Rysher Entertainment: Difference between revisions

Rysher Entertainment was founded by former Warner Bros. syndication executive Keith Samples in 1991 as a television syndication company, expanding into TV and feature film production. Cox Enterprises bought Rysher for $15 million in 1993. Rysher was shut down in 1999 by Cox, distribution rights to the company's library was acquired by Paramount Television (now "CBS Studios" and "CBS Media Ventures") the ownership of the library was later acquired by 2929 Entertainment in 2001 and by Qualia Capital on March 29, 2006. Most of the company's film library is currently owned by Paramount Pictures with the following exceptions: ''The Opposite of Sex'' (Sony Pictures Entertainment/Sony Pictures Classics), ''Big Night'', ''Foxfire'', and ''Hard Eight'' (Samuel Goldwyn Films, formally The Samuel Goldwyn Company). As for the television library, it is currently owned by ViacomCBS and distributed by CBS Media Ventures, while the ''Saved by the Bell'' franchise and ''California Dreams'' are currently owned by NBCUniversal Television Distribution while CBS Studios International and MGM International Television has international rights to ''Saved by the Bell''.

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'''Logo:''' We see a black/dark blue gradient background with dozens of stars tingling away. The words "{{font|Times New Roman|RYSHER ENTERTAINMENT}}" fade in on the background in a white Belwe font. "{{font|Times New Roman|RYSHER}}" is on top of "{{font|Times New Roman|ENTERTAINMENT}}" with both words centered and has two stars on the left and right of "{{font|Times New Roman|ENTERTAINMENT}}" fade in respectively.

*On the first season of ''Highlander'', there is a still shot where it says "{{font|Times New Roman|''Distributed by''}}" on top and "{{font|Times New Roman|ENTERTAINMENT}}" is replaced with "DISTRIBUTION".

*On ''The Making of Highlander: The Series'', the distribution variant is seen animated and without "{{font|Times New Roman|''Distributed by''}}" above it.

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'''Logo:''' On the top half of the screen, there is a picture of a city (with hills in the background) at what appears to be sunset. The sun "sets" and stars and the lights in the city buildings appear, as do the words "{{font|Times New Roman|RYSHER}} ENTERTAINMENT" in beige. "{{font|Times New Roman|RYSHER}}" is in a large extremely condensed Times New Roman-style font and "ENTERTAINMENT" is seen in a smallish font below it. A comet streaks in the city sky as the animation finishes.

*When Rysher merged with Television Program Enterprises in 1993, the text read "{{font|Times New Roman|R<u>YSHE</u>R TPE}}", with a line under "{{font|Times New Roman|<u>YSHE</u>}}", and the text shrinks as it sets.

*One version of the logo featured the text "{{font|Times New Roman|R<u>YSHE</u>R ENTERTAINMENT}}" with "{{font|Times New Roman|''and''}}" below.

'''FX/SFX:''' The sky fading and comet.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A mellow horn tune with synth drums plays, with what sounds like a bird screeching (probably just a flute) at the end of the music. In other cases (usually with the "Cox Company" variant), it used only the opening/closing theme of the show or TV movie, or it's silent.

'''Logo:''' Modeled on the last logo, this time with more detail; the lights in the buildings flicker on and off and we see car lights moving, the hills have been changed to mountains, and the sky is more blueish (it was purple on the last logo). The words are now done in CGI and are in copper, with "RYSHER" fading in with a zoom-in and "ENTERTAINMENT" fades in. The byline "A COX C O M P A N Y" appears beneath the logo, and shortly afterwards, a comet streaks through the sky.  

*Early versions don't use the Cox byline. The "ENTERTAINMENT" text was also larger.

*A short version was used on TV around this time, which starts before the comet shoots through the sky. The longer version was primarily seen on some feature films produced by Rysher from 1995-1997, as well as a few TV shows.

*Feature films often had the text made smaller, depending on what aspect ratio it was shot in.