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{{Infobox company | {{Infobox company | ||
| name = Touchstone Pictures | | name = Touchstone Pictures | ||
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| founded = February 15, 1984 ({{Age|1984|2|15}} years ago) | | founded = February 15, 1984 ({{Age|1984|2|15}} years ago) | ||
| founder = {{w|Ron W. Miller}} | | founder = {{w|Ron W. Miller}} | ||
| defunct = December 20, | | defunct = December 20, 2016 ({{Age|2016|12|20}} years ago) | ||
| fate = Inactive | | fate = Inactive | ||
| parent = Walt Disney Studios<br>(The Walt Disney Company) | | parent = Walt Disney Studios<br>(The Walt Disney Company) | ||
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Two huge blows were dealt to the company in 2009: first, the then-new Disney chairman Rich Ross trimmed the number of films Disney released in a year to eight. This business plan resulted in planned sequels for Touchstone hits being cancelled, and many more flops to come for Disney in general (he left after the failures of ''John Carter'' and ''Mars Needs Moms''); the last Touchstone film released solo, without distributing for others, was ''You Again''. Meanwhile, Disney eventually stopped producing adult-oriented but family-friendly films after ''Old Dogs'' flopped with critics (though it did reasonably well at the box office). After all this, Touchstone began merely distributing films for [[Lucasfilm Ltd.|Lucasfilm]], [[Miramax Films|Miramax]], and [[DreamWorks Pictures]] (except the EMEA region and India), as well as foreign films and titles Disney didn't see value in. It didn't help either that Disney was beginning to release their Marvel and ''Star Wars'' films under the respective [[Marvel Studios]] and Lucasfilm brands. The final blow came with the critical and commercial failure of ''Strange Magic'', with them only distributing ''Bridge of Spies'' and ''The Light Between Oceans'' since then, the latter ultimately being the company's final film. | Two huge blows were dealt to the company in 2009: first, the then-new Disney chairman Rich Ross trimmed the number of films Disney released in a year to eight. This business plan resulted in planned sequels for Touchstone hits being cancelled, and many more flops to come for Disney in general (he left after the failures of ''John Carter'' and ''Mars Needs Moms''); the last Touchstone film released solo, without distributing for others, was ''You Again''. Meanwhile, Disney eventually stopped producing adult-oriented but family-friendly films after ''Old Dogs'' flopped with critics (though it did reasonably well at the box office). After all this, Touchstone began merely distributing films for [[Lucasfilm Ltd.|Lucasfilm]], [[Miramax Films|Miramax]], and [[DreamWorks Pictures]] (except the EMEA region and India), as well as foreign films and titles Disney didn't see value in. It didn't help either that Disney was beginning to release their Marvel and ''Star Wars'' films under the respective [[Marvel Studios]] and Lucasfilm brands. The final blow came with the critical and commercial failure of ''Strange Magic'', with them only distributing ''Bridge of Spies'' and ''The Light Between Oceans'' since then, the latter ultimately being the company's final film. | ||
Disney retired the label on December 20, | Disney retired the label on December 20, 2016<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/05/business/media/disney-streaming-service-ricky-strauss.html</ref> after the expiration of their DreamWorks deal in August 2016 (since they went back to [[Amblin Partners]] and [[Universal Pictures]] for distribution) and their eventual acquisition of [[21st Century Fox]] in 2019. Its slate has since been taken over by Walt Disney Pictures (for most Disney-style films), [[20th Century Studios]] (for non-Disney style films and several mid-budget adult films), and [[Searchlight Pictures]] (for low-budget, independent and third-party films), while several other Disney divisions have produced or are developing television series and films based on previous Touchstone properties for [[Disney+ Originals|Disney+]] and [[Hulu]]. However, the 2018 film ''Sherlock Gnomes'', the sequel and spin-off to ''Gnomeo & Juliet'', was released by [[Paramount Pictures]] and [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] instead of Disney. Although the 2019 film ''Glass'' was rumored to be released by Touchstone outside of the United States, it was instead released under the revived [[Buena Vista International]] label. Today, Touchstone is in a similar place as Disney's other former mature label, [[Hollywood Pictures]], existing solely as an in-name-only unit to hold the copyright of their films. | ||
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Contrary to popular belief, the {{Color|gold|yellow}} streaks aren't actually streaks. During Ancient Rome and Greece people needed a way to test the quality of precious metals, like gold. So, as a result, jewelers would rub precious metals against a block of rough stone, called a Touchstone. This would leave a fine trace of the metal’s alloy on the stone’s surface. By visually examining the quality of that sample, a trained eye could judge its purity. Putting this in mind, the {{Color|blue}} ball represents the physical stone while the “streak” or “lightning bolt” represents the gold tracing left on the stone’s surface. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVvOxLuwtj4 This video] is evidence/the source. | '''Trivia:''' | ||
*The logo was designed by Jerry Kuyper of Landor Associates. | |||
*Contrary to popular belief, the {{Color|gold|yellow}} streaks aren't actually streaks. During Ancient Rome and Greece people needed a way to test the quality of precious metals, like gold. So, as a result, jewelers would rub precious metals against a block of rough stone, called a Touchstone. This would leave a fine trace of the metal’s alloy on the stone’s surface. By visually examining the quality of that sample, a trained eye could judge its purity. Putting this in mind, the {{Color|blue}} ball represents the physical stone while the “streak” or “lightning bolt” represents the gold tracing left on the stone’s surface. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVvOxLuwtj4 This video] is evidence/the source. | |||
'''Variant:''' An open matte version of this logo exists on full-screen versions. | '''Variant:''' An open matte version of this logo exists on full-screen versions. | ||