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===2nd Logo (September 10, 1994-)===

'''Nicknames:''' "The Lighthouse II", "CGI Lighthouse", "CGI Light Tower", "CGI Majestic Tower" , "The CGI Lighthouse at Sunrise" , "The Lighthouse at Sunrise II"

'''Logo:''' Same as the previous logo, but in CGI. On a black background, a white light rotates counterclockwise, then the background fades to a blue and orange gradient sky with water to reveal a lighthouse and a house. As we zoom out, the white light turns from left to right while the plain light orange sun rises up and sweeps around to reveal the words "<span style="font-family:serif;">CASTLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT</span>", in the same font as the previous logo and colored in white, below the lighthouse. The company name now zooms out from the bottom of the screen. The light disappears when the lighthouse and the company name stays on the logo.

* September 23, 1994-May 19, 1995: "A TURNER COMPANY" in a Helvetica font.

* August 25, 1995-October 11, 1996: "'''''A Turner Company'''''" ("'''''Turner'''''" appears as the 1987 Turner Broadcasting logo, and the rest of the text is in the same font as it.)

* December 20, 1996-February 14, 1997: The logo is bylineless.

* January 30, 1998-December 14, 2000: "{{font|Times New Roman|'''A Time Warner Company'''}}" (in Bookman Old Style)

* September 28, 2001-April 30, 2004: "{{font|Times New Roman|'''An AOL Time Warner Company'''}}" (also in Bookman Old Style)

* July 2, 2004-July 13, 2018: "A {{font|Times New Roman|'''TimeWarner'''}} Company" ("{{font|Times New Roman|'''TimeWarner'''}}" appears as the corporate logo; the rest of the text appears in FF Meta typeface).

'''Variants:'''

* On ''Sleuth'', the logo isn't animated.

* There is an international version, which appears in closing credits. The logo there is black and white, has "Distributed by" above and "INTERNATIONAL" below (however, the regular logo has no closing variant).

'''Availability:''' Common on almost every Castle Rock film since ''The Shawshank Redemption''.

* The early Turner variant is rare and it appears on the original Columbia TriStar Home Video VHS releases of ''The Shawshank Redemption'', ''Before Sunrise'' and ''Forget Paris''. It was also seen on the [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment|Warner Home Video]] release of ''The Shawshank Redemption''.

* The second Turner logo is slightly more common and appears on ''The American President'', ''Dracula: Dead and Loving It'', ''City Hall'', ''Alaska'' and ''Striptease''.

* The bylineless version is seen on ''Waiting for Guffman'', ''Ghosts of Mississippi'' and ''Absolute Power''. It also appeared on the ''Hamlet'' game for Windows.

* The first Time Warner byline is seen on ''Zero Effect'', ''My Giant'', ''Mickey Blue Eyes'', ''Bait'', ''Best in Show'' and ''Miss Congeniality''. It also appeared on the original release of ''The Last Days of Disco'' and on the original video releases, but current prints replace it and the [[Gramercy Pictures]] logo with the [[Focus Features]] logo (even the last part of the logo theme that goes into the credits is muted out).

* The AOL Time Warner logo is seen on ''Hearts in Atlantis'', ''The Majestic'', ''The Salton Sea'', ''Two Weeks Notice'', ''The Adventures of Pluto Nash'', ''Murder by Numbers'', ''Kangaroo Jack'' and ''Envy'' (despite all Time Warner companies using the Time Warner byline at this point. Possibly had it due to being a delayed release).

* The second TimeWarner byline is seen on almost all 2004-2017 films from the studio from ''Before Sunset'' to ''Shock and Awe'', and sometimes plasters the previous and older-bylined logos on newer prints. However, on ''The Polar Express'' (2004), it surprisingly uses the first Time Warner variant from 1998, due to the Warner Bros. Pictures logo having the prototype Time Warner variant instead of using the later/cooperative TimeWarner variant.

* The international version is rare and appeared on some older films worldwide, newer releases plaster it with newer [[New Line Cinema]] or [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] logos.

* This logo can also be found on the 2000 Warner Home Video NTSC DVD release of ''Absolute Power''.

* This logo does not appear on ''Friends with Benefits'', as only an in-credit notice appears.

'''Editor's Note:''' A great CGI update of the previous logo with a nice majestic interpretation of the original theme.