Regency Enterprises

Background
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, but the company name changed to avoid confusion with Norman Lear and Jerry Perenchio's Embassy Pictures' global division Embassy Pictures International. Its films were distributed by Warner Bros. until 1998, and by 20th Century Fox (later under their parent company Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) from 1999 onward (with some released by Columbia Pictures, Paramount Pictures, and soon Universal Pictures) 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, which later became Cannon Video, which later sold the Thorn EMI library to Weintraub Entertainment Group. 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. 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.

1st Logo (July 20, 1994-December 25, 2015)
Nicknames: "Northern Lights", "R2", "The Haze", "Renegade R", "The Powerade Logo", "S in Reverse" "R of Calm"

Logo: Over a black background, a light draws a stylized "R". As we pan out, the glowing from the "R" stops, and "REGENCY" turns toward us under the "R". The logo shines.

Variant: Starting with Broken City, the logo has an enhanced look where the light is purple, and the "R" and "REGENCY" text are a lighter shade of blue.

FX/SFX: The light effects. Good animation.

Music/Sounds: Originally it was silent, but starting with Bogus in 1996, a mystical orchestral tune with a flute is heard. The music was composed and written by Danny Elfman, and is a truncated sample of the main title theme from the 1993 film Sommersby, which was a Regency production; there is also a faint whoosh as the "R" is drawn, as well as some cymbal crashes as the logo shines.

Music/Sounds Variants:


 * On some films, the opening theme plays instead.
 * On Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, the blowing of the wind is heard in the background as the eagle cries while the "R" is forming. The eagle cries again as the logo shines.
 * On Carpool, we hear birds chirping, and after the sequence, we hear a car horn honking, and Daniel (David Paymer) calls out, "Let's go, let's go! It's a school day, not a carnival day!" before the logo fades out.
 * On Down with Love, a jazz version of the theme is heard.
 * On Free Willy 3: The Rescue, the music starts a little earlier while the visual starts a little later.
 * On a couple 1999-2002 films, the very beginning of the music plays alongside the tail end of the 20th Century Fox logo's music when the said logo fades out to black.

Availability: Common. It's seen on any film produced by Regency from 1994 to 2015. Also appeared on licensed games, such as Fight Club. This logo first appeared on The Client, and made its final appearance on The Revenant. It makes a surprise appearance as a de-facto home video logo on the PAL DVD release of Ridley Scott's Legend instead of the 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment logo. Another early Regency title, The King of Comedy, has this plastered over the 20th Century Fox logo on the Warner Home Video release. Also appears at the start of the 2000 Showtime TV movie, Noriega: God's Favorite.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (November 10, 2016-)
Nicknames: "R2 II", "The Powerade Logo II", "Silver R", "S in Reverse II" "R of Calm II"

Logo: We see the top of the R forming and it zooms down showing both the rest of the top and the bottom form and the logo zooms out to show the R, similar to the last logo, but silver color fills in, and on an aquamarine background, the text "REGENCY" in Blair appears from right to left in the same color.

FX/SFX: Amazing CGI!

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.

Editor's Note: A great update to the previous logo, which pairs even better in some cases with the 1996 theme.