Cineplex Entertainment

Background

Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund, the owners of the chain, renamed Cineplex Galaxy LP to Cineplex Entertainment on October 3, 2005. In 2011, Cineplex Galaxy became Cineplex Inc.

1st Logo (2005-2009)

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Logo: The Cineplex logo rotates counter-clockwise into place on the screen, with the Famous Players, Cineplex Odeon, and Galaxy Cinemas logos, ONEX byline and the URL appearing below. The film-reel stops, and the viewer is in a city with buildings made of filmstrips. The camera pans to the "GO BIG" text with searchlights behind it, then the camera moves around till it stops at the "FEATURE PRESENTATION" text flashing into view.

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: A superhero-like soundtrack with whooshes from traffic and a helicopter.

Availability: Extinct. Only used in theatres.

2nd Logo (2007-2009)

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Logo: In darkness, we see a film reel rolling towards the camera, leaving a trail of film as three spotlights turn on. We then see a slow-motion side view of the film reel, as the camera pans to many stacks of other film reels. The animation returns to its normal speed as the film reel zooms away, bouncing off the floor and heading towards an area filled with popcorn and drink cups. The film reel bounces off the floor again, and it eventually dives through a mountain of popcorn. We zoom into the film strip, showing a space background with two blue film strips glowing. The words "COMING SOON" IN Bank Gothic appear with a shining effect, and shines twice while rotating. The logo flashes to reveal the Cineplex print logo of the time rotating. The logo flashes again, and we zoom back out on a space background with the film reel from earlier, along with a long film strip going through it. The film reel shines brightly, turning the background white and everything else red and in 2D, forming the Scotiabank logo, as the film reel turns into a globe. The text "presented by Scotiabank" wipes in next to it, and many multicoloured letters start flying in, forming Scotiabank's slogan "You're richer than you think."

Trivia: This was the first Cineplex bumper made after they began their partnership with Scotiabank, rebranding some of their theatres into "Scotiabank Theatres" and introducing the Scene loyalty program the same year.

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: It starts with the sounds of spotlights turning on, then a funk guitar riff is heard, leading into a rock tune. It ends with the last note being sustained, whooshing effects, and popcorn popping sounds when the letters are flying.

Availability: Extinct.

3rd Logo (2009-2012)

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Logo: A screen turns on, revealing it to be an ATM screen with the word "WELCOME", the flashing words "INSERT CARD", and the Scotiabank logo in the corner, along with various other symbols. As it is from the perspective of the inside, the screen is backwards. We see a man inserting a Scotiabank Scene card into the ATM, which causes it to transform into a giant door, much to the amazement of the man. A futuristic flying motorcycle comes out of the door, and the man gets on, puts on a helmet, and revs the engine as the doors open. The screen flashes white, revealing a studio lot with various objects (including a boat, many runners with the Scotiabank symbol on their shirts, a UFO, a hockey team with the Scotiabank logo on their jerseys, a helicopter, and a large safe). We fly into the safe, as the man drives past two martial artists in slow motion. As it returns to normal speed, the man drives onto a city street with palm trees, through a wall with an arch. He looks up and sees a theatre with the Cineplex logo (a different design than the previous two bumpers) and "COMING SOON" on its marquee, along with Scene and Coca-Cola signs on the ground. We go above the marquee to reveal a giant circular object with lights on it, two gray Scotiabank towers, and a screen with "Presented by Scotiabank" on it. The "You're richer than you think." slogan forms in a similar way to the last trailer, except the letters are now in 3D.

Technique: CGI by 4stroke.

Music/Sounds: Some computer beeping at the start, followed by mechanical clanging sounds, and an adventurous orchestral fanfare that climaxes at the end. Composed by David Fleury.

Availability: Extinct.

4th Logo (2009-2012)

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Logo: On the side of a cliff, we see lots of mountains, trees, waterfalls, and two castles as a flock of birds fly by. A quick zoom-in through hundreds of blue and green orbs transitions to a sunset sky with a rocky ground, with pyramids, trees, and ancient rock structures, with a scorpion close to us. Then, another transition with orange orbs brings us to an eagle-eyed view of a city street with lots of cars. Some Canadian flags and a Coca-Cola billboard can be seen on the buildings. Brown and yellow orbs change the scene to a futuristic city, with lots of abstractly-designed skyscrapers, a monorail, a bridge, and a river running through the middle. Several crowds of people are seen walking around. A transition with light blue orbs goes to space with Earth slowly spinning and lights shining on the west side of the globe. The golden 3D text "FEATURE PRESENTATION" is seen over the globe, and one more transition with gold and green orbs brings us to a cloud background with the Cineplex logo slowly spinning to face us. A byline reading "ONEX A Founding Partner" appears below, and the whole logo flips, changing the text to "ESCAPE WITH US".

Technique: CGI by 4stroke.

Music/Sounds: An orchestral fanfare which slowly builds up with each passing scene.

Music/Sounds Variant: There is a version with a different, much calmer fanfare. There are also additional sound effects, and digital scrambling sounds during the transitions.

Availability: Extinct.

5th Logo (2012-2014)

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6th Logo (2012-2015)

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Logo: In a black-and-white 1900s environment, we see the Wright Brothers plane flying to a set of clouds. After a few seconds, the whole film turns to colour inside the clouds, as the aspect ratio widens. A new plane appears, and flies vertically reaching a cloud. We have the same top-down effect and the plane has another new look. The plane then turns into a jet and the film grain fades out. Then, another scene of a cloud appears with a space-like jet flying up. However, when the jet reaches the clouds it becomes a space shuttle and leaves the Earth. It launches to the screen. We cut through the engine of the space shuttle and the shuttle goes up. Then, the space shuttle reaches lightspeed until it becomes a white flash. When this flashes, we cut to a nebula scene with the Cineplex logo and a banner saying "100 Years of Movie Memories". Some asteroids come to the logo. One of the asteroids come from the left transforming the Cineplex logo and the banner to just "ENJOY THE SHOW".

Technique: CGI by Spy Films.

Music/Sounds: A calm tune that grows slowly to a majestic fanfare including the sounds of a plane, a jet and a space shuttle. Composed by BoomBox and Deluxe.

Availability: Extinct. This was a centennial logo to commemorate 100 years of the original Famous Players company; however, it remained in use for 3 years.

7th Logo (2014-2016)

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8th Logo (2016-)

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9th Logo (2016-2022)

Logo: We start by seeing a silver-ish background with a light shining on it. It then reveals a stone coliseum as the camera cuts to another shot of several silver balls rolling around. The coliseum opens up to reveal a bright white shine, revealing the classic Cineplex coliseum all turning yellow as the camera cuts to rectangles being inserted to make the logo smooth. A bright flash appears and puts the coliseum on a white background as the letters for Cineplex appears one by one from left to right. The text "See the Big Picture" appears below the logo for a few seconds before the logo turns 2D.

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: A slightly dramatic fanfare, which starts to rise up and and be majestic. Sounds of marbles rolling are heard and clanking sounds are heard when the yellow coliseum appears. When the Cineplex letters appear, sounds of a film reel starting to project are heard, along with 4 xylophone notes at the end.

Availability: Extinct.

Final Note: As of mid-2022, Cineplex doesn't use a "Feature Presentation" bumper at the start of films, instead going straight to the start of the movie.

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