Columbia Showcase Theatre

Background
On May 29, 2000, Columbia TriStar Television Distribution launched a film-on-television syndication programming block called the Columbia Showcase Theatre. With the rebranding of Columbia TriStar Domestic Television as Sony Pictures Television (named after Columbia and TriStar's parent owner) in 2002, the block went dormant before it returned to syndicated television in 2004, coinciding with Sony's music division merging with the Bertelsmann Music Group the same year.

(May 29, 2000-2010s)
Logo: We see a realistically rendered body of water that appears to be bubbling, complete with a sky. A large yellow pedestal then rises out of the water, with a hole in the center that lights up, and the 1993 Torch Lady rises out from the middle of the pedestal while a robe flows around. The robe causes a scene transition to occur, as we view the spinning Torch Lady from upperhead. Then, we fade to a shot of the giant chiseled text "COLUMBIA", in its usual font, flying across, before we fade to a profile shot of the Torch Lady, with the  robe covering her eyes. Then, we fade to a shot of "Serif", in the Trajan Pro font, flying around, before fading yet again to a back shot of the Torch Lady. As the text flies around, a flash results in a full-panel view of the standard Torch Lady, with the text in its completed positions. The text and lady move a bit as her torch shines.

Technique: CGI animation combined with live-action footage.

Music/Sounds: A rising, majestic orchestral fanfare, composed by Pei Pei Chung.

Availability: It can be found on syndicated airings of Sony Pictures-owned films and Castle Rock Entertainment films such as Stuart Little, Stuart Little 2, The Craft, Wild Things, Under Suspicion, Sleepless in Seattle, Spider-Man, Needful Things, and The Glass House, among others. These prints often show up on the Spanish channel TeleXitos, examples are their prints of Snatch and Gloria.

Legacy: Some prefer this logo over the standard movie logo, thanks to its CGI and music.