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{{About|Marvel's current film and television division|the original animation divisions|[[Marvel Productions]], [[Marvel Entertainment Group | {{About|Marvel's current film and television division|the original animation divisions|[[Marvel Productions]], [[Marvel Entertainment Group]], or [[Marvel Animation]]}} | ||
===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
This incarnation of Marvel was founded in | This incarnation of Marvel was founded in 1993 as '''Marvel Films''', as a joint-venture between [[Marvel Entertainment Group]] and [[New World Entertainment]]. The venture also held an animation studio - '''Marvel Films Animation''', to produce animated content for television as well. | ||
in 1996, the company formed '''Marvel Studios''' and signed a seven-year development deal with [[20th Century Fox]] to produce movies based on some of their franchises. | |||
Marvel would eventually license their properties to other studios, which was distributed such as [[Warner Bros Pictures|Warner Bros]]/[[New Line Cinema]] (for Blade), [[Universal Studios]] (for Hulk), 20th Century Fox (for X-Men, Daredevil, Elektra, and Fantastic Four), [[Paramount Pictures]] (for Iron Man and The Avengers), [[Columbia Pictures]]/[[Sony Pictures Entertainment]] (for Spider-Man and Ghost Rider), and the mini-major studio Lionsgate Films (while Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Entertainment also distributed outside of U.S. for The Punisher) for films and television. | |||
===1st Logo (April 29, 2002- )=== | On August 31, 2009, The Walt Disney Company announced to acquire Marvel Entertainment; the transaction was finalized on December 31. However, due to grandfathered contracts, Fox retained the film rights to the X-Men and Fantastic Four franchises until 2019, when the rights went back to Marvel due to Disney’s purchase of Fox. | ||
Marvel/Disney made a deal with Sony to share control of Spider-Man in 2015 while the rest of the characters' licenses lapsed and reverted back to Disney. Ironically, Disney already had the rights to the Marvel Productions library due to their acquisition of Fox Family Worldwide eight years before the purchase. | |||
=== 1st Logo (October 31, 1992-January 31, 1998) === | |||
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'''Nicknames:''' "The Marvel Filmstrip", "The Spider-Man Logo III (''Spider-Man'' variant only)" | |||
'''Logo:''' On a black background, in a white rectangle, a logo similar to the Marvel Comics logo is seen, but the "'''M'''" now has squares cut out on either side of it and "'''''Films'''''" written in red script across it. The dot of the "'''''i'''''" may shine with a "ping". The byline, "A Division of New World Entertainment" appears below. | |||
'''Trivia:''' The Spidey logo was a motion graphic that was done by Michael Bayouth of Bayouth Productions. | |||
'''Variants:''' | |||
* Sometimes, a copyright stamp for Marvel Entertainment Group was seen below. | |||
* A different logo was used on ''Spider-Man: The Animated Series'' since the second season. It featured the "Marvel/M" combination tilting and zooming out to face us. In the "'''M'''", is an animation footage of Spider-Man on three squares each. Once the "'''M'''" reaches its position, it flashes and "'''''Films'''''" is written, in script. The background is a space BG and the New World byline and the copyright stamp appear below once the logo forms. | |||
'''FX/SFX:''' Just the "pinging" for the regular, but the Spidey logo had the tilting and flash. | |||
'''Music/Sounds:''' The end of the show's theme. | |||
'''Availability:''' Most Marvel shows from this period kept this logo on Disney XD, such as ''Spider-Man: The Animated Series'' and ''Iron Man'' when the network last aired those shows. The Netflix prints of these shows plastered them with the 5th logo. This is kept intact on BVHE releases of ''The Incredible Hulk.'' | |||
'''Editor's Note:''' Nice animation for 1992. However, the tilting and flash on Spidey's logo was somehow fake. | |||
=== 2nd Logo (September 21, 1997-May 16, 1998) === | |||
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</gallery>'''Nicknames:''' "The Marvel Globe", "Marvel Filmstrip II" "Marvel Studios: The Original" | |||
'''Logo:''' In space, a globe of the Earth spins around. From the bottom of the screen, a red, bold "'''MARVEL'''" zooms up, and from the top, the Marvel "'''M'''" made out the same way as the Marvel Films logo but with nothing written across it, zooms towards the bottom. When they both reach their respective points, both logo flashes, and the words "ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC." appear under the Marvel logo, and the word "'''''Studios'''''" appears on the Marvel "'''M'''". After the flash, the countries on the globe are now filled in with pictures of the Marvel Comics characters. | |||
'''Variant:''' On ''Silver Surfer'', the text "Based on the Marvel Comics Characters" appears below this logo. | |||
'''FX/SFX:''' The spinning globe, the flying words, and flashing logos. | |||
'''Music/Sounds:''' The end of the show's theme. | |||
'''Availability:''' Rare. It was only seen on two Marvel shows: ''Silver Surfer'' on Fox Kids, and the second season of ''The Incredible Hulk'' (a.k.a. ''The Incredible Hulk and She Hulk'') on UPN. Therefore, it was only used for two years. Reruns of both these shows on Disney XD kept this, but Netflix prints plastered this with the 5th logo. | |||
'''Editor's Note:''' Not as bad as the Marvel Entertainment logo. | |||
=== 3rd Logo (October 2, 1999-May 17, 2004) === | |||
'''Nickname:''' "The Marvel Filmstrip III" "Marvel Studios: The Original II" | |||
'''Logo:''' On a blue shiny background, we see a backlit Marvel "'''M'''", with nothing written across it. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a red "'''''Studios'''''", written in script, zooms out and plasters itself on top of the "'''M'''". As it plasters itself on top of the"'''M'''", the Marvel "'''M'''" shines and lights up, revealing the same granite-like finish in the previous two logos. | |||
'''Variants:''' | |||
* The logo would remain still on some shows. | |||
* On ''Mutant X'', the logo appears to be stretched out by width. | |||
'''FX/SFX:''' Nifty CGI. | |||
'''Music/Sounds:''' A loud phaser-like sound. On ''X-Men: Evolution'', it's the finishing of the end title theme. | |||
'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' On ''Mutant X'', it has a 5-note piano theme with the sound of wind blowing. | |||
'''Availability:''' Rare. Could be seen on ''The Avengers: United They Stand'' and ''Spider-Man Unlimited'' when Fox ran them (as well as reruns on Disney XD), ''Mutant X'', and was last seen on Disney XD broadcasts of ''X-Men'' (with Saban's "Twirly-Doo" logo) and the DVD releases of ''X-Men Evolution''. Again, when they were on Netflix, the 5th logo plastered this. | |||
'''Editor's Note:''' Although the loud phasing sound could get to some, the CGI in this logo is amazing and better compared to the previous logos. | |||
===4th Logo (April 29, 2002- )=== | |||
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'''Editor's Note:''' While simplistic, it's very effective. The longevity of the logo is quite remarkable and attributes to how well-known it is among Marvel and logo fans. | '''Editor's Note:''' While simplistic, it's very effective. The longevity of the logo is quite remarkable and attributes to how well-known it is among Marvel and logo fans. | ||
=== | ===5th Logo (October 22, 2013- )=== | ||
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'''Editor's Note:''' A fantastic CGI re-imagining of the previous logo, and, like the previous logo, liked by fans of Marvel movies, especially the Marvel Cinematic Universe. | '''Editor's Note:''' A fantastic CGI re-imagining of the previous logo, and, like the previous logo, liked by fans of Marvel movies, especially the Marvel Cinematic Universe. | ||
=== | ===6th Logo (November 4, 2016-)=== | ||
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