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Background

Cross Creek Pictures is an American film production studio formed in 2009 by Timmy Thompson, Tyler Thompson and Todd Thompson. In September 2011, the company signed a deal with Universal Pictures, where the studio would release at least six of Cross Creek's productions over the following three years. In late 2015, they signed a new three-year distribution deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment.

1st Logo (December 3, 2010-September 28, 2013)

Nickname: "The Train", "Cross Creek Train"

Logo: We fade into a rocky mountain scenery with a train track against a dark cloudy sky as a train runs down and the camera zooms into the left. When we get closer to the train, it zooms in further as windows pass by rapidly against a dark background, revealing three small squares consisting of black, gray and white with "crosscreek" on the top left and "pictures" below it on the bottom-right, as the finished result shows it on a very dark gray-green background.

FX/SFX: The camera moving down, the train passing and the logo forming. It's all in great CGI.

Music/Sounds: The sounds of a train chugging with a whistle, ending with a film reel.

Availability: Common. Seen on films from the era beginning with Black Swan and ending with The Young and Prodigious T. S. Spivet.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (September 19, 2014-)

Nickname: "The Train II", "Cross Creek Train II", "Train Redux"

Logo: We fade into a cloudy backdrop as the camera then pulls back, making way for a train to come in as it rides down a train track against a much more very detailed landscape than before. As we get to a comfortable distance from the track, it passes by the camera very closely (with sparks hitting out of it for a split-second) as the windows pass through, forming the company name from before; this time in CGI with different colored squares (resembling that of dark brown gradients) and the text also in 3D and silver as it briefly shines.

FX/SFX: The train moving down and the company name forming. All done in great CGI, which definitely improves from its predecessor.

Music/Sounds: The sound of a train chugging ending with the film reel, sometimes different.

Availability: Common. Seen on films from the company beginning with A Walk Among the Tombstones.

Editor's Note: An excellent update to the previous logo.

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 ===Background===
+'''Cross Creek Pictures''' is an American film production studio formed in 2009 by Timmy Thompson, Tyler Thompson and Todd Thompson. In September 2011, the company signed a deal with [[Universal Pictures]], where the studio would release at least six of Cross Creek's productions over the following three years. In late 2015, they signed a new three-year distribution deal with [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]].
-'''Cross Creek Pictures''' was formed in 2009 by Timothy Thompson, Brian Oliver, and Tyler Thompson. Their first film was ''Black Swan'' in 2010.
-===1st Logo (December 3, 2010-2014)===
+===1st Logo (December 3, 2010-September 28, 2013)===
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
-'''Logo:''' TBA.
+Cross Creek Pictures (1st Logo).jpeg
+</gallery>
-'''FX/SFX:''' It's all CGI.
+'''Nickname:''' "The Train", "Cross Creek Train"
+'''Logo:''' We fade into a rocky mountain scenery with a train track against a dark cloudy sky as a train runs down and the camera zooms into the left. When we get closer to the train, it zooms in further as windows pass by rapidly against a dark background, revealing three small squares consisting of black, {{color|gray}} and white with "'''crosscreek'''" on the top left and "pictures" below it on the bottom-right, as the finished result shows it on a very dark {{color|gray}}-{{color|green}} background.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The sounds of a train chugging, whistle and the film reel.
+'''FX/SFX:''' The camera moving down, the train passing and the logo forming. It's all in great CGI.
-'''Availability:''' Common.
+'''Music/Sounds:''' The sounds of a train chugging with a whistle, ending with a film reel.
-'''Editor's Note:''' TBA
+'''Availability:''' Common. Seen on films from the era beginning with ''Black Swan'' and ending with ''The Young and Prodigious T. S. Spivet''.
-===2nd Logo (2014- )===
-'''Logo:''' TBA.
-'''FX/SFX:''' It's all CGI.
+'''Editor's Note:''' None.
+===2nd Logo (September 19, 2014-)===
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The sound of a train chugging and the film reel.
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+Cross Creek Pictures (2nd Logo).jpeg
+</gallery>
+'''Nickname:''' "The Train II", "Cross Creek Train II", "Train Redux"
-'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' Sometimes, the train and film reel sounds are different.
+'''Logo:''' We fade into a cloudy backdrop as the camera then pulls back, making way for a train to come in as it rides down a train track against a much more very detailed landscape than before. As we get to a comfortable distance from the track, it passes by the camera very closely (with sparks hitting out of it for a split-second) as the windows pass through, forming the company name from before; this time in CGI with different colored squares (resembling that of dark {{color|brown}} gradients) and the text also in 3D and {{color|silver}} as it briefly shines.
-'''Availability:''' Common. Seen on several movies since 2014.
+'''FX/SFX:''' The train moving down and the company name forming. All done in great CGI, which definitely improves from its predecessor.
-'''Editor's Note:''' None.
+'''Music/Sounds:''' The sound of a train chugging ending with the film reel, sometimes different.
+'''Availability:''' Common. Seen on films from the company beginning with ''A Walk Among the Tombstones''.
+'''Editor's Note:''' An excellent update to the previous logo.
 [[Category:American film logos]]