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The first production under the ESPN Films banner was ''Black Magic'', a four-hour documentary about the history of basketball played at historically black colleges and universities, that premiered on ESPN without commercial interruption over two consecutive nights starting on March 16, 2008
▲On 3 March 2008, ESPN announced that it would relaunch the unit as ESPN Films. Under the restructuring, ESPN Films began producing projects for theatrical release in addition to television; majority corporate parent The Walt Disney Company holds the right of first refusal on all projects. In addition, ESPN announced a new alliance with the Creative Artists Agency, which among its various clients, represents athletes such as LeBron James, David Beckham and Peyton Manning.
[[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures]] distributes and markets the films produced by ESPN Films in theatrical markets.
▲The first production under the ESPN Films banner was ''Black Magic'', a four-hour documentary that premiered on ESPN without commercial interruption over two consecutive nights starting on March 16, 2008. The film, which won a Peabody Award in 2009, about the history of basketball played at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The company's first theatrical film was ''X Games 3D: The Movie'', which was released on August 21, 2009.
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==ESPN Original Entertainment==▼
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'''Availability:''' Can be seen on theatrical films produced by the studio.▼
▲'''Editor's Note:''' None.
▲===1st Logo (October 6, 2009- )===
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'''Logo:''' Images of various athletes are seen in a sepia-tone as a dust-like effect reveals "ESPN FILMS".▼
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'''Technique:''' Computer animation.
'''Music/Sounds:''' A short beat and metallic hiss when the text is revealed.▼
'''Availability:''' Can be seen on the first two seasons of ''30 for 30''.
▲===2nd Logo (2009- )===
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▲'''Logo:''' A series of images from a football and golf game is seen. The images turn to the left, and the outline of the ESPN logo is seen and it begins to flash, revealing "ESPN FILMS".
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▲'''Availability:''' Can be seen on theatrical films produced by the studio.
▲===3rd Logo (October 13, 2015- )===
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▲'''Logo:''' We move back from a camera lens to see the ESPN Films logo in the same design as the previous two logos. It then zooms forward and we zoom into the lens.
▲'''Music/Sounds:''' The same as the first logo.
'''Availability:''' Can be seen on ''30 for 30'' beginning with Season 3.
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On March 3, 2008, ESPN announced that it would relaunch its original entertainment unit as ESPN Films. Under the restructuring, ESPN Films began producing projects for theatrical release in addition to television; majority corporate parent The Walt Disney Company holds the right of first refusal on all projects. In addition, ESPN announced a new alliance with the Creative Artists Agency, which among its various clients, represents athletes such as LeBron James, David Beckham and Peyton Manning.
The first production under the ESPN Films banner was Black Magic, a four-hour documentary about the history of basketball played at historically black colleges and universities, that premiered on ESPN without commercial interruption over two consecutive nights starting on March 16, 2008; the film later won a Peabody Award in 2009. The company's first theatrical film was X Games 3D: The Movie, which was released on August 21, 2009.
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distributes and markets the films produced by ESPN Films in theatrical markets.
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Visuals: A series of images from a football and golf game is seen. The images turn to the left, and the outline of the ESPN logo is seen and it begins to flash, revealing "ESPN FILMS".
Technique: Computer animation.
Audio: None.
Availability: Can be seen on theatrical films produced by the studio.
Visuals: Images of various athletes are seen in a sepia-tone as a dust-like effect reveals "ESPN FILMS".
Technique: Computer animation.
Audio: A short beat and metallic hiss when the text is revealed.
Availability: Can be seen on the first two seasons of 30 for 30.
Visuals: The camera moves back from a camera lens to see the ESPN Films logo in the same design as the previous two logos. It then zooms forward and the screen zooms into the lens.
Technique: Computer animation.
Audio: Same as the previous logo.
Availability: Can be seen on 30 for 30 beginning with Season 3.
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