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The Machine used the 1999 logo. I have a feeling they might keep that around despite them mostly using the 2011 logo
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The "'''Screen Gems'''" name was resurrected by [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]] on December 8, 1998, as a film division to distribute specific genre and mid-budget film releases, such as horror, thriller, science fiction, as well as films geared towards African-American and youth audiences. The studio also distributed some independent films earlier on. The studio was founded in 1998, but didn't have an on-screen logo until the following year. | The "'''Screen Gems'''" name was resurrected by [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]] on December 8, 1998, as a film division to distribute specific genre and mid-budget film releases, such as horror, thriller, science fiction, as well as films geared towards African-American and youth audiences. The studio also distributed some independent films earlier on. The studio was founded in 1998, but didn't have an on-screen logo until the following year. | ||
===1st Logo (June 4, 1999- | ===1st Logo (June 4, 1999-)=== | ||
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Opening Variants= | Opening Variants= | ||
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*June 4-July 9, 1999: Bylineless (This was only used on trailers.) | *June 4-July 9, 1999: Bylineless (This was only used on trailers.) | ||
*June 4, 1999-October 18, 2013: "A SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY", in the same width as the "'''SCREEN GEMS'''" text. This was used on the majority of their films. | *June 4, 1999-October 18, 2013: "A SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY", in the same width as the "'''SCREEN GEMS'''" text. This was used on the majority of their films. | ||
*July 2, 2014- | *July 2, 2014-: "a Sony Company" | ||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
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*On some early films released by the company, the "S" is bigger than usual. Also, the beginning of the logo is slightly different. | *On some early films released by the company, the "S" is bigger than usual. Also, the beginning of the logo is slightly different. | ||
*On ''Deliver Us from Evil'', ''No Good Deed'', ''Searching'', and ''Brightburn'', the 2014 Sony logo transitions to this logo. | *On ''Deliver Us from Evil'', ''No Good Deed'', ''Searching'', and ''Brightburn'', the 2014 Sony logo transitions to this logo. | ||
*Starting with ''The Machine'', the 2021 Sony transition is used. | |||
'''Closing Variant:''' Similar to the 1993 [[Columbia Pictures]] and [[TriStar Pictures]] logos, the print "Spiral S" is on the right with "'''SCREEN GEMS'''" (in a slightly different font) stacked on top of one another on the left and the byline "'''A Sony Pictures Entertainment Company'''". Beginning in 2014, the byline was changed to "'''a Sony Company'''". | '''Closing Variant:''' Similar to the 1993 [[Columbia Pictures]] and [[TriStar Pictures]] logos, the print "Spiral S" is on the right with "'''SCREEN GEMS'''" (in a slightly different font) stacked on top of one another on the left and the byline "'''A Sony Pictures Entertainment Company'''". Beginning in 2014, the byline was changed to "'''a Sony Company'''". | ||
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'''Availability:''' Common. | '''Availability:''' Common. | ||
*First appeared on ''Limbo'' (the studio's first film), | *First appeared on ''Limbo'' (the studio's first film), and can be seen on many genre and mid-budget films produced and distributed by the studio from the era, and recently appeared on ''The Machine''. | ||
*It still popped up in trailers even with the next logo currently being used. | *It still popped up in trailers even with the next logo currently being used. | ||
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'''Availability:''' Current and fairly common. | '''Availability:''' Current and fairly common. | ||
*It was initially used in tandem with the previous logo from 1999, appearing on comedy films such as ''Friends with Benefits'' (as a variant), ''Think Like a Man'', ''About Last Night'', ''Think Like a Man Too'', and ''The Wedding Ringer''. | *It was initially used in tandem with the previous logo from 1999, appearing on comedy films such as ''Friends with Benefits'' (as a variant), ''Think Like a Man'', ''About Last Night'', ''Think Like a Man Too'', and ''The Wedding Ringer''. | ||
*Starting with ''The Perfect Guy'', it now appears on all of their newer films, regardless of genre | *Starting with ''The Perfect Guy'', it now appears on all of their newer films, regardless of genre. | ||
*The version with the 2021 Sony transition debuted on ''The Invitation''. | *The version with the 2021 Sony transition debuted on ''The Invitation''. | ||