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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''Focus Features''' is the current indie/arthouse film subsidiary of [[Universal Studios]], which was formed in 2002 by the merging of [[USA Films]], [[Universal Focus|Universal '''Focus''']] | '''Focus Features''' is the current indie/arthouse film subsidiary of [[Universal Studios]], which was formed in 2002 by the merging of [[USA Films]], [[Universal Focus|Universal '''Focus''']], [[Good Machine Productions|Good Machine]], and its folded endeavors ([[Rogue]], [[October Films]], [[Gramercy Pictures]], and [[Interscope Communications]]). The label specializes in independent and foreign films as well as other genre titles. | ||
The Interscope Communications name continued to be used under films planned for the label, but instead used for Focus Features until 2003. In 2004, Focus revived Rogue as a genre-specific subsidiary of horror, thriller, African-American, high suspense and action. Ten years later, the label acquired [[FilmDistrict]] and absorbed it shortly after. A year following, Focus revived [[Gramercy Pictures]] as a full on film label, but dissolved it again in 2016 following the box office failure of ''Ratchet & Clank''. | |||
As of 2013, Focus Features is a subsidiary of the [[Universal Pictures]] section of NBCUniversal, which in turn, is a division of Comcast. | |||
===1st Logo (August 16-November 8, 2002)=== | ===1st Logo (August 16-November 8, 2002)=== | ||