IM Global

Background
IM Global is an American independent film and TV production company, founded by Stuart Ford in April 2007 as a successor to InterMedia Films and originally in partnership with German public company Internationalmedia AG. It also operates in international film, television and music production, as well as sales and international distribution. The company financed or produced over 30 Hollywood feature films and controls a library of over 300 films.

In April 2010, Indian media company Reliance Entertainment secured a majority stake in IM Global; due to the investment, the company could expand internationally with offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, Beijing, Mexico City and Mumbai.

In June 2016, Tang Media Partners acquired majority ownership of the company, and at the time of the acquisition, TMP announced a partnership involving IM Global and China's social media giant Tencent to form a new television production joint venture under IM Global called IM Global TV. The following year, they merged its operations with those of Open Road Films, IM Global and IM Global TV to form Global Road Entertainment. In 2018, Global Road filed for bankruptcy, its television division was closed down and its successors were replaced by Open Road Films and Tang Media Partners.

1st Logo (2007-October 13, 2016)
Logo: On a background, we see the letters "IM GLOBAL" sliding on a line forming with some circles from line-to-line moving with holes, then we see a bigger black circle with a smaller  circle hole zooming in. Then we stop with a big circle with the company name sliding in from the left in white with a line forming.

Variants:
 * A prototype version exists where the ending part is 2D and the line is black.
 * A black-and-white variant exists.
 * Sometimes, the logo starts at the red circle part.
 * The Australian release of The Inbetweeners Movie, the international print of The Factory and Safe, use the Reliance Entertainment byline from the next logo.
 * A still version of the above variant with the byline exists.

FX/SFX: A mix of 2D and CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: None. At the end of international prints of Max Steel, the closing theme plays over.

Availability: Seen on some movies distributed by the company from 2007 to 2010 such as the international prints of both Battle for Terra and Paranormal Activity. It made a surprise appearance on the Australian release of The Inbetweeners Movie, Safe, the international prints of The Factory and at the end of Max Steel.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (2010-December 2, 2016)
Logo: On a black background with a light gray surface, we see the company name sliding from the left as the camera rotates to the left. The background fully changes to black as it forms in a similar fashion to the previous logo. The byline "A RELIANCE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY" fades in below.

FX/SFX: CGI animation, done by Filmograph.

Music/Sounds: None or the opening theme of the movie.

Availability: Seen on some movies distributed by the company from 2010 to 2015 such as Blood. Made a surprise appearance at the start of the international print of Max Steel and Incarnate.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (2015-June 29, 2018)
Logo: On a black background, we see the company name in a new typeface, with the "O" stroked by a curved line representing Earth. The Reliance byline appears zooming in.

Variants:
 * At the end of Free State of Jones, it is still along with other logos.
 * An in-credit and plain white version exists.
 * Starting in 2016, the logo went bylineless due to Tang Media Partners acquiring majority ownership of the company in June of that year.

FX/SFX: The logo zooming.

Music/Sounds: Same as the previous logo.

Availability: No longer current. It was seen on the company's final films before Open Road and IM Global merged to form Global Road Entertainment.

Editor's Note: None.