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'''Regency Enterprises''' is a Los Angeles-based motion picture production company formed by Arnon Milchan and Joseph P. Grace. It was founded in 1982 as Embassy International Pictures with international sales being handled by [[Producers Sales Organization]] (with some titles being released internationally by [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]]), but the company's name was changed to Regency International Pictures to avoid confusion with Norman Lear and Jerry Perenchio's [[Embassy Films Associates|Embassy Pictures]]' global division Embassy Pictures International. In 1991, Milchan alongside Scriba & Deyle and [[Canal+ (France)|Canal+]] formed a joint venture between the three to finance 20 films in five years. As a result, Regency International Pictures was rebranded to Regency Enterprises and a subsidiary of the company known as [[New Regency Productions]] was formed. Its films were distributed by [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]] until 1998, and by 20th Century Fox (later under their parent company [[Walt Disney Pictures|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures]]) from 1999 onward (with some released by [[Columbia Pictures]], [[Paramount Pictures]], [[Focus Features]], [[A24]], [[Amazon Studios]] among others) and with the distribution deal (initially signed in 1997 and was extended twice), Fox bought a 20% stake in the company. This stake remained even after Fox's merger with Disney in 2019, with the deal extended again in late 2021 under Disney's watch. International home video distribution was handled by [[Thorn EMI Video (UK)|Thorn EMI Video]], which later became [[Cannon Video]], which later sold the Thorn EMI library to [[Weintraub Entertainment Group]]. [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment|Warner Home Video]], Weintraub's international home video distributor, later acquired the worldwide video rights outright from Weintraub, and today the library is distributed by Disney through the subsidiary now known as 20th Century Studios. [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video]] released the sole title Regency outright owned in North America during the '80s, ''The King of Comedy''. Warner Bros. has retained distribution rights to select titles released during the Warner partnership, including ''JFK'', ''Heaven & Earth'', and ''Tin Cup''. International television and digital rights to Regency's library are currently held by [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]].

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'''Music/Sounds:''' None or the opening theme of the movie. On some movies starting with ''Little Women'' (2019), the fanfare from the previous logo is heard.

'''Availability:''' First appeared on the trailer for the film adaptation of ''Assassin's Creed''. The fully animated version debuted on both ''Rules Don't Apply'' and the aforementioned film itself and later appeared on every film since.