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Background

EuropaCorp is a French movie studio founded by Luc Besson in 1992 as "Leeloo Productions". It was renamed to its current name in 2000 after Besson's old colleague, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, joined the studio.

In 2019, EuropaCorp entered an indefinite hiatus after sexual allegations were made against Besson, and as a result, its American subsidiary filed for bankruptcy protection. The studio has only released one film since, a spin-off to the Arthur film series called Arthur, malédiction.

1st Logo (2001)

Logo:

Yamakasi trailer: Just the serif text "EUROPA" and "présente" in Impact font below on a black background.

15 août trailer: Same as above, but the text is all-blue and "presente" is in all-caps and serif.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The opening of the trailer.

Availability: Only seen on the trailers for Yamakasi and 15 août. It may have been a placeholder for the next logo.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (September 2001-)

Logo: Under a night sky, we move above a water surface with some dolphins swimming around. A light blue ovoid rises from the water and unfolds into a winged woman, who floats and flaps her wings in the middle of the big word "EUROPA", which spreads out by the water as the woman appears. The small word "CORP." appears below. The logo then gradually fades out.

Variants: A shortened version is seen on trailers.

FX/SFX: Everything in very nice and clean CGI, which still holds up today. This was done by BUF Compagnie, who later worked on the 2002 Paramount Pictures logo.

Music/Sounds: A calm dreamy soundtrack with some musical instrument inclusions. On some films, none or the opening theme of the movie.

Music/Sounds Variant: On Unleashed, the logo has sound effects on it.

Availability: Common. The logo was first seen on non-US trailers for Wasabi and debuted on the actual film itself. It has since been seen on every movie the studio produced, including the Taxi franchise (starting with Taxi 3), 3 Days to Kill, the Arthur film series, Nine Lives, Lucy and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Despite producing the Transporter franchise, don't expect to find this on international releases of The Transporter and The Transporter 2, as it was replaced by the 20th Century Fox logo.

Editor's Note: This is a gorgeous and relaxing logo and a favorite of many.

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+{{PageButtons|EuropaCorp (France)|Logo Variations=1|Trailers=1}}{{PageCredits|description=EnormousRat and PM pinter|capture=PM pinter|video=4R Geo}}
 ===Background===
-'''EuropaCorp''' is a French movie studio co-founded by Pierre-Ange Le Pogam and Luc Besson in 1992 as "Leeloo Productions". The studio didn't use an on-screen logo until the release of ''Taxi 2'', their first movie overall.
+'''EuropaCorp''' is a French movie studio founded by Luc Besson in 1992 as "Leeloo Productions". It was renamed to its current name in 2000 after Besson's old colleague, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, joined the studio.
+In 2019, EuropaCorp entered an indefinite hiatus after sexual allegations were made against Besson, and as a result, its American subsidiary filed for bankruptcy protection. The studio has only released one film since, a spin-off to the ''Arthur'' film series called ''Arthur, malédiction''.
-===(March 29, 2000- )===
-<gallery mode="packed" heights="150">
+===1st Logo (2001)===
-EuropaCorp.png
+<gallery mode=packed heights=200>
-EuropaCorp Nine Lives variant.jpeg
+Europa presente (2001, Yamakasi trailer).jpg
+Europa presente (2001, 15 aout trailer).jpg
 </gallery>
-{{YouTube|id=F1r_XCYBPSc|id2=G9-TZHUobvo|id3=UGWuf3J2hQM}}
+'''Logo:'''
-'''Logo:''' Under a night sky, we move above a water surface with some dolphins swimming around. A {{Color|lightblue|light blue}} ovoid rises from the water and unfolds into a winged woman, who floats and flaps her wings in the middle of the big word "{{Font|serif|EUROPA}}", which spreads out as the woman appears. The small word "{{Font|serif|CORP.}}" is below. Then the logo fades out.
+*''Yamakasi'' trailer: Just the serif text "{{font|Serif|EUROPA}}" and "{{font|Impact|présente}}" in Impact font below on a black background.
+*''15 août'' trailer: Same as above, but the text is all-{{color|blue}} and "presente" is in all-caps and serif.
-'''Variants:'''
+'''FX/SFX:''' None.
-* On ''Nine Lives'' (titled ''Mr. Fuzzypants'' on Australian home video), the cat from the film fades inside the circle of the "{{Font|serif|O}}" and meows at the near end of the logo as it's about to fade out.
-* On ''The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec'' (2010), the logo becomes gold on a brown wall, which then pans to the right to start the movie.
+'''Music/Sounds:''' The opening of the trailer.
+'''Availability:''' Only seen on the trailers for ''Yamakasi'' and ''15 août''. It may have been a placeholder for the next logo.
+'''Editor's Note:''' None.
+===2nd Logo (September 2001-)===
+<gallery mode=packed heights=200>
+EuropaCorp.png
+</gallery>
+{{YouTube|id=F1r_XCYBPSc}}
+'''Logo:''' Under a night sky, we move above a water surface with some dolphins swimming around. A {{color|lightblue|light blue}} ovoid rises from the water and unfolds into a winged woman, who floats and flaps her wings in the middle of the big word "{{color|lightblue|{{font|serif|EUROPA}}}}", which spreads out by the water as the woman appears. The small word "{{color|lightblue|{{font|serif|CORP.}}}}" appears below. The logo then gradually fades out.
+'''Variants:''' A shortened version is seen on trailers.
 '''FX/SFX:''' Everything in very nice and clean CGI, which still holds up today. This was done by BUF Compagnie, who later worked on the 2002 [[Paramount Pictures]] logo.
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 '''Music/Sounds:''' A calm dreamy soundtrack with some musical instrument inclusions. On some films, none or the opening theme of the movie.
-'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' On ''Unleashed'', the logo has sound effects on it.
+'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' On ''Unleashed'', the logo has sound effects on it.
-'''Availability:''' Common. The logo debuted on ''Taxi 2'' and is seen on all movies the studio produced, including further installments of the ''Taxi'' franchise, ''3 Days to Kill'', the ''Arthur'' film series, ''Nine Lives'', ''Lucy'' and ''Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets''. Despite producing the ''Transporter'' franchise, don't expect to find this on international releases of ''The Transporter'' and ''The Transporter 2'', as it was replaced by the [[20th Century Fox]] logo.
+'''Availability:''' Common. The logo was first seen on non-US trailers for ''Wasabi'' and debuted on the actual film itself. It has since been seen on every movie the studio produced, including the ''Taxi'' franchise (starting with ''Taxi 3''), ''3 Days to Kill'', the ''Arthur'' film series, ''Nine Lives'', ''Lucy'' and ''Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets''. Despite producing the ''Transporter'' franchise, don't expect to find this on international releases of ''The Transporter'' and ''The Transporter 2'', as it was replaced by the [[20th Century Fox]] logo.
 '''Editor's Note:''' This is a gorgeous and relaxing logo and a favorite of many.
-[[Category:French film logos]]
 [[Category:French logos]]
 [[Category:Film logos]]
+[[Category:French film logos]]