Open Road Films

Background
Open Road Films (formerly known as Global Road Entertainment from 2017 to 2018) is a distribution company started by theater chains AMC Theatres and Regal Cinemas in March 2011. In August 2017, it was purchased by Tang Media Partners, who merged it with the also then-purchased IM Global, resulting in the latter name. In August 2018, management of the company shifted from Donald Tang to primary lenders Bank of America and East West Bank, as he wasn't able to secure funds for Global Road. As a result, the company's September release of City of Lies was put on hold; the film they were allowed to distribute next, A.X.L., flopped at the box office. As a result, the company was forced to lay off their employees without severance, and soon after, was sued by Miramax over loans of City of Lies. In September, Global Road filed for bankruptcy, and soon after began auctioning off its subsidiaries; the bankruptcy did not effect TMP, IM Global or IM Global TV.

On November 6, 2018, Open Road agreed to be purchased by Raven Capital Management, which was completed in February 2019. The company made its comeback at the June 2020 Virtual Cannes after their recapitalization by Raven; the resurrected production company is led by Raven principal James Masciello with key assistance from Matt Sidari. The company is currently partnering with Briarcliff Entertainment, Tom Ortenberg's new company, in acquiring and releasing films starting with Honest Thief. It also majorly finances Sculptor Media, whom Raven would look toward for development and production of films.

(September 23, 2011-October 27, 2017, October 16, 2020-)


Logo: Against a black background are the words "OPENROAD". Inside the words is the background of a road. The words slowly zoom in toward us.

FX/SFX: The zooming of the words, which is very simple.

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

Availability: Current and uncommon. Seen on Killer Elite, The Grey, A Haunted House, The Nut Job, The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature, among others.

Editor's Note: A rather bland logo for a mini-major film studio. But at least there’s some effort in it that makes this logo a bit great.

(January-September 14, 2018, January 31, 2020)


Nicknames: "The Lights", "Colorful Earth", "Earth Lights"

Logo: On a black background, a series of lines appear, and within them they show, textured outlines of Earth's continents. Then, other lines appear in, and , and altogether move around, forming a stylized model of the Earth. The layers of lights zoom out, surrounding the model as well as some Chinese text in the left-center. As the words "GLOBAL" and "ROAD", with the "A"s in both words being in a slanted style, fade in, the lights slowly collapse and the Earth disappears in the middle of the words, transforming into a crescent. "ENTERTAINMENT" fades in underneath "ROAD", followed by the byline "A TMP COMPANY" spaced out underneath "ENTERTAINMENT".

Variants:
 * A short version that starts at the globe zooming out exists.
 * An in-credit and plain white variant was seen on Holocaust: The Revenge Plot.

FX/SFX: The lights rotating and moving, animated in nice CGI.

Music/Sounds: A majestic orchestral fanfare, none, or the opening theme of the movie.

Availability: Uncommon. This was first seen on the trailer for Show Dogs. The short variant later premiered on Midnight Sun and the full animated version debuted on Show Dogs itself. Made a surprise appearance on The Rhythm Section, which released on January 31, 2020.

Editor's Note: This has a much better concept and animation than the last logo, and it's a shame it didn't get much use. But the first logo is still cool.