{color|orange|'''A KINNEY LEISURE SERVICE'''}}" is seen below.

'''Trivia:''' This logo is based on the print logo Warner used during the Kinney era.

'''FX/SFX:''' None.

'''Music/Sounds:''' None, or in the case of ''The Man in the Wilderness'', the opening audio.

'''Availability:''' Extremely rare.

* May have been seen on other films from this time period (it's confirmed to also be on a later Kinney-era film, possibly ''Snow Job''), but it's hard to say between Warner's rampant plastering habits and more common usage of the 7th logo.

* Not helping matters is how even the aforementioned ''Man in the Wilderness'' used the Kinney Shield as its closing logo.

'''Legacy:''' Some might say that the shield is considerably ugly.

===9th Logo (May 24, 1972-January 31, 1973)===

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'''Logo:''' The standard WB shield logo, without the banner, appears on a {{color|blue}} background with "{{color|orange|A WARNER COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY}}" underneath. "{{color|orange|''Presents''}}" in script may appear below.

'''Variants:'''

* On ''Get to Know Your Rabbit'', the logo is darker and slightly tilted to the left.

* On the 2007 DVD and Blu-ray of ''Deliverance'', "''Presents''" underneath the byline is not present. This is likely due to said release using the original negative as the basis for its restoration as opposed to a 35mm inter-positive.

'''FX/SFX:''' None.

'''Music/Sounds:''' None or the opening theme of the film, although ''Get to Know Your Rabbit'' uses a horn-driven theme with a flute mixed in towards the end.

'''Availability:''' Ultra rare.

* This logo is also preserved on the 1986 VHS and Betamax release of ''Rage'', along with the 1994 VHS and Warner Archive Blu-ray of ''Dracula A.D. 1972'' and the Warner Archive Blu-ray release of ''Super Fly''.

* This logo premiered on ''Malcolm X'' (the previous WB feature, ''What's Up, Doc?'', used a variant) and made its final theatrical 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.

===10th Logo (February 7, 1973-1989)===

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'''Logo:''' On a black background, an abstract "{{color|red|'''W'''}}", consisting of two slanted elongated circles and a shorter elongated circle, zooms towards us. Around halfway through, the words "'''WARNER BROS'''" (in the Warner Communications custom typeface, which resembles Saul Bass' earlier typeface, "Handel Gothic") appear below it. The {{color|red}} logo overtakes the screen as a smaller white "W" zooms in. It stops at the middle of the screen and a black square field, whose corners have been rounded and softened, fades in around the logo. "A WARNER COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY", in the same font as "WARNER BROS", fades in below. Most of the time, "PRESENTS" also fades in below (in Helvetica).

'''Trivia:''' The "Big W" was designed by Saul Bass (1920-1996), who also designed the [[Geffen Pictures]] "G" logo. The "Worms" nickname is attributed to an audio commentary for the film ''Gremlins'', which brought back the shield logo. The \\' logo was seen in several other shapes like a circle and a parallelogram, but these prototypes were scrapped. Although this logo has since been retired by the studio, it is still used by the now-unrelated Warner Music Group (formerly owned by Time Warner).

'''Variants:'''

* On trailers for re-releases, the logo has a copyright notice at the bottom, with " A RE-RELEASE FROM '''WARNER BROS.'''" above. This has been seen on reissue trailers of ''Superman'' and ''Around the World in 80 Days''.

* There is a short version that starts with the white "W" zooming in. This can be seen on the trailer for ''McQ''.

'''Closing Variants:'''

* An ITV overnight showing of the 1968 film ''The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter'' in early September 1996 had its original W7 logo at the beginning, but this logo, with "PRESENTS", oddly appeared at the end.

* Some early [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment|WCI Home Video]] releases have this closing variant sloppily tacked on at the end of some features, and replacing the Warner Bros. distribution logo at the end of early video prints of ''Mister Roberts'' (1955) and replacing the [[National General Corporation|National Pictures]] distribution logo at the end of the WCI print of ''Executive Action'' (1972).

'''FX/SFX:''' Art-deco 2D animation. None for the closing variant.

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

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* Scope films used a different, more stylized cloud background, which was also used for this logo's television counterpart during the Warner Communications era. The clouds in this background are more uniformly fluffy in appearance.

* A French variant used an animation of the shield and byline (which strangely still uses the Warner Communications text, despite it being replaced by Time Warner by then) glowing on a black background before flashing to the shield and background, with the text "PROCHAINES SORTIES CINEMA" (French for "UPCOMING CINEMA RELEASES") zooming out and shining. An announcer says "Et maintenant découvrez en exclusivité les bandes annonces des prochaines sorties Warner Bros disponible d'ici quelques mois chez Warner Home Video" (roughly translating to "And now discover exclusive trailers for the next Warner Bros. releases, available in a few months from Warner Home Video").

'''Closing Variants:'''

* December 8, 1988-March 22, 2000: Another ending variation features the movie logo, but with the words "{{font|Times New Roman|'''DISTRIBUTED BY WARNER BROS.'''}}" above the shield. This was also used at the beginning of ''Freejack''.

* May 12, 2000-February 2, 2001: Only the words "{{font|Times New Roman|'''DISTRIBUTED BY'''}}" appear above the shield, and the text on the banner is redone. Some films like ''The In Crowd'', ''Get Carter'' and ''Miss Congeniality'' have the banner simply reading "{{font|Times New Roman|'''WARNER BROS.'''}}". A URL is also added below the byline. There is also a print closing logo, but it's very rare and was seen on ''Invictus''.

'''FX/SFX:''' None, except for the "PRESENTS" text fading in on the original Warner Communications variation.

'''Music/Sounds:''' None or the opening theme or audio of the film.

'''Music/Sounds Variants:'''

* On the Warner Archive DVD-R release of ''How Sweet It Is!'', the logo is accompanied by the National General fanfare (the original distributors of the film) as the result of a plastering error.

* On a Kabel 1 airing of ''It's Alive III: Island of the Alive'', the logo is accompanied by the 1985 Warner Home Video rendition of Max Steiner fanfare due to another shoddy plastering job. Surprisingly, this logo fits better with that fanfare.

'''Availability:''' Ultra common. In fact, the 1992 version is usually the one that plasters older logos, 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.

* The 1984 Warner Communications opening variant strangely plasters the [[New Line Cinema]] logo on the 2018 Criterion Collection DVD's of ''Female Trouble'' and ''Polyester''. It also makes an even stranger appearance on the ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' version of ''Catalina Caper'', a [[Crown International Pictures|Crown International]] film; it appears as Joel and the Bots are entering the theater.

* The TWE byline variant is not preserved on the [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment|20th Century Studios Home Entertainment]] 4K release of the Regency film ''Heat''; it only shows the Regency logo.

'''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, 1992 [[20th Television]] logo, the 2007 [[CBS Media Ventures|CBS Television Distribution]] logo, the 2001 [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|MGM]] logo, among others.

===12th Logo (January 16, 1998-November 26, 2020, February 20-March 31, 2021,  March 18, 2022)===

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'''Logo:''' A picture of the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank is seen with a {{color|gold}} tint, and ripples slowly (a la the [[DreamWorks Pictures]] logo) before rotating to reveal itself as the WB shield over the quintessential cloud skyline, both of which are now redone in CGI. The shield continues to rotate as it zooms out to its usual position, with the company byline fading in underneath.

'''Trivia:''' If one pauses right before the transition from the backlot photograph to the shield animation, some posters can be seen on the studio wall, including posters for ''Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'', ''Friends'' and ''Space Jam'', dating the photograph to somewhere between mid-1996 and early-1997.

'''Bylines:'''  

* October 29, 2019; March 24, 2021: "a '''Warner'''Media company", with "'''Warner'''Media" in its own logo font, called AT&T Aleck Sans (modified), while the rest of the byline is in the standard variation of the same font. It was seen on ''Godzilla vs. Kong'' (albeit using a custom variant) and strangely, it uses the 14th logo at the end. It was also spotted in the first trailer for the 2021 ''Tom & Jerry'' movie and at [[HBO Max Originals|HBO Max]]'s unveiling at the 2019 WarnerMedia Day on October 29, 2019.)

* Sometimes, the logo doesn't have a byline, like the [[Warner Bros. Family Entertainment]] logo. This was seen on the 2003 DVD of ''Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines''.

'''Variants:'''

* On FX, FXX and FXM airings of ''The Negotiator'', the 2003 version of the logo with the TimeWarner byline is still.

* The intro video of Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood replaces "{{font|Times New Roman|'''WARNER BROS. PICTURES'''}}" into "{{font|Times New Roman|'''WARNER BROS. STUDIOS'''}}" in both the normal version and the New Line Cinema version. In the normal version, transitioning from an archival scene from ''Casablanca'', the logo is black and white then changes to color, while the New Line Cinema version, transitioning from an archival scene from ''Superman Returns'', it transitions to an archival scene from ''Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory''.

'''Closing Variants:'''

** July 22, 2018-November 26, 2020, March 18, 2022 (WarnerMedia byline): Once again, the text above and below the logo and the byline was changed in favor of the byline change to "A '''WARNER{{color|gray|MEDIA}}''' Company". Here, both "Distributed by" and the "www.warnerbros.com" URL are now in AT&T Aleck Sans typeface. Like the opening variant, the shadow behind "'''{{color|gray|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''.

'''FX/SFX:''' Amazing CGI animation done by Intralink Film Graphic Design (for the original 1998 and 1999 versions), Picturemill (for the 2011 and New Line Cinema versions), and [[Devastudios]] (for the Warner Animation Group version).

'''Music/Sounds:'''

* February 12, 1999-November 26, 2020: An 8-note piano tune that builds into a powerful, moving fanfare, based on the theme from ''Casablanca'', "As Time Goes By", originally used in the Broadway musical, ''Everybody's Welcome''. It is a shortened version of an instrumental of "As Time Goes By" that appeared in a Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary promo that had been shown theatrically a year earlier. The fanfare made its debut in ''Message in a Bottle''. The fanfare uses "Crescendo Finale" from Peter Siedlaczek's Orchestral Colors, and maybe an unknown cymbal sample (probably SampleCell II or Big Fish Audio Prosonus).

* In other cases, it uses the opening theme of the movie or silence.

'''Music/Sounds Variants:'''

* The Japanese live action movie, ''Gintama 2'', had the last spoken dialogue echoing at the start of the fanfare, in which the logo was shown 2 times, as shown below.

* On a sizzle reel dating from the 2000s, the cymbal hits are removed, and the ending flourish sounds a bit different.

'''Availability:''' Very common.

* Surprisingly, the 2011 enhanced TimeWarner version is retained on 2010s-present prints of ''Clifford's Really Big Movie'' where it is preceded by the [[Universal Pictures|2013 Universal Pictures logo]].

* Used in tandem with the next logo until November 26, 2020.

'''Legacy:''' A favorite of many in the logo community thanks to its beautiful CGI and music, though some people might be annoyed due to it (especially the opening and closing variants with the AOL Time Warner and the 2003 Time Warner 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).

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'''Logo:''' It starts the same way as the previous logo, then we see the new 2019 Warner Bros. shield without a banner swing in fully upright from the left of screen against the same cloudy sky background as the previous logo. The "WB" text reflects various other clouds. As the shield zooms out into position, the sky background fades to black and the 2019 WarnerMedia byline now reading "a '''Warner'''Media company" in a modified AT&T Aleck Sans font fades in below. The shield shines throughout.  

'''Trivia:'''

* The new WarnerMedia logo was introduced on October 17, 2019 alongside with the byline, and was created by Wolff Olins.

* The new WB shield was introduced on November 13, 2019, and was created by Pentagram.  

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

'''Closing Variant:''' Just the finished logo, with "Distributed by" above and the URL below. This would be the final closing variant to feature these.

'''FX/SFX:''' Decent CGI.

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'''Trivia:'''

* In ''Space Jam: A New Legacy'', the still version of the logo without the WarnerMedia byline was shown in a boardroom monitor at the end of the Warner 3000 pitch, although showing in a different shield animation at the end of the pitch transitioning into the same logo as shown above. The same studio lot shown in the logo was also shown during the scene leading into the Warner Bros. Serververse. The cloud background in the logo (with the WB shield covered up by windows) was used as the desktop background in a Dell monitor on the Warner Bros. executive's computer.

* The logo depicts the sun rising over the Cahuenga Pass to the south. In real life, the sun rises in the east, over the Forest Lawn cemetery and the [[Walt Disney Pictures|Walt Disney Studios]].

'''Bylines:'''

* June 5, 2022-: "A '''WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY''' COMPANY", with "'''WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY'''" in its own logo font, called Geograph Medium, which is created by Klim Type Foundry and has been designed exclusively for National Geographic, while the rest of the byline is in the standard variation of the same font.

* June 16, 2022: "a '''Warner Bros. Discovery''' company", with "'''Warner Bros. Discovery'''" in its own logo font, called AT&T Aleck Sans, just like the WarnerMedia byline, while the rest of the byline is in the standard variation of the same font as a placeholder, just like [[CNN IDs|CNN]]'s usage of the WBD byline at the end of programs from CNN International, like ''CNN Newsroom'' (International) and ''The Global Brief'', except for the company's name, in which has the Geograph Medium font and is uppercased, making it a mix between the placeholder and the official WBD bylines.

'''Variants:'''

* Sometimes on the closing variant, the logo is entirely still. This can be seen at the end of YouTube prints of ''Thir13en Ghosts'', plastering the 12th logo.

* The intro video of Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood follows the same transitions for both the normal and New Line Cinema versions from the 12th logo. In the New Line Cinema version, it was slightly slowed down to give time to transition to an archival scene from ''Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory'' as soon as the byline disappears and the lens flare appears.

'''Closing Variant:''' The tail end of the opening logo with no extra text. Here, the logo stays on-screen for at least 4 extra seconds before fading out. This is the first time that the "Distributed by" text above is not used, and the first time since 2000 that the URL below is absent.

'''FX/SFX:''' Photorealistic CGI animation done and provided by the folks at [[Devastudios]], who also did the 2011-present [[Paramount Pictures]] logo, and the 2005-2013 and 2013-present [[Lionsgate Films]] logos. According to Devastudios themselves, due to Coronavirus restrictions, the backlot was created using drone footage, original blueprints and available photography, all in order to reconstruct it in CGI (but it would've been remade using live-action shots for the 100th anniversary of WB in 2023. The sky and clouds were done using Terragen from Planetside Software. You can read more about how this logo was made [https://www.devastudios.com/work/logo/warner-bros-logo-making-of/ here].

'''Music/Sounds:''' A re-orchestrated version of the 12th logo's theme, now played in a different key (this time in E♭ major). It has a more powerful, more orchestra-sounding build-up and the opening notes are now played on a guitar and flute as opposed to a piano. This was composed by Ludwig Göransson. It is unknown what samples are used (probably Spitfire Audio or Cinesamples).

* With the water tower having been repainted to have the Warner Bros. Discovery shield on it in 2022, it is currently unknown if or when the logo may get altered, reanimated or replaced to reflect this, as Warner Bros. may keep the logo for a foreseeable future.

* As the company formed a multi-year deal with [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|MGM]] to distribute their films on some international territories, including on home video, this logo has started to appear with the MGM logo on the international trailer for ''Bones & All'', and on international prints of the film itself.

'''Legacy:''' Considered to be an exceptionally beautiful and much more fulfilling effort from Warner Bros. this time around, with more realistic effects, stunning CGI animation and a fresh take on the fanfare.

*'''1992-2003:''' Copyright © by Warner Bros.

*'''2003-:''' Copyright © by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

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