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|founded=February 5, 1919 ({{age|1919|2|5}} years ago) | |founded=February 5, 1919 ({{age|1919|2|5}} years ago) | ||
|founder={{unbulleted list|{{w|Mary Pickford}}|{{w|Douglas Fairbanks}}|{{w|Charlie Chaplin}}|{{w|D. W. Griffith}}}} | |founder={{unbulleted list|{{w|Mary Pickford}}|{{w|Douglas Fairbanks}}|{{w|Charlie Chaplin}}|{{w|D. W. Griffith}}}} | ||
|formerly=United Artists Corporation (1919-1982)<br>MGM/UA Entertainment Co. (1982-1986)<br>United Artists Pictures Inc. (1986-2000)<br>United Artists Films Inc. (2000-2006)<br>United Artists Entertainment LLC (2006- | |formerly=United Artists Corporation (1919-1982)<br>MGM/UA Entertainment Co. (1982-1986)<br>United Artists Pictures Inc. (1986-2000)<br>United Artists Films Inc. (2000-2006)<br>United Artists Entertainment LLC (2006-2011) | ||
|country=[[:Category:United States|United States]] | |country=[[:Category:United States|United States]] | ||
|parent=[[Amazon MGM Studios]]<br>([[Amazon]]) | |parent=[[Amazon MGM Studios]]<br>([[Amazon]]) | ||
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In 1999, MGM folded the existing United Artists company into their own operations (with copyrights for ''The Pink Panther'' and ''Rocky'' transitioning to MGM, although James Bond kept with a UA copyright for legacy purposes) and rebranded their [[G2 Films]] (a renamed portion of the former [[The Samuel Goldwyn Company|Samuel Goldwyn Company]]) division as United Artists International, with the United Artists brand now being used as an art-house theater label. | In 1999, MGM folded the existing United Artists company into their own operations (with copyrights for ''The Pink Panther'' and ''Rocky'' transitioning to MGM, although James Bond kept with a UA copyright for legacy purposes) and rebranded their [[G2 Films]] (a renamed portion of the former [[The Samuel Goldwyn Company|Samuel Goldwyn Company]]) division as United Artists International, with the United Artists brand now being used as an art-house theater label. | ||
On April 8, 2005, [[Sony|Sony Corporation of America]], [[:Category:Comcast|Comcast]], and four other partners bought MGM and United Artists for $4.8 billion. In November 2006, Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner were made the new heads of this revamped United Artists. However, on August 14, 2008, Wagner left the studio but still remained a stockholder in United Artists. In 2011, it became | On April 8, 2005, [[Sony|Sony Corporation of America]], [[:Category:Comcast|Comcast]], and four other partners bought MGM and United Artists for $4.8 billion. In November 2006, Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner were made the new heads of this revamped United Artists. However, on August 14, 2008, Wagner left the studio but still remained a stockholder in United Artists. In 2011, it became wholly owned by MGM again when the studio purchased the stock formerly owned by Cruise and Wagner. As a result, UA was absorbed but still existed as an in-name-only unit of MGM. | ||
In September 2014, MGM acquired a stake in Mark Burnett's | In September 2014, MGM acquired a stake in Mark Burnett's [[One Three Media]] and [[Lightworkers Media]], merging them into [[United Artists Media Group]]; the next year, however, UAMG was folded into [[MGM Television]]. In 2018, MGM revived the UA brand as United Artists Digital Studios, which was folded into MGM in 2020. | ||
The United Artists name would finally return to the big screen in 2019 as [[United Artists Releasing]], a rebranding of MGM and [[Annapurna Pictures]]' existing distribution joint-venture Mirror Releasing, distributing movies from fellow MGM subsidiaries [[Orion Pictures]], [[Orion Classics]] and [[American International Pictures]]. On March 4, 2023, the same day ''Creed III'' was released to theaters, it was announced that United Artists Releasing was folded back into MGM due to [[Amazon]] (the current owner of MGM)'s optimism of the feasibility of theatrical distribution; the UA logo was noticeably missing from marketing materials and posts for MGM's slate of 2023 releases, most notably ''Creed III''. | |||
On July 26, 2024, [[Amazon MGM Studios]] announced that the United Artists name would be | On July 26, 2024, [[Amazon MGM Studios]] announced that the United Artists name would be revived once again as an alternative film label to be headed by former Netflix chairman Scott Stuber. | ||
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|United_Artists_(1941)_(From_-_Lydia).png|1st Logo (May 17, 1930-October 23, 1967) | |United_Artists_(1941)_(From_-_Lydia).png|1st Logo (May 17, 1930-October 23, 1967) | ||
|GW237H179.jpg|2nd Logo (October 30, 1942-July 17, 1943) | |GW237H179.jpg|2nd Logo (October 30, 1942-July 17, 1943) | ||