The Halcyon Company

From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum


Background

The Halcyon Company was founded in 2006 in Los Angeles by Victor Kubicek and Derek Anderson; Halcyon's first production was the short Cook Off!. In May of the following year, they acquired the rights to the Terminator franchise from C2 Pictures, which went dormant and ultimately was dissolved the following year. That November, the company started a game subsidiary, Halcyon Games, to make a video game based on what would prove to be the company's only film from a major studio, Terminator: Salvation.

In August 2009, despite making a healthy profit from the film, they declared bankruptcy as a response to a lawsuit from their financier due to payment problems[1], and sold the rights to StudioCanal. Halcyon released another non-Terminator production before dissolving altogether in 2013; starting with Terminator: Genisys, the Terminator movies have been produced by Skydance Media.



Logo (September 8, 2008-June 24, 2009)


Visuals: A bright light appears below the screen and moves up, unfolding into two wings. Letters rotate, forming the name in silver font.

Variants:

  • The logo is seen with the Warner Bros. Pictures logo on trailers for Terminator: Salvation.
  • On the aforementioned film, the logo is darker, squished, and glitches at the end.
  • At the end of the aforementioned film, the logo is still.
  • On season 2 of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, the Terminator Salvation video game, and Terminator Salvation: The Machinima Series, the normal logo is squished.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A majestic orchestrated piece. On Terminator: Salvation, it had the opening theme and static effects.

Availability: Seen on season 2 of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Terminator: Salvation, as well as the video game of the latter. Its last known appearance was on Terminator Salvation: The Machinima Series. It is unknown whether it appears on Halcyon's only other film, In God We Trust.

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