EuropaCorp

Background

EuropaCorp is a French movie studio founded by Luc Besson in 1992 as "Leeloo Productions". It was renamed to its current name in 2000 after Besson's old colleague, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, joined the studio. The two separated in 2011 over creative differences.

In 2019, the company entered an indefinite hiatus after sexual allegations were made against Besson, and as a result, its American subsidiary filed for bankruptcy protection. In February 2020, EuropaCorp's shareholders (Besson's business firm Frontline, and Chinese film studio Fundamental Films, who acquired a 28% stake in the company in 2016) reached a financial agreement with Vine Alternative Investments, which saw Vine purchase 66% of the company with the two other shareholders remaining with 10% each.

EuropaCorp has only released one film since, a spin-off to the Arthur film series called Arthur, malédiction; however, another feature, Dogman, is scheduled to be released on September 27, 2023.

Contents

1st Logo (placeholder logo) (2001)	2nd Logo (September 2001-)	3rd Logo (July 10, 2023-)

1st Logo (placeholder logo) (2001)

Logo: Just the text "EUROPA présente" on a black background, depending on the trailer.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: The opening of the trailer.

Availability: Only seen on the trailers for Yamakasi and 15 août. It may have been a placeholder for the next logo.

2nd Logo (September 2001-)

Logo: Under a night sky with shimmering stars in the far, we move above a water surface with some dolphins swimming around. A light blue ovoid rises from the water and unfolds into a winged woman, who floats and flaps her wings in the middle of the big word "EUROPA", which spreads out by the water as the woman appears. The small word "CORP." fades in below. The body of water below them only reflects the woman.

Trivia: This logo homages the Greek myth of Europa, a sea nymph spirit.

Variants:

A shortened version is seen on trailers.
The official YouTube upload of the logo on the company's channel (simply titled "logo", dated 2007/03/26) has it in open matte, revealing the full reflection of the woman. It is also shortened to the last two seconds.
On the GBC and GBA releases of Taxi 3, the logo is open matte and bit-crushed with a strong blue tint. The company name is also in one line and smaller than usual.
On one film, the logo zooms out to the left with no sky background behind it, next to the ARP Sélection logo.

Technique: CGI done by BUF Compagnie, who animated the 2002 Paramount Pictures logo and the 2003 StudioCanal logo.

Music/Sounds: A calm dreamy soundtrack with some musical instrument inclusions. On some films, none or the opening theme of the movie.

Music/Sounds Variant: On Unleashed, the logo only has sound effects on it.

Availability: Common.

The logo was first seen on non-US trailers for Wasabi and debuted on the actual film itself.
It has since been seen on every movie the studio produced, including the Taxi franchise (starting with Taxi 3), District 13, the Arthur film series, Lucy, Nine Lives and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.
It also appears on video games based off the studio's films.
Despite producing the Transporter franchise, this doesn't appear on international releases of The Transporter and Transporter 2, which replace it with the 20th Century Fox logo.

3rd Logo (July 10, 2023-)

Logo: Under a clear night sky, the company name, this time in one line and clear blue, is seen on a clear body of water. It slowly zooms in.

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: So far, part of the trailer's music.

Availability: Brand new. So far, it only appeared on the trailer for Dogman.