Warner Bros. Pictures/Logo Variations

From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum
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These are the logo variations used throughout the years by Warner Bros. Pictures, with more to be added over time.

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) and The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939):

  • The shield is apricot and is surrounded by vines and plants on a paper background. Also, it is drawn slightly differently.

An Angel from Texas (1940):

  • The shield is in black and white and superimposed on a cloudy sky with two Roman statues between.

The Sea Hawk (1940):

  • The background is blue and the shield is yellow.

Okay for Sound (1946):

  • The shield is white and is superimposed on the aerial view of the studio.

Rope (1948):

  • The logo is superimposed on a view of a street and is also unnaturally pale.

Under Capricorn (1949):

  • The logo appears as usual, but with the word "Presents" omitted.

Stage Fright (1950):

  • The shield is in white and superimposed on the first scene of the film.

Last Holiday (1950) and Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958):

  • The logo is in the style of the 1937 logo, with the 1950 shield in place of the 1937 one. "Presents" is also in a different font.

Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951):

  • The logo is superimposed against a background of ships.

Abbott and Costello: Jack and the Beanstalk (1952):

  • The logo is seen in sepia tone.

Lumberjack Rabbit (1953, Looney Tunes):

  • The shield shoots up towards the camera like normal, but overshoots its mark so it looks like it's crashing into the screen. It then moves back to its normal position. Originally made to be shown in 3-D. A CGI version of this variant also appears on the intro of The Looney Tunes Show.

The Moonlighter (1953):

  • The 3D shield is in grayscale, and seen on a different background.

So This is Love (1953):

  • The 3D shield is superimposed on the first scene of the film.

The Silver Chalice (1954):

  • The logo is seen on a piece of stone, and the letters inside the shield are removed.

Dragnet (1954):

  • The 3D shield is used and placed on a plain white background.

A Star is Born (1954):

  • Similar to the Rebel Without a Cause variant, but the logo is darker.

Track of the Cat (1954):

  • The 3D shield is seen with a snowy hill background.

The Sea Chase (1955):

  • The 3D shield is seen on an ocean background.

Mister Roberts (1955):

  • The 3D shield has a slight yellow tint to it.

Pete Kelly's Blues (1955):

  • The 3D shield is seen on a railroad boxcar.

Blood Alley (1955):

  • The 3D shield is seen on a sunset background.

Sincerely Yours (1955):

  • The 3D shield is seen on a painting of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Target Zero (1955):

  • The 3D shield is in a sepia tint and superimposed on the background.

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955):

  • The 3D shield's colors look washed out.

Land of the Pharaons (1955):

  • The logo is made of stone and has a rectangular outline.

New York Confidential (1955):

  • The logo is metallic and just like Under Capricorn, "Presents" is nowhere to be seen.

Rebel Without a Cause (1955):

  • The logo is superimposed over a shot of Los Angeles at night.

Helen of Troy (1956):

  • The clouds background is darker.

The Lone Ranger (1956):

  • The 3D shield has a slight yellow tint to it and is brighter.

Satellite in the Sky (1956):

  • The 3D shield is seen on a blue background and casts a shadow.

The Wrong Man (1956):

  • The shield, except for the banner, is outlined.

The Searchers (1956):

  • The shield is either on a gray or a rustic orange brick background, depending on the quality of the print (the image shown here is from the copy currently streaming on Vudu).

Moby Dick (1956):

  • The logo is superimposed on a different cloud background and the shield's colors look pale. This version is one of the few to use the word “Inc” on the banner.

The Spirit of St. Louis (1957):

  • The shield is superimposed over a background of hills.

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957):

  • Similar to the Moby Dick variant, but the cloud background is different.

The Pajama Game (1957):

  • The shield is superimposed on a street pathway.

Band of Angels (1957):

  • The logo is seen on a painting.

The Abominable Snowman (1957):

  • The shield is drawn differently and is presented on a background with mountains.

Sayonara (1957):

  • The inside of the shield is red.

Marjorie Morningstar (1958):

  • The logo is seen on a city sky background.

The Left Handed Gun (1958):

  • The film is in grayscale, and the shield is seen on a background with hills.

Damn Yankees (1958):

  • The shield is superimposed on a football game.

Girl on the Run (1958):

  • The logo looks metallic and odd.

The Old Man and the Sea (1958):

  • Same as the Sayonara variant, but it takes place on a sea background.

Auntie Mame (1958):

  • The logo is superimposed on red leather.

The Hanging Tree (1959):

  • The shield is superimposed on a river background with mountains and trees.

Up Periscope (1959):

  • Same as The Old Man and the Sea variant, but the shield is in its normal colors.

Rio Bravo (1959):

  • The shield is superimposed on a rocky hills background.

Westbound (1959):

  • The shield is superimposed on a morning sky with hills and a tree to the left.

The Young Philadelphians (1959):

  • The logo is white on a black background. It then morphs and shrinks to become a circle.

John Paul Jones (1959):

  • The shield is in a gold/safety orange/old burgundy color scheme, and "Presents" is absent.

The Nun's Story (1959):

  • Uses the same shield from The Young Philadelphians on a black background. The logo zooms in as it fades in. Often plastered with a recent WB logo on some newer prints.

The FBI Story (1959):

  • The sky is darker.

30 (1959):

  • The shield from The Young Philadelphians variant is seen on a black background.

A Summer Place (1959):

  • The shield is superimposed over a beach at sunset.

The Tall Story (1960):

  • The logo is black and appears on a gray background. The shield's appearance in this variant resembles its design from The Young Philadelphians.

Hannibal (1960):

  • The shield is in 3D on a red background and has "Presents" moved out of position to the right. This would be later reused for the third logo of Warner Bros.' Italian division.

The Crowded Sky (1960):

  • Same as The Nun's Story, but the background is a sky background, which does not resemble the one the logo at the time had. It also does not fade in, and "Presents" is in a Serif font.

The Sundowners (1960):

  • The shield is in a 1930s style and has no banner around it, superimposed over a shot of an Australian grassland.

The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961):

  • The logo is white with a yarn texture on a black background, and morphs into the outline of Angie Dickinson's character Rachel Cade.

Fanny (1961):

  • The shield is seen with the inside transparent (the "WB" letters are not transparent, however).

The Steel Claw (1961):

  • The shield is superimposed on what appears to be a pipe-like object.

Splendor in the Grass (1961):

  • The logo is carved onto a granite background.

Gay Purr-ee (1962):

  • The shield is inside a blue rounded rectangle with "PRESENTS" in a red rounded rectangle, amongst other colorful rounded rectangles.

Adventures of the Road Runner (1962):

  • A bannerless WB shield is seen on a red-orange sign, and the words "WARNER BROS. PICTURES", in a cartoonish font, are on a bright red sign, with the word "Presents" in a red script font below. This is preceded by the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment logo on some newer releases.

Rome Adventure (1962):

  • The shield is superimposed on the inside of a Roman building.

Lad, A Dog (1962):

  • The shield is superimposed over a background of trees.

Merrill's Marauders (1962):

  • The shield is superimposed over a background of mountains.

The Music Man (1962):

  • A very large array of uniformed marchers moves forward, with two further in front carrying a wide red banner with the Warner Bros. logo on it (on either side). The camera then zooms in on the banner to show the usual logo with "PRESENTS" under it.

Gypsy (1962):

  • We start out with an orchestra on a stage. When the music starts, the outline of the shield is formed on a curtain, and then the inside afterward. The shield is gold.

Philbert (Three's a Crowd) (1963):

  • The shield is placed on a plain gray background.

Critic's Choice (1963):

  • Cartoon posters of musicals appear one by one until they make up the background. Then the white shield from The Young Philadelphians fades in.

Spencer's Mountain (1963):

  • Like the title of the film, the shield is seen on a background with mountains.

America, America (1963):

  • Same as The Young Philadelphians, but "Presents" is not seen.

4 For Texas (1963):

  • The shield is styled differently and seen inside a red dot. The words "Warner Bros." and "Pictures" appear on both sides, with the "Presents" text underneath. The text is seen in the Posse font.

Kingdom of Saguenay (1963):

  • The shield's banner is metallic. Also, the shield is in the middle of the screen and the word "Presents" is removed.

My Fair Lady (1964):

  • The logo is colored shadow brown and is on a flowerbed background, with the words "Warner Bros. Pictures" and "Presents" in Edwardian Script font.

Dead Ringer (1964):

  • The logo is drawn differently.

The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964):

  • The logo is seen on a light blue background.

Cheyenne Autumn (1964):

  • The shield from The Young Philadelphians is in gold and superimposed over a red background with a man riding a horse statue to the right.

The Great Race (1965):

  • The bannerless WB shield is on a completely different background, with the word "PRESENTS" below in the Posse font.

The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965):

  • The 3D shield from the 1950s appears on a different sky background. The shield is now metallic, and looks slightly different from the previous version.

Two on a Guillotine (1965) and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966):

  • The black background version of the logo is in black and white.

Harper (1966):

  • The black background version of the logo is slightly brighter than usual.

Stop the World, I Want to Get Off! (1966):

  • The shield from The Young Philadelphians is used, but looks different.

A Fine Madness (1966):

  • The black background version of the logo looks washed out (particularly on the shield).

A Covenant with Death (1967):

  • The shield is seen superimposed on a blurry background.

The Mikado (1967):

  • The shield is seen on a red gradient background.

Triple Cross (1967):

  • The lighting on the WB shield appears to look different.

Bonnie and Clyde (1967):

  • The black background version of the logo is sepia toned.

The Bobo (1967):

  • The black background version of the logo is darker (particularly the WB shield).

Sweet November (1968):

  • The logo is superimposed over the New York City skyline and has an orange-yellow gradient.

Countdown (1968):

  • The logo is in red and superimposed over a snow background.

Rachel, Rachel (1968):

  • The 1970 logo is white on a blue background. The Super 8 print of the film has the 1970 logo in yellow on a green background.

I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968):

  • The 1970 logo is yellow again and superimposed on the film's background.

The Illustrated Man (1969):

  • Same as I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!, but "Presents" is not there.

The Wild Bunch (1969):

  • The 1967 logo appears distressed over a scratched out Western scene.

The Valley of Gwangi (1969):

  • The 1967 logo is in white and superimposed on the film's background. "Presents" is absent.

The Great Bank Robbery (1969):

  • The 1967 logo is superimposed over an orange drawing of the fictional town of Friendly, Texas (where the film takes place).

When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970):

  • The 1970 logo is on a yellow-green background.

Once You Kiss a Stranger (1970):

  • Same as I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! and The Illustrated Man.

The Omega Man (1972):

  • The 1970 logo is superimposed over Charlton Heston's character driving a car.

What's Up, Doc? (1972):

  • A gold WB logo appears on a brown book. As the screen zooms out, a hand opens the book to the inside cover, and then to the text "Warner Bros., A Warner Communications Company Presents".

At the end of the film, the final page reads "Distributed by Warner Bros." The book is then closed to reveal the gold WB logo from the beginning.

Blazing Saddles (1974):

  • After the 1973 logo plays, the 1948 WB shield appears, only for the screen to be engulfed by flames that give way to a shot of a desert with the text "A MEL BROOKS FILM", segueing into the opening credits. On some current prints, the respective variant is retained, but is preceded by the 1999 Warner Bros. Pictures logo with the AOL Time Warner byline. Pan and scan prints from the mid-'80s to the mid-'90s used a different engulfing effect, but the transition pattern remains the same.

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974):

  • The 1948 WB shield appears on a cloudy background. Seen after the 1973 logo and the David Susskind credit.

Doc Strange (1975, closing):

  • The closing version of the logo is on a black background. The "W" and the outline of the logo are orange, and the text is in a different font (which bears a resemblance to the Helvetica font).

The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976):

  • On American Heroes Channel's print of this film, the 1998 logo with the Time Warner byline is a still picture and is in sepia.

The Late Show (1977):

  • The 1937 logo is used, but is tinted in sepia and neither Jack L. Warner's name or the word "Presents" are present.

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977):

  • There is a still image of a black "W" inside a red square field, with "WARNER BROS, A WARNER COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY" below.

The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979):

  • At the end of the movie, a replica of the 1936-1964 Merrie Melodies cartoon intro (including red rings and a blue center) is used with the red and white WB shield, with Bugs Bunny on top of it saying, "Eat your heart out, Burt Reynolds!"

The Main Event (1979):

  • The logo is on a purple background.

Time After Time (1979):

  • The 1948 WB shield zooms in on a cloudy background while the classic 1930s fanfare plays. Seen after the 1979 Orion/WB logo (which is plastered by the 1973 logo on later prints).

Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982):

  • The 1973 logo plays as normal, but then the WB logo and the background from the 1936 Merrie Melodies cartoon intro zoom in, segueing into the opening credits.

Gremlins (1984) and Innerspace (1987):

  • A lusher, re-orchestrated version of the 1930s/40s Max Steiner fanfare is heard, composed by Jerry Goldsmith. This can be found on the Warner Archive soundtrack release of the former movie (titled "Fanfare in C"). Current prints of the latter plaster the Warner Communications version of the logo, but retain that logo's fanfare.

The Killing Fields (1984):

  • The 1984 logo initially appears bylineless before the Warner Communications byline fades in a few seconds later.

City Heat (1984), Under the Cherry Moon and Heartbreak Ridge (both 1986) and Bird (1988):

  • The 1984 logo is in black and white.

The Goonies (1985):

  • The 1984 logo fades to a skull and crossbones.

Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (1985):

  • Instead of the regular logo, the movie opens with Oscar the Grouch singing the "Grouch Anthem" in a spoof of Patton. Afterwards, we get a brief animated segment where Big Bird finds an air pump and a balloon. He inflates it and it turns out to be a "W", which pops off and flies into the sky, where it morphs into the "W" in the "WB" shield as the rest of the shield forms around it. Big Bird announces that "Sesame Street is brought to you today by the letters W and B." This was done by The Animation House Limited. This logo makes a surprise appearance on the TV movie Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros., where John Williams' theme from Superman (1978) is heard.

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985):

  • The inside of the shield has a forest green tint.

Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985, in-film):

  • The "PRESENTS" variant of the 1984 logo makes a cameo in the film when Pee-Wee (played by the late Paul Reubens) is visiting with the hobo character and his pals when the logo appears on a screen in the background.

The Color Purple film adaptations (1985 and 2023):

  • For the 1985 film adaptation, the 1984 logo has a very slight maroon tint.
  • For the 2023 film adaptation, the 2023 logo is darker than usual and desaturated.

Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer (1985):

  • The "Distributed by" variant of the 1985 print logo, colored in rainbow, scrolls up with the credits.

One Crazy Summer (1986):

  • The 1984 logo appears as normal but then turns into a crudely drawn version with wiggling clouds. The Warner Communications byline and clouds dissipate as an evil-looking animated pink bunny, who wears a red-white striped helicopter cap (like the one seen in the movie's animated segments) and has the picture of a No Rhino sign on his body, opens the WB shield from inside. He laughs and the camera zooms into his mouth, and the "ONE CRAZY SUMMER" title zooms in towards the camera.

Who’s That Girl? (1987):

  • The logo with byline appears as animated on a granite background. The screen zooms up to the logo, the shield opens like a door, and out comes a cartoon Madonna, who closes the shield and poses for the camera. The logo goes up and she moves down to make way for the opening credits.

Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988):

  • The 1984 logo starts with only the sky background, but then the shield zooms in as it would on Looney Tunes / Merrie Melodies shorts, stopping at its usual place as the Warner Communications byline fades in below. A re-orchestrated version of the fanfare from the Looney Tunes short You Oughta Be in Pictures, starting with a roaring sound as the shield zooms in, plays throughout. This comes directly after the Daffy Duck short Night of the Living Duck, which opens the film.

Batman film series:

  • Batman (1989): The shield is a bit more orange in color than usual and the sky is dark blue. The Warner Communications byline is also in a different font.
  • Batman Returns (1992): Similar to the first film, only with snow in the sky as well, while the Time Warner byline replaces the Warner Communications byline.
  • Batman Forever (1995): The shield morphs into the Batman logo.
  • Batman & Robin (1997): The shield morphs into a frozen Batman logo.

Second Sight (1989):

  • The style of the shield and clouds typically seen on the scope aspect ratio is seen here in flat aspect ratio.

Lambada (1990):

  • The logo has a golden hue.

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990):

  • Instead of the normal shield logo, a replica of the 1936-1964 WB cartoon logo is shown, with its text and minus the shield ("PICTURES, INC." is removed in favor of "A TIME WARNER COMPANY"). The shield then zooms up with Bugs Bunny riding it, and the text fades out. Daffy Duck then comes on screen, angrily pulls him off the shield ("50 years of you hogging the spotlight is ENOUGH!"), and tries to ride it... well, it doesn't work as well for him. They also have another Looney Tunes-style ending, with Porky saying his usual "That's all Folks!" line before being pulled down (and Daffy is heard saying "60 years of hogging the end title is enough!"). Daffy comes out and says the end line, but the shield (with Chuck Jones' credit on it) appears and hits him, causing him to fall. He pokes his head out from behind the shield and weakly says "Fade out."

Pure Country (1992):

  • The 1992 logo fades to a yellow-orange gradient background (which is revealed to be a picture of Wyatt Chandler (played by George Strait), during his childhood), segueing into the opening credits.

Malcolm X (1992):

  • On HD prints of this film, the logo is zoomed out further than usual, revealing more of the clouds.

Twister (1996, US/Philippines version):

  • As with the Universal logo, the logo is gray and emerges from a set of storm clouds.

Mars Attacks! (1996):

  • A small flying saucer flies around the logo.

Conspiracy Theory (1997):

  • The logo appears as normal, then the camera pulls back to show it as a billboard on the side of a bus.

Contact (1997):

  • The shield and byline are in a crystal blue color, and the sky is in dark blue.

Dangerous Beauty (1998):

  • The 75 Years logo is cut short to when the shield is revealed.

Tarzan and the Lost City (1998):

  • The tail end of the original 75th Anniversary fanfare continues into the 1992 Village Roadshow Pictures logo, and then segues into the opening theme.

Lethal Weapon 4 (1998):

  • The 75 Years logo animates normally before exploding, segueing into the opening titles. The 1998 75 Years theme is also off sync. On most later prints, the scope version of the full standard version of the 2003 revision of the 1999 version of the logo plays before jarringly cutting to the explosion (which is a part of the main titles), with the 1998 logo still partially visible for a brief moment. Many consider it to be one of the roughest logo plasters of all time, next to non-US prints of "Street Fighter" (1994).
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Plastered version

Wrongfully Accused (1998):

  • The 1998 75 Years theme is out-of-sync.

Jack Frost (1998):

  • The shield is covered with snow and ice, as is the text that surrounds it. Also, the cloud background is tinted dark red, and after the logo finishes its animation, the camera pans down from it to the opening scene. Like the normal logo, this was done by Intralink Film Graphic Design.

You've Got Mail (1998):

  • This was the last movie to have the original 1998 logo in the company's 75th anniversary. The logo plays normally with sounds of computers and fax machines playing over it. After it finishes, the background fades to a static computer wallpaper, leaving the shield (which becomes pixelated) with the text "WARNER BROS. PRESENTS" below it. Then it zooms out to show a computer desktop, segueing into the opening credits, and the WB logo moves to the upper-left corner. (If you notice, in the bottom right corner, there is an America Online icon, whom Time Warner would coincidentally merge to become AOL Time Warner with in 2001.)

The Matrix film series:

  • The Matrix (1999), The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions (both 2003): The colors have been changed to a green tint and the graphics altered so they look "digitized".
    • For The Matrix Reloaded, the AOL Time Warner byline replaces the Time Warner Entertainment byline.
      • For The Matrix Revolutions, the prototype Time Warner byline replaces the AOL Time Warner byline. It's also worth noting that this film was the first to use the prototype Time Warner byline.


  • The Matrix Resurrections and The Matrix Awakens (Unreal Engine Tech Demo, both 2021): The 2021 logo starts off normally. When the shield is revealed, the colors turn into a green tint with the graphics altered to look "digitized". Also, the matrix code is seen raining down on the WB part.

    • For The Matrix Awakens, the colors are saturated, and the studio lot is removed leaving a black background, but the sky background is there; similar to the Cry Macho variant.

The Big Tease (1999):

  • The logo animates as normal, but various sounds such as a hairdryer and the buzzing of a shaver play over the music.

House on Haunted Hill (1999):

  • The logo is tinted in dark gray.

Various Australian videos (1999):

  • This was at the start of a commercial for the Australian theme park, Warner Bros Movie World (co-owned by Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow). The ad was designed like a movie trailer. At the start of the trailer, the shield is more golden and metallic and is placed on a more realistic cloud background. The text on the banner omits the word "PICTURES" and the byline is changed to "A WARNER VILLAGE EXPERIENCE". This ad can be found on various Warner Bros. and Roadshow Entertainment videos.

Deep Blue Sea (1999):

  • After the 1999 logo finishes, the background fades out, it turns into a blue version of the 1984 logo, and water effects appear over the logo.

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999, Non-US version):

  • The 1999 logo is a bit darker and fades to black before fading in to the opening scene after it finishes. This variant from the Paramount Pictures logo is there. On 4:3 prints, the logo is open matte.

The Exorcist film series:

  • The Exorcist Director's Cut (1973, 1990s reprint): The 1984 logo with the Time Warner Entertainment byline is in black and white.
  • Exorcist: The Beginning (2004): The 1999 logo starts off normally, but turns black and white.

Space Cowboys (2000):

  • The 1984 logo is on a black background and appears in the same light blue color scheme as the first five minutes of the movie. The font on the banner is also different here.

Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000):

  • The logo is already formed and in black and white.

Swordfish (2001):

  • The logo flickers as if it was on a malfunctioning computer screen, and the graphics are altered so it looks like it's on an old TV.

Thir13en Ghosts (2001):

  • The logo is tinted in light gray, and doesn't start early (due to the Columbia Pictures logo appearing on international prints, to keep in sync with the opening theme).

Osmosis Jones (2001):

  • The logo comes up looking like an amoeba with tentacles.

Ocean's Eleven remake film series:

  • Ocean's Eleven (2001): The logos for Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow are tinted in baby blue.
  • Ocean's Twelve (2004): The 1948 logo is used with the TimeWarner byline, but in black and white with the background replaced with a multicolored one.
  • Ocean's Thirteen (2007): A combination from the previous Ocean films: The logos are light-blue colored and also animated, the background is multicolored, green and red vertical/horizontal bars, start to appear over the logos and a very nice piece of music ("The Riviera Affair" by Neil Richardson) is heard during all this. The animation was inspired by the opening titles to the 1975 television series Switch as well as WOR-TV's The Four O'Clock Movie, of which the opening music was initially utilized.

Valentine (2001):

  • This was the last movie to use the Time Warner Entertainment byline on both the 1984 and 1998 logos. The logo is tinted in crimson.

On some prints of this movie, the Time Warner Entertainment byline is replaced by the AOL Time Warner byline.

Heist (2001) and Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002):

  • The 1948 logo is used with the AOL Time Warner byline. The former has the old fanfare, and fades to the Morgan Creek logo in the same effect.

Cats & Dogs franchise:

  • Cats & Dogs (2001): When the fanfare finishes, the logo turns dark. This is plastered by the 2003 TimeWarner byline variant on recent prints.
  • Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010): The logo is a dark turquoise hologram from a spotlight with a paw on it.

Hearts in Atlantis (2001):

Wizarding World (Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts): Since Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the Warner Bros. shield zooms into the screen, rather than the traditional zoom out. In the Harry Potter movies following the second film, both the logo and background become stormier and darker with each film; this trait is absent in the Fantastic Beasts film series.

  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001): The logo is slightly dimmed compared to the normal version.
    • On the Magical Movie Mode release, the Golden Snitch is seen flying around this logo.

    • On the DVD menu, the logo is set on a nighttime cloudy background, and just the like the teaser trailer, it decomposes as owls fly by.
    • On recent prints, this is plastered by the 1998 logo with the official TimeWarner byline; however, 4K Blu-ray prints preserve the original version with the AOL Time Warner byline.
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002): The shield appears high in the clouds as the camera zooms through it. On 4K prints, the logo is saturated.
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004): The shield is metallic and the camera zooms through it, revealing Harry Potter's house behind it. On 4K prints, the logo is saturated again.
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005): Same as the previous Harry Potter film, only this time the background is entirely black. On 4K prints, the logo is once again saturated.
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007): The shield is in stone and surrounded by dark clouds as the camera zooms through it. On 4K prints, the logo has a slight blue tint.
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009): The same dark style is used, only this time there is lightning in the background. On 4K prints, the logo is saturated once more.
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010): The same dark style is used again, but the logo is slowly decaying. On 4K prints, the logo is brighter.
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011): The logo fades in from a reprise of the final scene of Part 1 that opens the film, which ends with a bright flash, and is made of stone just like in the fifth movie. On 4K prints, the logo is darker.


  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016): Similar to the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix variant, but the cloud background and the banner around the shield are different.
  • Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018): The logo is on a dark, underwater-ish background, zooming in. It is golden and lighting flashes briefly illuminate it at times.
    • On "Credence Reborn", the original opening scene from the home media release, the logo is made of stone again and is underwater as lightning flashes briefly.
  • Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022): The logo is black/grey and is made of stone yet again. It is on a glowing misty background, with white explosions reverberating behind it. Like the previous installments, it zooms in, and as the logo gets closer to the screen, the "WB" fades out.

Blood Work (2002) and Gods & Generals (2003):

  • The 1984 logo is used with the AOL Time Warner byline below. On the 2011 Blu-ray release of the latter film, the last half of the 1999 fanfare plays.

Ghost Ship (2002):

  • The 1953 3D shield is used (with a dot in "BROS"), with the AOL Time Warner byline in the ITC Garamond font and a brown tint on the screen.

Juwanna Mann (2002):

  • The shield appears to be sepia-toned.

Scooby-Doo film series:

  • Scooby-Doo (2002): The logo plays as normal (albeit with a slightly different set of clouds) until the music ends pre-maturely, when a chunk of the shield disappears as if it were bit out, and we hear Scooby-Doo do his famous laugh. Then another shield zooms out with "SD" on it instead of "WB" and the byline changed to read "A Mystery Inc. Company". The logo then fades to the opening scene. On 35mm uncropped film scan prints, the logo is in open-matte.

An alternate opening for the movie has the logo tinted in blue and placed on a night sky background (similar to the variant used on its sequel). It then fades out.

  • Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004): The logo is leyden blue, already formed and put on a night sky background. It gradually turns into the moon. On 35mm film scan prints, like before, the logo is in open-matte.

Queen of the Damned (2002):

  • The logo is in black and white and the background is a cloudy sky.

Welcome to Collinwood (2002):

  • The logo is still.

Cradle 2 the Grave (2003):

  • After the logo finishes, everything but the shield fades to the Los Angeles skyline; the shield follows suit a few seconds later, segueing into the opening credits.

Dreamcatcher (2003):

  • The logo is tinted in ice blue and covered in snow. This was done by Prologue Films. The same variation was used on 16:9 widescreen prints.

Matchstick Men (2003):

  • This is the final film to have the AOL Time Warner byline in the 1998 WB logo. The sky background is replaced with water. Also, the beginning of the logo is colored aqua blue, but when the shield is revealed, it returns to its normal colors.

Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003):

  • The 1998 logo with the prototype Time Warner byline plays, but everything but the shield fades out and there is the shield zooming out on the classic Looney Tunes red rings. The title then appears on the rings. Over this variation is the classic instrumental composition of "What's Up, Doc?".
  • On a deleted scene for the movie, the logo with the AOL Time Warner byline is used. After it finishes, the logo fades into the bannerless shield in gray on a black background.

Mystic River (2003) and Million Dollar Baby (2004):

  • The 2000-2001 closing logo is static on a black background in black and white. Mystic River had the logo bylineless while Million Dollar Baby used the Time Warner byline.

Gothika (2003, US version):

  • The logo is tinted in leyden blue.

The Last Samurai (2003):

  • The logo is tinted in sky blue, is transparent, and appears over a black background.

Torque (2004):

  • Just as the studio lot ripples, car engine sound effects are heard. After that, it remains silent for the rest of the logo's duration.

The Polar Express (2004):

  • The logo appears still and covered in ice on a black background. It also has the prototype Time Warner byline below it. On 16:9 widescreen prints, it is cropped.

New York Minute (2004):

  • The regular version of the fanfare is replaced with a rock version. At the end, the sky background gets brighter, and the camera zooms out to show that the logo is inside a clock tower. As the camera pans across one of the arms, we see that the logo is still there, but it has been completely darkened. On 4:3 prints, the logo is in open-matte.

Laura's Star (2004, Germany):

The Aviator (2004):

  • The 1948 logo is used with the Time Warner byline in a gold and silverish blue color, and the clouds aren't animated.

Constantine (2005):

  • The logo starts off normally, but the clouds are darker at the start and move faster than usual. Also, the TimeWarner byline is already there. Not long after the shield sets into its regular place, the clouds get darker and then the background changes to hellish orange clouds as the logo and byline turn to stone and disintegrate, revealing the Village Roadshow Pictures logo behind it.

House of Wax (2005):

  • The logo is tinted in chocolate brown, and the shield's interior appears to be green instead of blue.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005):

  • The logo is golden, lacks its interior, and zooms out from mist.

Deep Sea 3D (2005) and Under the Sea 3D (2009):

  • The beginning of the logo is accompanied by underwater noises, and then segues into the opening theme.

The Island (2005):

  • The logo is textureless, appears tilted upwards, is colored blue, put on a black background, and zooms towards the camera.

Corpse Bride (2005):

  • The logo features gray clouds instead of white clouds, and isn't animated.

V for Vendetta (2005):

  • The logo is dark gray and has an old film effect to it. Instead of the regular fanfare, the opening notes of the 1812 Overture are heard.

The Dark Knight trilogy:

  • Batman Begins (2005): The logo is in black and white, but a little brighter than normal.
  • The Dark Knight (2008): The logo is in a navy blue tint.
  • The Dark Knight Rises (2012): The 1998 logo is tinted in blue-grey.

L'Antidote (2005):

  • The logo has a slight green tint and the screen zooms down from the logo to a skyline.

Flags of Our Fathers (2006):

  • Opening: The 1984 logo is used with the Time Warner byline and in black and white. Weirdly enough, newer TV airings of Superman: The Movie use this logo instead of the original white "\\'" logo, although DVD/Blu-Ray/Digital prints of the movie still have the old logo.
  • Closing: The logo is in black and white.

Unaccompanied Minors (2006):

  • Just as the animation is completing, a plane ticket (which is later revealed to be for the opening credits) flies around the shield and a huge pile of snow falls on the shield, causing it to break in half. It is then ploughed out of the way to make room for the Village Roadshow Pictures logo.

Superman Returns (2006):

  • The first six notes of the 1978 Superman theme, originally composed by John Willams, are heard on a trumpet at the end of the 1999 fanfare. Also, the clouds appear pinkish, and the sky is in an aqua greenish color.

Letters from Iwo Jima (2006):

  • Opening: Same as Flags of Our Fathers, but in a lighter color.
  • Closing: The 2000-2001 closing logo is gray on a black background, and has the TimeWarner byline instead of the Time Warner Entertainment byline. The URL is absent.

Lady in the Water (2006):

  • The logo plays normally for a few seconds until it fades to its last few seconds. Also, it is put on a black background. It fades to the last half of the Legendary Pictures logo.

The Good German (2006):

  • The 1937 logo is used, but with "INC." removed from the banner and "PRESENTS" replaced with the TimeWarner byline in that respective font.

300 film series:

  • 300 (2006): The shield is in yellow stone with brown clouds covering it and a mock version of the fanfare is heard during the first six seconds. This variant was done by yU+co.
  • 300: Rise of an Empire (2014): The logo is seen emblazoned on a Roman door. The shield is made of stone, and the Time Warner byline is smaller than usual. The camera zooms in and the door opens along with the Legendary logo.

Fred Claus (2007):

  • There are Christmas lights surrounding the WB shield. The shield itself is dark gray with the company name in yellow, and the Time Warner byline is white. Also, it's snowing in the background, and the shield is hollow and frozen. This was designed by Prologue Films.

Beowulf (2007, Non-US version):

  • A 3D logo akin to the IMAX version of the 2003 logo plays.

The Astronaut Farmer (2007):

  • The logo is silver and is put on a twilight sky background.

The Brave One (2007):

  • The logo is white, transparent and appears over a skyline of a city.

The Invasion (2007):

  • The shield is tinted in hunter green and floats away into the darkness to allow the Village Roadshow logo in. The inside of the shield flickers briefly. This was designed by Prologue Films.

Zodiac (2007):

  • The 1984 logo is used again, but with the Time Warner byline.

The Reaping (2007):

  • The shield appears in orange and isn't animated, with the Time Warner byline in red; it then gets sucked offscreen in liquid form like in Constantine (albeit to the left side), revealing the Village Roadshow Pictures logo behind it. This was designed by Prologue Films.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007):

  • The logo is darker than usual. Ominous funeral music plays over the logo, continuing to the DreamWorks Pictures logo.

Get Smart (2008):

  • A mechanical WB logo is shown starting up, which then gives way to outer space, transitioning to the Village Roadshow Pictures variant.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008):

  • On pre-Disney prints of this film, the normal fanfare fades into clone trooper communication, which continues to the Lucasfilm logo.

RocknRolla (2008):

  • The logo is a white drawing and appears on a chocolate brown wall, along with the Dark Castle Entertainment logo. This was done by Prologue Films.

Speed Racer (2008):

  • The 1998 logo appears within a radioscopic background. This was designed by Prologue Films.

Slumdog Millionaire (2008):

  • The logo appears to be a bit slower than usual.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008):

  • Continuing from the Paramount Pictures logo, buttons fall down to form the logo. The order is reversed on international prints of the film.
  • Closing: Same as the opening, but it is still.

Gran Torino (2008):

  • Same as Flags of Our Fathers, but in gray.

Watchmen (2009, US release):

  • The logo is black on a goldenrod background, with the text on the banner set in Futura.

Terminator Salvation (2009, USA):

  • The shield is gray, animates differently, and has been static shocked. The banner's shadow is similar to the The Dark Knight trailer variation.

Trick 'R Treat (2009):

  • At the beginning of the movie (the film itself, not the opening logos), a special logo is used. On a gray background, there is a white circle with the word "WB" in black and written in the "That's all Folks!" script font, with the words "Educational Films" below in the same font. The actual WB logo does not appear at the beginning, instead replaced with the Warner Premiere logo, it appears at the end.

Orphan (2009):

  • The shield moves differently and flashes from black and white to blue and hot magenta, like colorful invisible ink. The Time Warner byline is also magenta. This was designed by Prologue Films.

Shorts (2009):

  • On episode 0: "The Blinkers", the logo is already formed. After that episode, this logo, along with the Imagenation, Media Rights Capital and Troublemaker Studios logos, plays normally (with the opening theme of the movie playing over).
Episode 0

After the aformentioned episode

Micmacs (2009):

  • The logo is in a shade of sepia.

Sherlock Holmes film series: For both films, these were done by Prologue Films.

  • Sherlock Holmes (2009): The shield appears as part of the cobblestones in London.
  • Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011): The logo appears as a drawing on a page of Dr. Watson's manuscript.

Where the Wild Things Are (2009):

  • The logo is a still picture and is littered with Max's scribblings.

Whiteout (2009):

  • The logo is gold and moves differently on a black background, then opens to aurora.

The Informant! (2009):

  • Before the logo is shown, a message appears on a black background. The message reads:

After that, the logo plays normally.

The Box (2009):

  • The logo is in black and white.

Invictus (2009), Hereafter (2010), J. Edgar (2011) and Trouble with the Curve (2012):

  • Same as Flags of Our Fathers and Gran Torino, but in black and white.

Ninja Assassin (2009):

  • The shield is metallic and moves differently.

The Firm (2009):

  • The logo initially animates as normal, but when the shield is revealed, the logo flashes, the background darkens and the logo becomes neon, with the "WB" in raspberry pink and the shield border in blue, as "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell plays. Like the normal logo, this design of the neon shield was designed by Intralink Film Graphic Design.

Centurion (2010, United Kingdom):

  • The logo is tinted in dark teal.

Inception (2010):

  • The logo is in black and white again.

The Book of Eli (2010):

  • The logo plays normally, but the shield and the byline shake a little bit after a few seconds.

Clash of the Titans film series:

  • Clash of the Titans (2010): The logo is in 3D, exactly like on Beowulf. The 2D version has the logo in a shade of yellow-ochre.
  • Wrath of the Titans (2012): The logo is etched onto a stone wall.

Lahore (2010, India):

  • The logo has a bluish pale tint.

The Losers (2010):

  • The logo is white and printed on a comic book, and the TimeWarner byline is in a different font. The Dark Castle Entertainment, Vertigo DC Comics and Weed Road Pictures in the same variant follow afterwards. This was designed by Prologue Films and animated and edited by Giovanni Bucci.

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010):

  • The logo is metallic and put upon a morning sky background as Noctus the Owl flies through it.

Splice (2010):

  • An X-ray image of a frog appears on a DNA graphic background. It turns into the logo in black, with the banner giving off a pale blue glow. This was designed by Prologue Films.
  • The frog at the start of this variant.

    The frog at the start of this variant.

Lottery Ticket (2010):

  • The opening music starts playing just as the fanfare ends. Also, the logo is shifted up a little.

Jonah Hex (2010):

  • A western-style guitar riff rendition of the fanfare is played over the normal logo.

The Town (2010):

  • The logo is darker than usual and is in a shade of black & white.

Yogi Bear (2010):

  • The logo starts as normal (with the reflection of the studio inside the shield) but when the shield zooms out, it is revealed to be made entirely out of wood and it is put upon a cartoony blue sky background. The "Warner Bros. Pictures" text is in aquamarine. The shield lacks its interior. Also, the Time Warner byline fades in early and zooms out with the shield.

Di Di Hollywood (2010, Spain):

  • The logo starts out as black and white, but when the shield zooms out, the logo turns into color.

The Rite (2011, closing):

  • The logo is black & white.

Dolphin Tale (2011):

  • This was the first film to have the 2011 enhanced version of the 1998 logo. The logo is brighter than usual and the clouds have a green color.

Contagion (2011):

  • The logo has a slight sepia tone to it.

Sucker Punch (2011):

  • The logo is imprinted on a stage curtain, and appears in a shade of gray. The curtain then rises to reveal the Legendary Pictures logo. The font for the Time Warner byline is different here.

Unknown (2011):

  • The logo is already formed, in 3D, and is seen very slowly zooming in on a background of dark moving clouds. The company's name is white instead of gold.

Red Riding Hood (2011):

  • The logo is colored in silver while moving through a cloudy sky background.

Arthur (2011):

  • The shield is a tan color, and is set on a bubbly beer background. Also, the logo fades as soon as the shield stops moving, and the studio backlot shakes a little bit in the beginning. This was designed by Prologue Films.

The Hangover Part II (2011):

  • The clouds background is darker.

Green Lantern (2011):

  • The logo starts like normal, then the shield is revealed to be in outer space, with its interior being replaced with green energy. The logo fades out and is followed by the DC Comics logo. On 16:9 widescreen prints, it is open matte.

Horrible Bosses (2011):

  • The New Line Cinema version of the logo is shifted up.

The Artist (2011, France):

  • The logo is in black-and-white, and is silent.

A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011):

  • The sky is darker to simulate nighttime, and it is snowing in the background.

New Year's Eve (2011):

  • The New Line Cinema version of the logo is accompanied by a custom fanfare, composed by John Debney.

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012):

  • The shield is flax and the background has a brown tint.

To the Arctic (2012):

  • The 3D logo is already formed, with snow and ice on the shield, and the background is tinted in dark blue. Snow is falling in the background, and the Time Warner byline is in white. After a few seconds, an icicle that was hanging from the shield's banner breaks off.

Project X (2012):

  • After a fake message displaying thanking those who sent in footage on behalf of Warner Bros. and the producers, there is the shield in plain white and 2D on a black background, zooming in slightly. This was done by Prologue Films. According to them, the film's goal was to create a simple low budget look and type to coincide with the idea that the film was created through the use of a home movie camera.

Measuring the World (2012, Germany):

  • The shield and byline are in beige, while the shield's interior is green and the background is gray. It is also darker than usual.

The Apparition (2012):

  • The logo is tinted in dark grey and appears on a very deteriorated and scratched up filmstrip, along with the Dark Castle and Studio Babelsberg logos.

Dark Shadows (2012):

  • The 1998 logo is used, and it is darker than usual. Instead of the usual fanfare, the Dark Shadows (1966) musical score "The Secret Room" is heard.

Rock of Ages (2012):

  • The logo is metallic and appears on a nighttime sky with multicolored searchlights surrounding it. When the shield breaks up, the background doesn't sync up with the logo's animation.

Chernobyl Diaries (2012) and Her (2013):

  • The logo is a still image.

Magic Mike trilogy, Argo (2012), The Nice Guys (2016), and A Christmas Story Christmas (2022, HBO Max):

  • The 1973 "\\'" logo is used, but the Warner Communications byline is replaced with the Time Warner byline (in the same font as the Warner Communications byline). However, on Argo and The Nice Guys, the logo appears darker.
  • For A Christmas Story Christmas and Magic Mike's Last Dance, the Warner Bros. Discovery byline (which uses its regular font rather than the customized Warner Communications font, akin to the 2018 WarnerMedia byline from the Joker variant) replaces the Time Warner byline.
    • The Christmas Story Christmas version has a film effect and is darker just like the previous two variants. The Magic Mike's Last Dance version is brighter (but not to the extent as in the first two Magic Mike films), and the WBD byline is slightly bigger than in the ACSC variant.

Gangster Squad (2013):

  • The 1998 logo is in a shade of black & white.

Bullet to the Head (2013):

  • The 1998 logo zooms out of the camera and is shot by a bullet.

Man of Steel (2013):

  • The logo is steel gray and moves differently on a tunnel-like background. Kryptonian writing is seen on the logo too.
  • The Kryptonian writing

    The Kryptonian writing

Pacific Rim (2013):

  • The logo is in a shade of yellow-ochre again, but the updated logo is used and is a bit darker.

Getaway (2013):

  • The logo is brighter than usual.

The Factory (2013):

  • The 1998 logo is tinted in gray, and is situated on a car windshield reflecting the nighttime sky. This was done by Prologue Films.

Gravity (2013):

  • The logo is white on a black background, and is still.

The Hobbit film series:

  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013): The New Line Cinema version of the logo is darker than usual and desaturated.
  • The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014): The New Line Cinema version of the logo has a slight gray-green tint.

The Conjuring Universe:

  • The Conjuring (2013), The Conjuring 2 (2016) and Annabelle: Creation (2017): The shield is in green/gray, with its interior missing, and is set upon a night background. This was made by Filmograph.
  • The Nun (2018), The Curse of La Llorona and Annabelle Comes Home (both 2019): Similar to the other Conjuring movies, but with the 2018 WarnerMedia byline instead, the shield is in a lighter color and features its interior, and the colors are more greenish. Also, the screen fades into the zooming cloud background first. Then, the Warner Bros. shield fades in, and the animation continues as usual. It's also worth noting that The Nun was the first film to have the WarnerMedia byline in the New Line Cinema version of the logo.
  • The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021): Again, similar to the other Conjuring movies, but with the 2021 New Line Cinema version of the logo. Also, the visual effects and lens flare in the standard logo are left intact. Like the normal logo, this was designed by Devastudios.

Prisoners (2013), Jersey Boys and American Sniper (both 2014):

  • The 1998 shield and byline are gray upon a black background.

The Great Gatsby (2013):

  • The logo is put on lined gate doors. It's also in black and white like an old film.

The Lego Movie franchise:

  • The Lego Movie (2014) and The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part (2019): The entire logo, including the sky background, is made of Lego bricks. The light blue base plate flips in from black, representing the sky, then the clouds drop in hung on strings, and lastly the shield is pulled up, also on a string. The shield then flips around to reveal the then-new Warner Animation Group logo.
    • For The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, the sky background and the shield are slightly darker, and the black string is replaced with white. The Time Warner byline is also replaced with the 2018 WarnerMedia byline.
  • The Master (2016 short): The logo is made out of Lego bricks again, and flips around to reveal the WAG shield, including the word "Presents", and zooms into it to start the short. As a running gag throughout the short, it repeatedly gets destroyed until a fraction of it remains. In one scene, the word "Presents" is hanging below the shield while it is being destroyed by Master Wu (voiced by Jackie Chan).
  • The Lego Batman Movie (2017): The logo is bluish-gray again, but it is enhanced. It flips to the Warner Animation Group shield a few moments after the shield settles into place. Also, the logo doesn't appear until 25 seconds into the movie. The opening dialogue is heard throughout this variant.
  • The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017): The logo animates in the style of 1950s-1970s Chinese film studio logos. The Warner Animation Group and RatPac logos are in the same format as well.
  • The Lego Batman Movie and The Lego Ninjago Movie (both 2017, closing): Rather than fading in, it cuts to it from the L1N Pictures/Lord Miller/Vertigo Entertainment logos and cuts to black like the preceding second part of the closing credits.

Winter's Tale (2014):

  • Opening: The logo turns brown and becomes scaled like an old paper.
  • Closing: The logo is tinted in brown.

Edge of Tomorrow (2014):

  • After the logo finishes playing, it distorts and glitches, just like the Village Roadshow Pictures and RatPac Entertainment logos.

If I Stay (2014):

  • The logo's fanfare is heard in the New Line Cinema version of the logo, which transitions into the 1994 New Line Cinema fanfare when it turns into the New Line Cinema logo.

Interstellar (2014):

  • The logo is tinted in sepia.

Point Break (2015):

  • The logo is in a shade of black and white again, but this time the updated logo is used.

Jupiter Ascending (2015):

  • The shield is shiny gold with regal detailing on it and is set against a twilight background.

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015):

  • The logo is made out of rusted metal and is put on a bloody rust background. It also flashes.

Hidden (2015):

  • The logo has a slight gold tint.

Black Mass (2015) and Live by Night (2016):

  • In darkness, a light reveals a steel version of the WB shield, with the Time Warner byline fading in underneath as usual. The light then dims on the logo after a few seconds. On the latter, it has a sepia tint. This was designed by Prologue Films.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015):

  • The shield from The Young Philadelphians is in a red color and draws by itself. The TimeWarner byline fades in below, and the logo gets taken away by a red rectangle that forms the RatPac Entertainment logo in the same fashion.

The Gallows (2015):

  • The New Line Cinema version of the logo is tinted in blood crimson.

San Andreas (2015):

  • The New Line Cinema version of the logo is in green/yellow/gray and is set in a dark underwater background.

Our Brand is Crisis (2015):

  • The shield from the Project X variant is tinted in beige and has a texture. This was done by Prologue.

Creed (2015):

  • The New Line Cinema version of the 2011 logo is darker than usual.

Pan (2015):

  • The logo is tinted in silver, and as the shield nearly finishes its animation, the sky turns dark blue and the clouds move away, opening up to space.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016):

  • The logo is made out of steel and slightly zooms out on a black background while a maple leaf floats across the screen in front of it.

Friend Request (2016, Germany):

  • The logo is in black and white, and the sky is darker than usual. It is shortened to the shield revealing animation, and glitches out back to the studio lot twice.

The Legend of Tarzan (2016):

  • The logo is in a slight shade of purple.

Lights Out (2016):

  • The New Line Cinema version of the logo is tinted in green-yellow against a darker sky. Both logos flicker when they appear.

War Dogs and The Accountant (both 2016):

  • The 1998 logo is used again. For the War Dogs variant, the clouds have a slight yellow color; they retain their normal color on The Accountant.

Suicide Squad film series:

  • Suicide Squad (2016): The WB logo (alongside the DC and RatPac logos) lights up and flickers colorfully like a neon sign on a wall as it zooms in slowly; it then turns off.
  • The Suicide Squad (2021): The studio lot is 70s-styled and an Osprey (the Squad's transport in the film) flies by. The shield is colored yellow and red and is on a concrete wall (the same one from Savant's cell). The music is "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash, which was performed live at the Folsom State Prison on January 13, 1968. Strangely enough, the shield on the water tower appears to be CGI during the beginning of the logo.
  • The studio lot

    The studio lot

The Age of Shadows (2016, South Korea):

  • It looks similar to the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 variant, but the cloud background has been replaced by a city street and the shield is shaped differently, with the text on the banner being smaller, and the border and "WB" taking the shape of the bannerless print logo. When the camera zooms in, the banner lowers and the "WB" letters open like a door to reveal the Grimm Pictures logo, which is on a temple door.

Storks (2016):

  • The shield is standing still on a white background, with a reflection of itself on the floor. The Time Warner byline is below it in gray and appears far smaller than usual. The shield flips to the Warner Animation Group shield a few seconds later. This was done by Sony Pictures Imageworks.

Collateral Beauty (2016):

  • The logo is already formed and appears as a carving on a white background.

Sully (2016), The 15:17 to Paris and The Mule (both 2018) and Richard Jewell (2019):

  • The logo is metallic, appears out of darkness, and isn't animated.


  • For the Sully closing variant, the logo is black and white over a black background.
  • For The Mule and Richard Jewell, the 2018 WarnerMedia byline replaces the Time Warner byline.

Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood introduction video (2017):

  • In the normal version, transitioning from an archival scene from Casablanca, with the song "As Time Goes By" by Sam (played by Dooley Wilson) playing, which then transitions to the 1999 fanfare as soon as Sam sings the phrase "The fundamental things apply...", the logo starts off black and white then becomes desaturated to color, while the New Line Cinema version, transitioning from an archival scene from Man of Steel, it transitions to an archival scene from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. "PICTURES" is also replaced by "STUDIOS" in both the normal version and the New Line Cinema version. It was later updated in 2019, which replaces the TimeWarner byline with the WarnerMedia byline, but the byline doesn't shine in the New Line Cinema version (the byline used in the 2018 Warner Bros. Pictures logo is used instead), then in 2021, replacing the Warner Bros. Studios logo with the 2021 logo, while retaining the 1999 fanfare instead of replacing it with the 2021 fanfare, with various changes, such as the aspect ratio now in 16:9 (1.78:1) instead of 21:9 (2.35:1), while the animation of the New Line Cinema version is slower to fit the video's length. Furthermore, during a scene where Ellen DeGeneres is standing on the studio's water tower, the 1990 Warner Bros. Studios print logo was replaced with the dimensional version of the 2019 Warner Bros. logo and the stacked words "WARNER BROS. STUDIOS" was changed to the Warner Bros. Sans font (replacing the serif font), in order to match its real life counterpart from 2019 to 2022 (despite the sideways of the print logo and the stacked wordmark are changed apart in the same counterpart, whereas the front shield is next to Gate 4 of the studio and the stacked wordmark is given two from left to right of the tower, instead of being one).
  • Standard (TimeWarner)

    Standard (TimeWarner)

  • New Line Cinema (TimeWarner)

    New Line Cinema (TimeWarner)

  • Standard (WarnerMedia)

    Standard (WarnerMedia)

  • New Line Cinema (WarnerMedia) (with English subtitles)

    New Line Cinema (WarnerMedia) (with English subtitles)

  • 2021 variant (Standard)

    2021 variant (Standard)

  • 2021 variant (New Line Cinema)

    2021 variant (New Line Cinema)

The MonsterVerse:

  • Kong: Skull Island (2017): Over a misty sky, the Warner Bros. logo, which is made out of metal, zooms in towards the camera. Gunshots are heard, and the camera rushes past it as the shield leans back, going into the following Legendary Pictures and Tencent Pictures logo variations. This variant was done by yU+co.
  • Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019): The logo is made of stone and is on a stone wall which features ancient drawings/etchings of the film's monsters. During its appearance, a stomping sound is heard and the logo shakes. Technical flickers are briefly seen while this happens. This was done by yU+co.
  • Godzilla vs. Kong (2021): The 1998 logo is used, and is made out of wood. It is placed on a wall with a drawing of Kong, with some blue-red energy running through it, and the 2019 WarnerMedia byline appears late. Like the previous film's variation, this was done by yU+co. On yU+co's website, it is in open-matte, using the IMAX print, and cuts in and out instead of fading in and out.
  • Normal version

    Normal version

  • Open-matte (IMAX) version, as seen on yU+co's website

    Open-matte (IMAX) version, as seen on yU+co's website

  • Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (2023, television series): The closing logo is placed next to the Legendary Television logo. Also, the words "Distributed by" (in AT&T Aleck Sans) can be seen above, as a nod to the previous logo, albeit without the website URL, as well as the WarnerMedia byline.
  • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024): This was the first film in the MonsterVerse franchise to use the 2023 logo as well as the WBD byline. The logo is set in the Hollow Earth and made out of blue crystals, with the shield and the company's name on the banner shining, and the WBD byline is seen glowing. This was done by Picturemill.
  • Normal version

    Normal version

  • Open-matte (IMAX) version, as seen on Picturemill's Vimeo

    Open-matte (IMAX) version, as seen on Picturemill's Vimeo


Fist Fight (2017):

  • The shield and banner are blue and white with a line above the TimeWarner byline as it zooms in slowly. The following logos (New Line Cinema, Village Roadshow Pictures, RatPac and 21 Laps Entertainment) are in the same format as well.

A Single Rider (2017, South Korea):

  • The shield from the Age of Shadows variant, in silver, zooms towards the camera on a blue-white cloudy background.

Dunkirk (2017):

  • The logo is tinted in cyan and when the byline fades in, the background fades to black and a reflection appears over the shield.

V.I.P. (2017, South Korea):

  • The logo is in black and white, and is shifted up a little.

The House (2017):

  • The logo lights up as a neon sign on a black background, with the colors of the logo different and the byline in green. This and the following logos (New Line Cinema, Village Roadshow, Good Universe and Gary Sanchez Productions) are accompanied by the song "My House" by Flo Rida.

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017):

  • The logo is made of dark gray stone and is seen burning briefly on a black background. It cools down after a few seconds, and zooms in while tilting underneath clockwise.

Andy Muschietti's It film series: For both films, like the normal logo, these were made by Picturemill.

  • It (2017): The logo is in a shade of sepia, with the cloud background in gray, and features a projector-like effect.
  • It Chapter Two (2019): The logo is grungy and set in darkness, with the Deadlights floating around to reveal it. There is an error in this variant, where unlike the normal logo, the parts of the banner behind the shield clip through the shield's interior and the letters as it breaks apart.

Blade Runner 2049 (2017; US release):

  • The studio backlot is slightly different, as the logo is grayscale. During the rotation, the backlot switches to a near-futuristic version in the year 2049 at night as the WB shield at Stage 16 lights up and the word "STAGE 2" is shown. As the shield turns, it is shown to be on a different, faster sky background. It glitches briefly and as it does so, the background changes to a dark one with a glowing light, with the Time Warner byline already underneath the shield. The logo then glitches out.
  • For the prototype version, the logo is digital red, with the inside of the shield consisting of static, and the Time Warner byline fades in letter-by-letter. After it finishes, the logo turns off, leaving only part of the shield visible.

Game Night (2018):

  • The logo is purple and represents a game pawn falling from the sky typically used in a board game with the Time Warner byline etched in on the piece. It has a similar background to Suicide Squad's variant and other pieces from board games fall in the background: Sorry!, Monopoly, Scrabble, etc.

Jim Button films:

  • Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver (2018, Germany): The studio lot is replaced with a hill with a castle and a house on it, and when the shield zooms out, it is revealed to be on a different sky background. The camera then pans down from the logo to reveal the Malao Film logo.
  • Jim Button and the Wild 13 (2020, Germany): Similar to the previous film, but the picture is different, the shield is silver and doesn't have its interior, and it is put upon a dark sky background. Also, the 2018 WarnerMedia byline replaces the Time Warner byline, and it pans down to the Rat Pack Filmproduktion logo instead.

Ready Player One (2018):

  • The logo is sped up.

Rampage (2018):

  • The logo is brick orange and breaks apart into video-game pixelated debris (as in the Rampage video games) before it reforms into the New Line Cinema logo. It is on a dark blue background with DNA helixes.

The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion (2018, South Korea):

  • The logo is tinted in pure green and has an old film effect to it, similar to the V for Vendetta variant.

DC Super Hero Girls: The Late Batsby (2018 short):

  • The print logo is seen in a monitor in the art style of the show and is colored blue with the company's name in orange and the byline in yellow.
  • On the YouTube print, the TimeWarner byline replaces the WarnerMedia byline.

Illang: The Wolf Brigade (2018, South Korea):

  • In a similar vein to the Blade Runner 2049 prototype variant, the logo is colored red, with the inside of the shield being static and made of tiny red dots from helmet visors, and it zooms out from the middle of the shield, with the 2018 WarnerMedia byline appearing letter-by-letter in red. The shield retains its shape from the Age of Shadows and A Single Rider variants, and the banner is transparent.

The Meg films:

  • The Meg (2018): The logo is tinted in aqua blue. It is placed deep underwater with bubble effects, and ripples slightly.


  • On the Chinese release, the TimeWarner byline replaces the WarnerMedia byline.
  • Meg 2: The Trench (2023): The logo is cropped slightly, along with the CMC Pictures and DF Pictures logos. This was only seen on home media prints; theatrical prints use the normal logo instead.

Smallfoot (2018):

  • The logo is enhanced and animates at a faster rate. Right before the WarnerMedia byline fades in, snow starts to fall and the background turns into a windy snowstorm, after which the shield freezes solid. It shatters outward to reveal the Warner Animation Group logo, which dissolves into snow a few seconds later. This was done by Sony Pictures Imageworks.

A Star is Born (2018):

  • The first few seconds of the logo are cut out. Also, the logo fades out a bit earlier than usual.

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018, United Kingdom, Netflix):

  • The logo is tinted in deep gold and just as the studio lot ripples, a texture resembling that of a snake appears over the animation for a few seconds, before quickly fading away to the shield with the inside being a dark green over a black background.

Aquaman films:

  • Aquaman (2018): The logo is aqua blue and is underwater. The shield is covered in coral and seaweed and part of it is wedged in a seabed, and the WarnerMedia byline has an ocean ripple effect. After a few seconds, the byline fades out and the camera pans up from the logo, leading into the DC Comics variant.
  • Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023): Same as the previous film, but with a few changes: the logo's positioned at a slightly different angle, the WarnerMedia byline has been replaced by the WBD byline (reflecting Warner Bros.' current parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery), and some vegetation has been added to the logo. The logo also animates differently, with the camera zooming out from the center of the shield instead. A school of fish are seen swimming near the shield as well. It is also worth noting that this is the only film in the DC Extended Universe to use the 2023 logo, which appears at the end.

Shazam! film series:

  • Shazam! (2019): The shield is colored in red with its interior in black and is put on a stormy background with thunder brewing about. It zooms up and positions itself, revealing the 2018 WarnerMedia byline, which is already underneath the shield and is also red. It zooms away from the camera and the New Line Cinema logo with the same appearance follows afterwards. The stormy background in this variant is a nod to the film logos in the later installments of the Harry Potter film series.

  • Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023):
    • Opening: The New Line Cinema version of the logo is made out of earth/rock and is put upon a dark grey cloudy background. The lighting effects on the logo make it appear to have blue shading. Additionally, the logo cuts in from black rather than fading in from black (akin to the no-fade effect on Devastudios' website).
    • Closing: Same as the opening, but it isn't animated and it fades in from black like usual. Also, the WBD byline is white (beige due to the lighting).


The Sun Is Also a Star (2019):

  • The logo is darker than usual.

Shaft (2019):

  • The print logo is on an orange film projector reel, and slowly zooms in. A few seconds later, the reel shakes and the 2018 WarnerMedia byline fades in. The music is "Love Over and Love Again" by Switch.
  • On international and Netflix prints, the animation is a bit faster to make room for the Netflix logo.


The Kitchen (2019):

  • The 1970 Kinney Shield logo is used, animating in the style of the 1973 "\\'" logo (complete with the red background), and when it finishes animating, the 2018 WarnerMedia byline fades in on the box part of the logo, with the word "presents" fading in below the Kinney Shield logo.

The Goldfinch (2019):

  • Same as The Sun Is Also a Star, only slightly brighter.

Joker (2019):

  • A (somewhat inaccurate) recreation of the 1973 \\' logo is used. However, at the start of the logo, the word "WARNER BROS." is removed from the red \\' portion of the logo. Afterwards, when the white \\' finishes zooming in on a red background, the word "WARNER BROS. PICTURES" in the Handel Gothic font fades in below the \\' logo instead of "A WARNER COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY". Afterwards, the 2018 WarnerMedia byline (in its usual font) fades in below "WARNER BROS. PICTURES". This marks the first time since 1997 that there is no DC logo after the WB logo (however, it does appear at the end of the movie). This was done by Antenna Creative, who also made the Amazon Studios and Lantern Entertainment logos.

Doctor Sleep (2019):

  • The 1984 logo is used once again, but with the 2018 WarnerMedia byline.

Western Stars (2019):

  • The 1948 shield logo is seen on a black background with the WarnerMedia byline in a script font below.

Birds of Prey (and The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020, closing):

  • Harley Quinn (played by Margot Robbie) is heard saying "Are you dummies still sitting there? Fine, since you stuck it out this long, I'll tell you a super duper secret secret but you can't tell anyone! Okay, did you know that Batman-".

Scoob! (2020):

  • This was the last film to have the 1998 WB logo in the Warner Animation Group logo. After the WB shield flips into the WAG shield, the logo pans down to start the movie. As this happens, "California Love" by 2Pac and Dr. Dre plays. This was also the only film to have the regular version of the Warner Animation Group version of the logo.

Tenet (2020):

  • This was the first film to use the 2020 logo as well as both the 2019 WB shield and the WarnerMedia byline. The logo is tinted in red. This was also the only film to have the fully animated version of the 2020 logo.

Wonder Woman 1984 (2020):

  • Various silver television lines form the 2020 logo on a black background, and the 2019 WarnerMedia byline fades in below. The logo briefly flickers and has a static transition effect into the DC logo with the same variation.

The Little Things (2021):

  • The logo's duration is slightly shorter and it starts fading out when the 2019 WarnerMedia byline fades in.

Judas and the Black Messiah (2021):

  • Opening: A still variant of the finished 2020 logo is used, and is in a shade of gray.
  • Closing: The closing variant of the 2021 logo is in a shade of gray.

Tom & Jerry (2021):

  • This was the first film to have the 2021 WB logo in the Warner Animation Group logo. The logo flips around to reveal the new Warner Animation Group logo, before panning down into New York for the opening credits. The clouds in the background have a slightly different color, and the 2019 WarnerMedia byline is harder to see as a result. An instrumental version of "Can I Kick It?" by A Tribe Called Quest plays during this variant.

Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021, HBO Max; Original and Justice is Grey):

  • The logo's colors are either saturated or in black and white, depending on the version, and the entire logo is in 4:3 to fit Snyder's original vision.

Mortal Kombat (2021):

  • This was the first film to have the 2021 WB logo in the New Line Cinema logo. The Warner Bros. logo is metallic silver and appears on a darker version of the usual sky background, with fire burning beneath the shield; this reflects the powers of Mortal Kombat fighter Scorpion, which are fire. Like the normal logo, this was made by Devastudios. A version without the fade in and fade out effects, as well as the sound effects, can be seen on Devastudios' website and Michale Daniels' website.

Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021) and Evil Dead Rise (2023):

  • Those Who Wish Me Dead was the first film to use the regular version of the 2021 New Line Cinema version of the 2021 logo. The logo plays normally, but is brighter than usual.
  • For Evil Dead Rise, the Warner Bros. Discovery byline replaces the 2019 WarnerMedia byline.

In the Heights (2021):

  • After the shield settles into place, the logo transitions to a graffiti drawing of itself on a red brick wall and the 2019 WarnerMedia byline disappears. Also, the logo appears darker than usual at the beginning.

No Sudden Move (2021):

  • The 1953 3D version of the logo is used with the 2019 WarnerMedia byline, similar to Ghost Ship. The WarnerMedia byline is colored gold to match the shield's color scheme.

Reminiscence (2021):

  • The logo starts off blurry and gains focus as the studio lot is panning around. Once the logo completes, we blur back in again to the opening sequence.

Malignant (2021):

  • The 2021 New Line Cinema version of the logo has a videotape effect to it and glitches throughout. This was made by Filmograph.

Cry Macho (2021): This, like the normal logo, was designed by Devastudios.

  • Opening: The 2021 logo is in black and white; the studio lot part is cut, and the background is black, although the reflection of the studio lot and clouds are still visible on the shield animation. The rotation of the shield is also slower than usual.
  • Closing: Same as the opening variant, but the lens flare effect is slightly different.

The Many Saints of Newark (2021):

  • The 2021 New Line Cinema version of the logo has a slight gray tint to it.

Dune film series:

  • Dune (2021):
    • Before the 2021 logo is shown, a phrase in an alien language is heard as a caption with the English translation set in the Futura font, "Dreams are messages from the deep." appears on a black background.
    • After that, the 2021 logo cuts in (similar to the no fade in effect from the Devastudios website), animating like normal, but the background fades to black at the end, similar to the 2020 logo; the shield and byline follow suit a second later.
  • Dune: Part Two (2024):
    • Before the 2023 logo is shown, a phrase in an alien language is heard as a caption with the English translation set in the Futura font, "Power over Spice", and then after, "is power over all." appears on a black background, but in the Digital release the English translation is not present and only see a black background and alien language speech audio.
    • Unlike Dune (2021), the 2023 logo does not have the background fade to black.

King Richard (2021):

  • This was the first American film to have the fanfare in the 2021 WB logo, which is darker than usual.

The Batman (2022):

  • Instead of the normal logo animation, a still version of the print logo (in a red gradient) on a black background appears, similar to the Tenet variant. Then, the DC logo appears with the same variation.

The Nan Movie (2022, United Kingdom):

  • The 1998 logo with the 2018 WarnerMedia byline is used, but is completely silent.

Moonshot (2022, HBO Max):

  • The New Line Cinema version of the 2021 logo is slightly darker than usual.

Hui Buh und das Hexenschloss (2022, Germany):

  • The logo is made of slightly rusted metal, lacks its interior, is bylineless, and zooms away on a dark teal stormy background. The lightning that appears in the background and frontground affects the logo's lighting. The Rat Pack Filmproduktion logo in the same style appears afterwards.

Eraser: Reborn (2022, HBO Max):

  • The colors on the 2021 logo are more vivid.

Elvis (2022):

  • This was the first film to have the official WBD byline in the 2021 WB logo. The logo starts out with a golden door with the initials "EP" (the initials of the titular character, Elvis Presley) in it, with a "TCB" (the initials of the titular character's motto, Taking Care of Business) thunderbolt logo in the sides, which looks like the titular character's ring. Then, it reveals an ornate WB shield in gold with a blue interior, with the "WB" letters in glittery silver. Necklaces and jewelry made of gold and rubies surround the shield and there are golden lines in the background. The Warner Bros. Discovery byline fades in underneath in light gold. It then transitions to the Bazmark Films logo. During the shield's reveal, four jewelry-styled replicas of the studio's iconic water tower shown in the normal logo can be seen, colored in gold. A snippet of "Suspicious Minds" by Presley plays over this and the Bazmark logo.
  • Like the normal logo, this was done by Devastudios. A version without the sound effects, with the music playing late as soon as the door opens, can be shown in Devastudios' website with assistance from FotoKem. The logo won a Silver Clio Entertainment Award in 2022 alongside Bazmark and the rest of the opening graphics of the film. A behind the scenes video can be found on Devastudios' Instagram page.

Black Adam (2022):

  • The New Line Cinema version of the logo is made of Kahndaq's Eternium metal with thunder and lightning in the background. Some bolts of electricity strike the shield's interior as it breaks up, and a few more strike some of the shield's parts as the background changes to an orange cloudy background and the logo turns into the New Line Cinema logo. Like the normal logo, this was done by Devastudios. A version without the fade in and fade out effects, as well as the sound effects and the music, can be shown on Devastudios' website.

House Party (2023):

  • The New Line Cinema version of the logo starts normally, but as the camera goes past one of the filmstrips, it transitions into the 1987 New Line Cinema logo. While this part doesn't use the 2021 fanfare, the 1994 New Line Cinema fanfare plays as the logo is about to transition.

The Flash (2023):

  • This was the first movie to use the bannerless 2023 logo and the alternate WBD byline (set in the Warner Bros. Sans font). A streak of lightning travels through a red, smoky vortex, zooming through five older Warner Bros. logos (in order: the 1925 logo, the 1948 logo, the 1934 logo, the 1972 Saul Bass "Big W" logo, and the 1993 logo, the latter of which lacks its interior). All of these WB logos are golden. Afterwards, it goes through the Warner Bros. Discovery version of the shield, which is also in gold and has the alternate WBD byline already underneath it. Then it transitions to the DC Comics logo. This logo was designed by Picturemill.

Barbie (2023):

  • Opening: The shield's interior is bright pink instead of blue (except for the studio lot in the opening), and the sky background has a slight pinkish tint. Also, the fanfare is out of sync.


  • Closing: Same as the opening, but it is still.


  • To promote the movie, some of Warner Bros.'s international social media accounts, as well as the studio's water tower, temporarily used the logo from this movie.

Blue Beetle (2023):

  • In space, there are some fire and bacteria joining together. They create the bannerless 2023 logo in the form of an energy construct from the Scarab. Once the logo forms, the alternate WBD byline appears below. The camera then zooms out of it, which deforms the logo in the process, leading into the DC Comics variation. This was done by Picturemill.

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