New Line Cinema/Logo Variations

From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum


These are the logo variations seen throughout the years by New Line Cinema, with more to be added overtime.


My Demon Lover (1987): The earlier variant of the 1987 logo has a grayish-pink glow.


The Blade Trilogy

  • Blade (1998) and Blade II (2002): The logo is tinted in red.
  • Blade: Trinity (2004): The logo starts off normal but then turns red at the end, with the byline retaining its white color.

Detroit Rock City (1999): The music is a rock version of the normal fanfare.


Boiler Room (2000): Pictures of the Founding Fathers of the United States are seen within the logo.


The Final Destination series

  • Final Destination (2000): The logo is gray and moves differently.
  • Final Destination 3 (2006): The logo changes color and blurs out, seguing into the opening credits.
  • The Final Destination (2009): The filmstrips, text, and byline zoom by, as with Journey to the Center of the Earth, except without the rumbling.

15 Minutes (2001): After the logo finishes animating, the camera zooms in to the logo's glow, which changes into blue lines, transitioning into the opening scene of the film.


Run Ronnie Run (2003): Appears after the opening sequence to the film, the logo is in the form of a cartoon drawing, after the logo completes, it fades to the normal logo.


Elf (2003): Just the 1995 New Line logo with the Time Warner byline, but with snowflakes in the foreground and jingle bell sounds at the end of the logo.


Freddy Vs. Jason (2003): The logo is in a crimson-glory color.


Cellular (2004): The logo is tinted in denim blue and zooms back.


Shoot 'Em Up (2007): No holes are seen on the filmstrips at the beginning of the logo, then at the end, the filmstrrips are shot at to form the holes.


The Golden Compass (2007): The logo is in a tan color.


Inkheart (2008): When the logo's animation finishes, a few of the sparks fly around the logo.


Journey to the Center of the Earth

  • Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008): The filmstrips, text, and byline zoom.
  • Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012): The logo is covered with golden film.

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Friday the 13th (2009): The logo is dark red.


The Time Traveler's Wife (2009): The logo has blue circles and blurs out.


Sex and the City 2 (2010): The logo is constructed of rhinestones as it flips onto a white background and glistens to the theme song of the show.


A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011): The logo is seen in the snow and is wrapped in gift wrap once the logo is formed with white letters underneath.


Rock of Ages (2012): The logo is metallic and takes place in a night sky as multicolored searchlights surround the logo, just like the Warner Bros. Pictures logo. Also, when the logo is finished, it pans down to the clouds to start the movie.


The Conjuring (2013), The Conjuring 2 (2016) and Annabelle: Creation (2017): The shield is in green/grey, and is set upon a night background. This was made by Filmograph.

Lego The Hobbit (2014, Video Game): The print logo is superimposed on Smaug's lair.


San Andreas (2015): The logo is placed deep underwater and is tinted silver as the words "New Line Cinema" scramble into place as the logo is formed.


The Gallows (2015): The logo is tinted in blood red.


Andy Muschietti's It films.

  • It (2017): The WB version of the NLC logo is sepia-toned and has a projector-like effect on it. It also starts to rain as it forms and a red balloon can be seen in the distance.
  • It: Chapter Two (2019): The logo is grungy and on a black background while the Deadlights float around. Just like the regular version, this was made by Picturemill.

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Rampage (2018): The WB version of the NLC logo breaks apart like video-game pixelated debris to form the New Line Cinema logo in white.


Game Night (2018): The blue moving piece from Hasbro's board game Sorry! falls down slowly serving into the dark cloudy violet background with various game pieces falling down. The WBP logo is a moving Sorry! piece with the shield in place of the top & the byline carved at the bottom. The NLC logo has the usual text below with the logo in a Scrabble piece.


Shazam! (2019): The logo is red against a stormy night background, and pans up like the Warner Bros. and DC logos.

Shaft (2019): The print logo (in black) is on a film projector reel, and slowly zooms in. A few seconds later, the reel shakes and the WarnerMedia byline appears. The music is "Love Over and Love Again" by Switch.


The Kitchen (2019): The 1973 logo is used, albeit with the WarnerMedia byline placed in on the bottom right.


Mortal Kombat (2021): This is the first film preceded the 2021 WB logo and to use the logo with 2019 WarnerMedia byline. The logo is covered in ice and set in a cold moonlit cloudscape, with snow swirling around the logo. This variation is referring to Sub-Zero, one of the characters of Mortal Kombat. Just like the regular version, this was made by Devastudios. A version without the fade in and fade out effects, as well as the sound effects, can be shown on Devastudios' website.


The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021): The logo has a dark-green tint on a night sky, just like the previous Conjuring films; the visual effects in the standard logo are left intact.



Malignant (2021): The logo has a videotape feel to it and glitches throughout. This was made by Filmograph.


The Many Saints of Newark (2021): The logo has a slight gray tint to it.


Moonshot (2022): The logo is slightly darker than usual.

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