Warner Bros. Pictures/Logo Variations

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These are the logo variations used throughout the years by Warner Bros. Pictures, with more to be added over time.

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) and The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939):

  • The shield is apricot and is surrounded by vines and plants on a paper background.
An Angel from Texas (1940):
  • The shield is in black and white and superimposed on a cloudy sky with two Roman statues between.
The Sea Hawk (1940):
  • The background is blue and the shield is yellow.
Okay for Sound (1946):
  • The shield is white and is superimposed on the aerial view of the studio.
Rope (1948):
  • The logo is superimposed on a view of a street and is also unnaturally pale.
Under Capricorn (1949):
  • The logo appears as usual, but with the word "Presents" omitted.
Stage Fright (1950):
  • The shield is in white and superimposed on the first scene of the film.
Last Holiday (1950):
  • The logo is in the style of the 1937 logo, with the 1950 shield in place of the 1937 one. "Presents" is also in a different font.
Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951):
  • The logo is superimposed against a background of ships.
Abbott and Costello: Jack and the Beanstalk (1952):
  • The logo is seen in sepia tone.


Lumberjack Rabbit (1953, Looney Tunes):
  • The shield shoots up towards us like normal, but overshoots its mark so it looks like it's crashing into the screen. It then moves back to its normal position. Originally made to be shown in 3-D. A CGI version of this variant also appears on the intro of The Looney Tunes Show.
The Moonlighter (1953):
  • The 3D shield is in grayscale, and seen on a different background.
So This is Love (1953):
  • The 3D shield is superimposed on the first scene of the film.
The Silver Chalice (1954):
  • The logo is seen on a piece of stone, and the letters inside the shield are removed.


Dragnet (1954):
  • The 3D Shield is used and placed on a plain white background.


A Star is Born (1954):
  • Similar to the Rebel Without a Cause variant, but the logo is darker.


Track of the Cat (1954):
  • The 3D Shield is seen with a snowy hill background.
The Sea Chase (1955):
  • The 3D Shield is seen on an ocean background.
Mister Roberts (1955):
  • The 3D shield has a slight yellow tint to it.
Pete Kelly's Blues (1955):
  • The 3D Shield is seen on a railroad boxcar.
Blood Alley (1955):
  • The 3D Shield is seen on a sunset background.
Sincerely Yours (1955):
  • The 3D Shield is seen on a painting of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Target Zero (1955):
  • The 3D shield is in a sepia tint and superimposed on the background.
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955):
  • The 3D shield's colors look washed out.
Land of the Pharaons (1955):
  • The logo is made of stone and has a rectangular outline.
New York Confidential (1955):
  • The logo is metallic and just like Under Capricorn, "Presents" is nowhere to be seen.
Rebel Without a Cause (1955):
  • The logo is superimposed over a shot of Los Angeles at night.
Helen of Troy (1956):
  • The clouds background is darker.
The Lone Ranger (1956):
  • The 3D shield has a slight yellow tint to it and is brighter.


Satellite in the Sky (1956):
  • The 3D Shield is seen on a blue background and casts a shadow.
The Wrong Man (1956):
  • The shield, except for the banner, is outlined.
The Searchers (1956):
  • The shield is either on a gray or a rustic orange brick background, depending on the quality of the print (the image shown here is from the copy currently streaming on Vudu).
Moby Dick (1956):
  • The logo is superimposed on a different cloud background and the shield's colors look pale. This version is one of the few to use the word “Inc” on the banner.
Seven Men from Now (1956):
  • The shield is superimposed on the film's background.
The Bad Seed (1956):
  • The shield is grayscale and again superimposed on the film's background.
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957):
  • The shield is superimposed over a background of hills.
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957):
  • Similar to the Moby Dick variant, but the cloud background is different. “Inc” is once again seen on the banner.
The Pajama Game (1957):
  • The shield is superimposed on a street pathway.
Band of Angels (1957):
  • The logo is seen on a painting.
The Abominable Snowman (1957):
  • The shield is drawn differently and is presented on a background with mountains.
Sayonara (1957):
  • The inside of the shield is red.
Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958):
  • Same as the Last Holiday variant.
Marjorie Morningstar (1958):
  • The logo is seen on a city sky background.
The Left Handed Gun (1958):
  • The film is in grayscale, and the shield is seen on a background with hills.
Damn Yankees (1958):
  • The shield is superimposed on a football game.
Girl on the Run (1958):
  • The logo looks metallic and odd.
The Old Man and the Sea (1958):
  • Same as the Sayonara variant, but it takes place on a sea background.
Auntie Mame (1958):
  • The logo is superimposed on red leather.
The Hanging Tree (1959):
  • The shield is superimposed on a river background with mountains and trees.
Up Periscope (1959):
  • Same as The Old Man and the Sea variant, but the shield is in its normal colors.
Rio Bravo (1959):
  • The shield is superimposed on a rocky hills background.
Westbound (1959):
  • The shield is superimposed on a morning sky with hills and a tree to the left.
The Young Philadelphians (1959):
  • The logo is white on a black background. It then morphs and shrinks to become a circle.
John Paul Jones (1959):
  • The shield is in a gold/safety orange/old burgundy color scheme, and the word "Presents" is absent.
The Nun's Story (1959):
  • Uses the same shield from The Young Philadelphians on a black background. The logo zooms in as it fades in. Often plastered with a recent WB logo on some newer prints.
The FBI Story (1959):
  • The sky is darker.
30 (1959):
  • Same as The Young Philadelphians variant; however, it does not morph into a circle.
A Summer Place (1959):
  • The shield is superimposed over a beach at sunset.
The Tall Story (1960):
  • Same as the 30 variant, however it has inverted colors and "Presents" is in a script font.
Hannibal (1960):
  • The shield is in 3D on a red background and has "Presents" slightly moved out of position to the right.
The Crowded Sky (1960):
  • Same as The Nun's Story, but the background is a sky background, which does not resemble the one the logo at the time had. It also does not fade in, and "Presents" is in a Serif font.
The Sundowners (1960):
  • The shield is in a 1930s style and has no banner around it, superimposed over a shot of an Australian grassland.
The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961):
  • A black and white shield is seen, which morphs into the outline of Angie Dickinson's character Rachel Cade.
Fanny (1961):
  • The shield is seen with the inside transparent (the "WB" letters are not transparent)
The Steel Claw (1961):
  • The shield is superimposed on what appears to be a pipe-like thing.
Splendor in the Grass (1961):
  • The shield is carved onto a granite background.
Gay Purr-ee (1962):
  • The shield is inside a blue rounded rectangle with "PRESENTS" in a red rounded rectangle, amongst other colorful rounded rectangles.
Adventures of the Road Runner (1962):
  • A bannerless shield is seen on a red-orange sign, and the words "WARNER BROS. PICTURES", in a cartoonish font, are on a bright red sign, with the word "Presents" in a red script font below.
Samar (1962):
  • The shield is superimposed on the film's background once again.
Rome Adventure (1962):
  • The shield is superimposed on the inside of a Roman building.
Lad, A Dog (1962):
  • The shield is superimposed over a background of trees.
Merrill's Marauders (1962):
  • The shield is superimposed over a background of mountains.
The Music Man (1962):
  • We see a very large array of uniformed marchers moving forward, two further in front who are carrying on either side a wide red banner with the Warner Bros. logo on it. The camera then zooms in on the banner to show the usual logo with "PRESENTS" under it.
Gypsy (1962):
  • We start out with an orchestra on a stage. When the music starts, the outline of the shield is formed on a curtain, and then the inside afterward. The shield is gold.
Days of Wine and Roses (1962):
  • The shield is in grayscale and superimposed over the film's background.
Philbert (Three's a Crowd) (1963):
  • The shield is grayscale on a plain gray background.
Black Gold (1963):
  • The shield is in grayscale once again and superimposed over the film's background.
Critic's Choice (1963):
  • Cartoon posters of musicals appear one by one until they make up the background. Then the white shield from The Young Philadelphians fades in.


Spencer's Mountain (1963):
  • Like the title of the film, the shield is seen on a background with mountains.
The Castilian (1963):
  • The shield is superimposed over the film's background.
America, America (1963):
  • Same as The Young Philadelphians variant, but "Presents" is not seen.
The Man from Galveston (1963):
  • The shield is grayscale and is superimposed over the film's background again.
4 For Texas (1963):
  • The shield is styled differently, and seen inside a red dot. The words "Warner Bros." and "Pictures" appear on both sides, with the "Presents" text underneath. The text is seen in the Posse font.
Kingdom of Saguenay (1963):
  • The shield's banner is metallic. Also, the shield is in the middle of the screen and the word "Presents" is removed.


My Fair Lady (1964):
  • The logo is colored shadow brown and is on a flowerbed background, with the words "Warner Bros. Pictures" and "Presents" in Edwardian Script font.


Dead Ringer (1964):
  • The logo is drawn differently.


The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964):
  • The logo is seen on a light blue background.


Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964):
  • The logo is on a black background.


Cheyenne Autumn (1964):
  • The shield from The Young Philadelphians is in sepia and superimposed over a red background with a man riding a horse statue to the right.


The Great Race (1965):
  • The bannerless WB shield is on a completely different background, with the word "PRESENTS" below in the Posse font.


The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965):
  • The 3D shield from the 1950s appears on a different sky background. The shield is now metallic, and looks slightly different from the previous version.


Two on a Guillotine (1965):
  • The shield is seen on a black background and in black and white.


Battle of the Bulge (1965):
  • Same as the Two on a Guillotine variant, but in color.
Inside Daisy Clover (1965):
  • The shield is on a black background.
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Harper (1966):
  • Same as the Inside Daisy Clover variant, but slightly brighter.


Stop the World, I Want to Get Off! (1966):
  • The shield from The Young Philadelphians is used, but looks slightly different.


Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966):
  • Same as the Two on a Guillotine variant.
File:Warner Bros. Pictures (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf).jpg


A Fine Madness (1966):
  • The logo is on a black background and the shield looks washed out.


Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966):
  • The logo is on a black background once again.
A Covenant with Death (1967):
  • The shield is seen superimposed on a blurry background.
The Mikado (1967):
  • The shield is seen on a red gradient background.
Triple Cross (1967):
  • The shield is on a black background again and the lighting appears to look different.


Bonnie and Clyde (1967):
  • The shield is put on a black background and is sepia toned.


The Bobo (1967):
  • The shield is darker and put on a black background.


Wait Until Dark (1967):
  • The shield is superimposed on the film's background.


Cool Hand Luke (1967):
  • The logo is on a black background again.


2001: A Space Odyssey (1968):
  • At the end of the IMAX re-release, a black and white WB shield is presented austerely over a black background in the form of the closing logo.
Sweet November (1968):
  • The logo is superimposed over the New York City skyline and has a orange-yellow gradient.
Countdown (1968):
  • The logo is in red and superimposed over a snow background.
Rachel, Rachel (1968):
  • The 1970 logo is yellow on a green background.
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968):
  • The 1970 logo is yellow again and superimposed on the film's background.


The Illustrated Man (1969):
  • Same as I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!.


The Wild Bunch (1969):
  • The 1967 logo appears distressed over a scratched out Western scene.
The Valley of Gwangi (1969):
  • The 1967 logo is in white and superimposed on the film's background.
The Great Bank Robbery (1969):
  • The 1967 logo is superimposed over an orange drawing of the fictional town of Friendly, Texas (where the film takes place).


When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970):
  • The 1970 logo is on a yellow-green background.
Once You Kiss a Stranger (1970):
  • Same as I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! and The Illustrated Man.
The Omega Man (1972):
  • The 1970 logo is superimposed over Charlton Heston's character driving a car.


What's Up, Doc? (1972):
  • A gold WB logo appears on a brown book. As we zoom out, a hand opens the book to the inside cover, and then to the text "Warner Bros., A Warner Communications Company Presents". At the end of the film, the final page reads "Distributed by Warner Bros." The book is then closed to reveal the gold WB logo from the beginning.


Blazing Saddles (1974):
  • After the 1973 logo plays, the 1948 WB shield appears, only for the screen to be engulfed by flames that give way to a shot of a desert with the text "A MEL BROOKS FILM", seguing into the opening credits. On some current prints, the respective variant is retained, but is preceded by the 1999 Warner Bros. Pictures logo with the AOL Time Warner byline. Pan and scan prints from the mid-'80s to the mid-'90s used a different engulfing effect, but the transition pattern remains the same.
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974):
  • The 1948 WB shield appears on a cloudy background. Seen after the 1973 logo and the David Susskind credit.


The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976):
  • On American Heroes Channel's print of this film, the current logo with the TimeWarner byline is a still picture and is in sepia.


The Late Show (1977):
  • The 1937 logo is used, but without Jack L. Warner's name or the word "Presents".


The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979):
  • At the end of the movie, a replica of the 1936-1964 Merrie Melodies cartoon intro (including red rings and a blue center) is used with the red and white WB shield, with Bugs Bunny on top of it saying, "Eat your heart out, Burt Reynolds!"
The Main Event (1979):
  • The logo is on a purple background.


Time After Time (1979):
  • The 1948 WB shield zooms in on a cloudy background while the classic 1930s fanfare plays. Seen after the 1979 Orion/WB logo (which is plastered by the 1973 logo on later prints).


Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982):
  • The 1973 logo plays as normal, but then the WB logo and background from the 1936 Merrie Melodies cartoon intro zooms in, segueing into the opening credits.
The Killing Fields (1984):
  • The logo initially appears bylineless before the Warner Communications byline fades in a few seconds later.
City Heat (1984), Under the Cherry Moon and Heartbreak Ridge (both 1986):
  • The logo is in black and white.
The Goonies (1985):
  • The logo fades to a skull and crossbones.
Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (1985):
  • Instead of the regular logo, the movie opens with Oscar the Grouch singing the "Grouch Anthem" in a spoof of Patton. Afterwards, we get a brief animated segment where Big Bird finds an air pump and a balloon. He inflates it and it turns out to be a "W", which pops off and flies into the sky, where it morphs into the "W" in the "WB" shield as the rest of the shield forms around it. Big Bird announces that "Sesame Street is brought to you today by the letters W and B." This logo makes a surprise appearance on the TV movie Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros., where John Williams' theme from Superman (1978) is heard.
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985):
  • The inside of the shield has a forest green tint.
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985, in-film):
  • The "PRESENTS" variant of the 1984 logo makes a cameo in the film when Pee-wee is visiting with the hobo character and his pals when the logo appears on a screen in the background.
The Color Purple (1985):
  • The logo has a very slight maroon tint.
Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer (1985):
  • The "Distributed by" variant of the 1985 print logo, tinted in rainbow, scrolls up with the credits.
One Crazy Summer (1986):
  • The logo appears as normal but then turns into a crudely drawn version with wiggling clouds. The Warner Communications byline and clouds dissipate as an evil-looking animated pink bunny, who wears a red-white striped helicopter cap (like the one seen in the movie's animated segments) and has the picture of a No Rhino sign on his body, opens the WB shield from inside. He laughs and the camera zooms into his mouth, seeing the "ONE CRAZY SUMMER" title zoom in toward us.
Who’s That Girl? (1987):
  • The logo with byline appears as animated on a granite background. We zoom up to the logo, the shield opens like a door, and out comes a cartoon Madonna, who closes the shield and poses for the camera. The logo goes up and she moves down to make way for the opening credits.
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988):
  • The 1984 logo starts with only the sky background, but then the shield zooms in as it would on Looney Tunes / Merrie Melodies shorts, stopping at its usual place as the Warner Communications byline fades in below. A re-orchestrated version of the fanfare from the Looney Tunes short You Oughta Be in Pictures, starting with a roaring sound as the shield zooms in, plays throughout. This comes directly after the Daffy Duck short Night of the Living Duck, which opens the film.
Batman film series:
  • Batman (1989): The shield is a metallic orange and the sky is dark blue. The Warner Communications byline is also in a different font.
  • Batman Returns (1992): The same as the first Batman, only with snow in the sky as well, while the Time Warner byline replaces the Warner Communications byline.
  • Batman Forever (1995): The shield morphs into the Batman logo.
  • Batman & Robin (1997): The WB shield morphs into a frozen Batman logo.
Second Sight (1989):
  • The style of the shield and clouds typically seen on the scope aspect ratio is seen here in flat aspect ratio.
Lambada (1990):
  • The logo has a golden tint.
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990):
  • Instead of the normal shield logo, a replica of the 1936-1964 WB cartoon logo is shown, with its text and minus the shield ("PICTURES, INC." is removed in favor of "A TIME WARNER COMPANY"). The shield then zooms up with Bugs Bunny riding it, and the text fades out. Daffy Duck then comes on screen, angrily pushes him off the shield ("50 years of you hogging the spotlight is ENOUGH!"), and tries to ride it... well, it doesn't work as well for him. They also have another Looney Tunes-style ending, with Porky doing the usual "That's all Folks!" ending before Daffy, like before, complains of Porky hogging (no pun intended) the spotlight, saying "60 years of hogging the end title is enough!" Daffy tries to say the end line, but like before, is stopped when the shield with Chuck Jones' credit comes out, hitting him in the face. He gets back up and weakly says "Fade out."
My Blue Heaven (1990):
  • The 1990 shield has a somewhat reddish tone to it.
That "Blooper" Bunny! (aka (Blooper) Bunny) (1991):
  • Instead of the normal shield logo, a recreation of the 1936 "Bullseye" logo with orange circles, black center and the animation of Bugs riding the shield is shown, similar to the 1950s Looney Tunes bumper, but the music is abridged and high pitched version of the opening "What's Up, Doc?" music with the shield's "twanging" noise intact at the beginning. The title of the logo reads "WARNER BROS. ANIMATION INC.", and the text below the shield now reads "Presents" instead of "Present".
  • During the cartoon, at the end of the Bugs Bunny 51st and a 1/2 anniversary spectacular scene: We see a recreation of the 1950s Merrie Melodies "That's all Folks!" script closing logo, but after "A WARNER BROS. CARTOON" appears, the logo stays for a few seconds. After that, the logo quickly shakes too fast, eventually burning up. Then, it cuts to a slide that reads "Earlier that Morning..." with a rooster crowing and the sun is behind the rooster. After that comes the old universal countdown leader screen.
  • At the end of the short, a rather different ending plays instead of the usual "That's all Folks!" script logo, in which "That's all Folks!", in a different font (also turned counterclockwise), scrolls upward, followed by an outlined circle with an "X" in it appearing for a split-second.
Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers (1992):
  • A recreation of "The Bullseye" logo with orange circles, black center and "Bugs Riding the Shield". Animation and music similar to the 1940s Looney Tunes bumper, but the title of the logo reads "WARNER BROS. ANIMATION INC.," the text below the shield reads "Presents" instead of "Present", and text below reads "A WARNER BROS. CARTOON MADE IN N.Y.C. AND BURBANK." The music is the 1955-1964 orchestration of "The Merry Go Round Broke Down."
  • At the end of the short, we see a recreation of the 1943 "Porky in the Drum" logo, in which a badly animated "stereotype" version of Porky (whom, aside from also wearing pants, resembles a Terry Gilliam drawing) bursts out of the drum and tries to say his famous line in a pale voice imitation as outer-spacey sound-effects play in the background. An unamused Bugs enters from the left and kicks the fake Porky out (which crashes off screen), then grabs the real Porky and puts him in the drum where he belongs. Porky is surprised for a moment ("Oh, oops!"), then proceeds with his famous line and pose as Bugs exhaustively exits right, as the ending of the 1937-1938 "The Merry Go Round Broke Down" opening theme plays.


Pure Country (1992):
  • The logo fades to a sunset background where the opening credits take place.


Malcolm X (1992):
  • On HD prints of this film, the logo is zoomed out further than usual, revealing more of the clouds.


Twister (1996, US version):
  • The shield appears from the clouds.


Mars Attacks! (1996):
  • A small flying saucer flies around the logo.


Conspiracy Theory (1997):
  • The normal logo is shown, then the camera then pulls back to show it as a billboard on the side of a bus.


Contact (1997):
  • The shield and byline in a crystal blue color, and the sky is in dark blue.


Lethal Weapon 4 (1998):
  • The 75 Years logo animates normally before exploding, seguing into the opening titles. The 1998 theme is also off sync. On later prints, the scope version of the full standard version of the 1999 version of the logo plays before jarringly cutting to the explosion, with the 1998 logo still partially visible for a brief moment. Roku Channel prints of the film have the scope version of the full standard version of the 2011 enhanced version of the logo with the 1999 music, then fading out and the middle of the explosion in the opening titles, with the words "Warner Bros. Presents" fading in, cuts in one of the sloppiest plasters ever.


You've Got Mail (1998):
  • The logo plays normally with sounds of computers and fax machines playing over it. After it finishes, the background fades to a static computer wallpaper, leaving the shield with the text "WARNER BROS. PRESENTS" below it. Then it zooms out to show a computer desktop, segueing into the opening credits, and the WB logo moves to the upper-left corner. (If you notice, in the bottom right corner, there is an America Online icon, whom Time Warner would coincidentally merge to become AOL Time Warner with in 2001.)


Jack Frost (1998):
  • The shield and the text is covered with snow and ice. Also, the cloud background is tinted dark red.


The Matrix film series:
  • The Matrix (1999): The colors have been changed to a green tint and the graphics altered so they look "digitized".
  • The Matrix Reloaded (2003): Same as The Matrix, but The AOL Time Warner byline replaces the Time Warener Entertainment byline.
  • The Matrix Revolutions (2003): Same as The Matrix Reloaded, but The prototype Time Warner byline replaces the AOL Time Warner byline.
  • The Matrix Resurrections (2021): The logo starts off normally. Some of the matrix code, shown in white, can be seen on the shield's material as soon as the sun is shown again. When the shield is revealed, the colors turn into a green tint with the graphics altered to look "digitized". Also, the matrix code is seen raining down on the WB part.
    • The Matrix Awakens (2021, Unreal Engine Tech Demo): The studio lot is removed leaving a black background, but the sky background is there; similar to the Cry Macho variant.
The Big Tease (1999):
  • The logo animates as normal, but various sounds such as a hairdryer and the buzzing of a shaver play over the music.
House on Haunted Hill (1999):
  • The logo is tinted in dark gray.
Various Australian Videos (1999):
  • This was at the start of a commercial for the Australian theme park, Warner Bros Movie World (co-owned by Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow). The ad was designed like a movie trailer. At the start of the trailer, the shield is more golden and metallic and is placed on a more realistic cloud background. The text on the banner omits the word "PICTURES" and the byline is changed to "A WARNER VILLAGE EXPERIENCE". This ad can be found on various Warner Bros. and Roadshow Entertainment videos.
Deep Blue Sea (1999):
  • After the logo finishes, the background fades out, the shield turns into a blue version of the 1984 shield, and water effects appear over the logo.
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999, Non-US version):
  • Nearly the same as the Deep Blue Sea variant, but this time it is normal. Also, the logo is a bit darker.
The Exorcist:
  • The Exorcist Director's Cut (1973, 1990s reprint): The WB logo is in black and white.
  • Exorcist: The Beginning (2004): The logo starts off normally, but turns black and white.
Space Cowboys (2000):
  • The Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow logos aren't animated. Also, they are on a black background and in the same light blue color scheme as the first five minutes of the movie. The font in this logo is different as well.
Swordfish (2001):
  • The logo flickers as if it was on a malfunctioning computer screen, and the graphics are altered so it looks like it's on an old TV.
Thir13en Ghosts (2001):
  • The logo is tinted in light gray.
Osmosis Jones (2001):
  • The logo comes up looking like an amoeba with tentacles.
Ocean's ---
  • Ocean's Eleven (2001): The logos for Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow are tinted in baby blue.
  • Ocean's Twelve (2004):The 1948 logo is used with the TimeWarner byline, but in black and white with the background replaced with a multicolored one.
  • Ocean's Thirteen (2007): A combination from the previous Ocean films: The logos are light-blue colored and also animated, the background is multicolored, green and red vertical/horizontal bars, start to appear over the logos and a very nice piece of music ("The Riviera Affair" by Neil Richardson) is heard during all this. The animation was inspired by the opening titles to the 1975 television series Switch as well as WOR-TV's The Four O'Clock Movie, of which the opening music was initially utilized.
Valentine (2001):
  • The logos for Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow are tinted in crimson.
Heist (2001) and Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002):
  • The 1948 shield with the AOL Time Warner byline is seen
  • On Heist, the old fanfare is heard. The logo fades into the Morgan Creek logo in the same effect.
Cats & Dogs (2001):
  • When the fanfare finishes, the logo turns dark. This is plastered by the 2003 TimeWarner byline variant on recent prints.
Hearts in Atlantis (2001):
  • The fanfare is pitched up by a semitone, exactly as it would on a normal PAL print of a WB film. As a result, the logo is double pitched on PAL releases.
Wizarding World (Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts):
  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001): The logo is slightly dimmed compared to the normal version.
    • On the DVD menu, the logo is set on a night time cloudy background, and just the like the teaser trailer, it decomposes as owls fly by.
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002): The shield appears high in the clouds as the camera zooms through it.
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004): The shield is metallic and the camera zooms through it, revealing Harry Potter's house behind it.
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005): Same as the previous Harry Potter film, only this time the background is entirely black.
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007): The shield is in stone and surrounded by dark clouds as the camera zooms through it.
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009): The same dark style is used, only this time there is lightning in the background.
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010): The same dark style is used, but the logo is slowly decaying.
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011): The logo fades in from a reprise of the final scene of Part 1 that opens the film, which ends with a bright flash.
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016): Similar to the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix variant, but the cloud background is different.
  • Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018): The logo is on a dark, underwater-ish background, zooming in. It is tinted in gold and lighting flashes briefly illuminate it at times.
  • Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022): The logo is black/grey and is made of stone. It is on a grey misty background this time around, with white explosions reverberating behind it. Like the previous installments, it zooms in, and as the logo gets closer to the screen, the "WB" fades out.
Blood Work (2002) and Gods & Generals (2003):
  • The 1984 logo is used with the AOL Time Warner byline below. On the 2011 Blu-Ray release of the latter film, the last half of the 1999 fanfare plays.
Ghost Ship (2002):
  • The 1953 3D shield is used (with a dot in "BROS"), with the AOL Time Warner byline in the ITC Garamond font and a brown tint on the screen.
Juwanna Mann (2002):
  • The shield is in sepia.
Scooby-Doo film series:
  • Scooby-Doo (2002): The logo plays as normal (albeit with a different set of clouds) until the music ends pre-maturely, when a chunk of the shield disappears as if it were bit out, and we hear Scooby-Doo do his famous laugh. Then another shield zooms out with "SD" on it instead of "WB" and the byline changed to read "A Mystery Inc. Company". The logo then fades to the moon as the movie begins.
  • Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004): The logo is leyden blue and put on a night sky background. Also, the logo fades to the moon and isn't animated.
Queen of the Damned (2002):
  • The logo is black and white and the background is a cloudy sky.
Cradle 2 the Grave (2003):
  • The background fades to the Los Angeles skyline, leaving only the WB shield.
Dreamcatcher (2003):
  • The logo is tinted in blue and covered in snow. This was done at Prologue Films.
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003):
  • The 1999 logo with the prototype TimeWarner byline plays, but everything but the shield fades out and we see the shield zooming out on the classic Looney Tunes red rings. The title then appears on the rings. Over this variation is the classic instrumental composition of "What's Up, Doc?"
Matchstick Men (2003):
  • The sky background is replaced with water. Also, the beginning of the logo is colored aqua blue, but when the shield is revealed, it returns to its normal colors.
Mystic River (2003):
  • The 1984 logo is static on a black background in black and white with no byline.
Gothika (2003, US version):
  • The logo is tinted in leyden blue.
The Last Samurai (2003):
  • The 1999 logo plays with the prototype TimeWarner byline, but the logo is tinted in sky blue and appears over a black background.
The Polar Express (2004):
  • The logo appears static and covered in ice on a black background. It also has the prototype TimeWarner byline below it.
New York Minute (2004):
  • The regular version of the fanfare is replaced with a rock version. At the end, the sky background gets brighter, and we zoom out to see the shield is inside a clock tower, after we pan across one of the arms, we see the shield is still there alongside the byline, which both have had their colors change to black.
The Aviator (2004):
  • The 1948 logo is used with the TimeWarner byline in a gold and silverish blue color, and the clouds aren't animated.


Million Dollar Baby (2004):
  • Same as Mystic River, but is has the TimeWarner byline below.
Constantine (2005):
  • The logo starts off normally, but the clouds are darker at the start and move faster than usual. Also, the TimeWarner byline is already there. Not long after the shield sets into its regular place, the clouds get darker and then the background changes to hellish orange clouds as the logo and byline turn to stone and disintegrate, revealing the Village Roadshow Pictures logo behind it.
House of Wax (2005):
  • The logos for WB, Village Roadshow and Dark Castle are tinted chocolate brown, and the inside of the WB shield is green instead of blue.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005):
  • The WB and Village Roadshow logos are in gold and zoom out from mist.
The Island (2005):
  • A textureless WB shield appears tilted upwards as the camera zooms through it.
Corpse Bride (2005):
  • The clouds behind the WB shield are gray instead of white, and the logo isn't animated.
V for Vendetta (2005):
  • The logo is dark gray and has an old film effect to it. Instead of the regular fanfare, the opening notes of the 1812 Overture are heard.
The Dark Knight Trilogy:
  • Batman Begins (2005): The logo is in black and white, but a little brighter than normal.
  • The Dark Knight (2008): The logo is in a navy blue tint.
  • The Dark Knight Rises (2012): The logo is in a bluish-grey tint.
L'Antidote (2005):
  • The logo turns green and we zoom down from the logo to a skyline.
Flags of Our Fathers (2006):
  • Similar to the with the logo used on Contact, but with the TimeWarner byline and in black and white. Weirdly enough, newer TV airings of Superman: The Movie use this logo instead of the original white "\\'" logo, although DVD/Blu-Ray/Digital prints of the movie still have the old logo.
Unaccompanied Minors (2006):
  • Just as the animation is completing, a plane ticket (which is later revealed to be for the opening credits) flies around the shield and a huge pile of snow falls on the shield, causing it to break in half. It is then ploughed out of the way to make room for the Village Roadshow Pictures logo.
Superman Returns (2006):
  • The first six notes of the 1978 Superman theme, originally composed by John Willams, was heard on a trumpet at the end of the 1999 fanfare. Also, the clouds appear pinkish, and the sky is in an aqua greenish color.
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006):
  • Same as Flags of Our Fathers, but in a lighter color.
Lady in the Water (2006):
  • The logo plays normally for a few seconds until it fades to its last few seconds. Also, it is put on a black background.
The Good German (2006):
  • Exactly just like The Late Show variant, but with "INC." omitted from the banner and "PRESENTS" replaced with the TimeWarner byline in that respective font.
300 film series:
  • 300 (2006): The shield is in yellow stone with brown clouds covering it and a mock version of the theme "As Time Goes By" is heard during the first six seconds. This variant was designed by yU+co.
  • 300: Rise of an Empire (2014): The logo is seen emblazoned on a Roman door. The shield itself is made of stone, and the TimeWarner byline is smaller than usual. The camera zooms in and the door opens along with the Legendary logo.
Fred Claus (2007):
  • There are Christmas lights surrounding the WB shield. Also, it's snowing in the background, and the shield is hollow and frozen. This was designed by Prologue Films.
Beowulf (2007, Non-US version):
  • A 3D logo akin to the IMAX version of the 2003 logo plays.
The Astronaut Farmer (2007):
  • The logo is silver and the background is a twilight sky while the logo glows.
The Brave One (2007):
  • The logo is white, transparent and appears over a skyline of a city.
The Invasion (2007):
  • The shield is tinted in hunter green and floats away into the darkness to allow the Village Roadshow logo in. The logo's also in negative form. This was designed by Prologue Films.
Zodiac (2007):
  • Same as Blood Work and Gods & Generals, but with the TimeWarner byline.
The Reaping (2007):
  • The shield appears in orange and isn't animated, wih the TimeWarner byline in red; it then gets sucked offscreen in liquid form like in Constantine (albeit to the left side), revealing the Village Roadshow Pictures logo behind it. This was designed by Prologue Films.
Get Smart (2008):
  • A mechanical WB logo is shown starting up, which then gives way to outer space, transitioning to the Village Roadshow Pictures variant.
RocknRolla (2008):
  • The logo appears on a brown wall, along with the Dark Castle Entertainment logo. This was done by Prologue Films.
Speed Racer (2008):
  • Each logo is on a kaleidoscopic background created from the logo shown. This was designed by Prologue Films.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008):
  • The logo is made from buttons.
Gran Torino (2008):
  • Same as Flags of Our Fathers, but in gray.
Watchmen (2009, US release):
  • The WB logo is black on a goldenrod background, with the text on the banner set in Futura.
Terminator Salvation (2009, USA):
  • The shield is gray, animates differently, and has been static shocked. The banner shadow is similar to the The Dark Knight trailer variation.
Orphan (2009):
  • The shield moves differently and flashes from black and white to blue and hot magenta, like colorful invisible ink. The TimeWarner byline is also magenta. This was designed by Prologue Films.
Shorts (2009):
  • On episode 0: "The Blinkers", only the clouds move while the shield stays still. After that episode, this logo, along with the Imagenation, Media Rights Capital and Troublemaker Studios logos, plays normally.
Micmacs (2009):
  • The logo is tinted in sepia.
Sherlock Holmes:
  • Sherlock Holmes (2009): The shield appears as part of the cobblestones in London. This was designed by Prologue Films.
  • Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011): The logo appears in the pages of Dr Watson's manuscript.


Where the Wild Things Are (2009):
  • The WB shield appears still with Max's scribblings appearing all over the logo.
Whiteout (2009):
  • The shield is in gold and moves differently, then opens to aurora.
The Box (2009):
  • The logo is in black and white.
Invictus (2009), Hereafter (2010), J. Edgar (2011) and Trouble with the Curve (2012):
  • Same as Flags of Our Fathers and Gran Torino, but in black and white. All four films are also have Clint Eastwood in it.
Ninja Assassin (2009):
  • The shield is metallic and moves differently.
The Firm (2009):
  • The logo initially animates as normal, but when the shield is revealed, the logo flashes, the background turns to night and the logo becomes neon, with the letters "WB" in raspberry pink and the shield border in blue, as "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell plays.
Inception (2010):
  • The logo, along with the Legendary Pictures and Syncopy logos, is in black and white.
The Book of Eli (2010):
  • The logo plays normally, but the shield (as well as the byline) shakes a little bit after a few seconds.
Clash of the Titans film series:
  • Clash of the Titans (2010): The logo is in 3D, exactly like on Beowulf. The 2D version has the logo in a shade of yellow-ochre.
  • Wrath of the Titans (2012): The logo is etched onto a stone wall.
The Losers (2010):
  • The WB logo is white and printed on a comic book. The TimeWarner byline is in a different font. The Dark Castle Entertainment, Vertigo DC Comics and Weed Road Pictures in the same variant follow aftewards. This was designed by Prologue Films and animated and edited by Giovanni Bucci.
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010):
  • The logo is metallic and put upon a morning sky background as Noctus the Owl flies through it.
Splice (2010):
  • The logo is in blue and on a DNA graphic background. Plus, the banner glows. This was designed by Prologue Films.
Jonah Hex (2010):
  • A western-style guitar riff rendition of the fanfare is played over the normal logo.
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Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010):
  • The logo is a dark turquoise hologram from a spotlight with a paw on it.
The Town (2010):
  • The logo is darker than usual and is in a shade of black & white, along with the Legendary Pictures and GK Films logos.
Yogi Bear (2010):
  • The logo starts as normal (with the reflection of the studio inside the shield) but when the shield zooms out, it is revealed to be made entirely out of wood and it is put upon a cartoony blue sky background. The "Warner Bros. Pictures" text is in aquamarine. This was also on the trailers and TV spots. Also, the TimeWarner byline fades in early and zooms out with the shield.
Di Di Hollywood (2010, Spain):
  • The logo starts out as black and white, but when the shield zooms out, the logo turns into color and pale.
Sucker Punch (2011):
  • The logo is the same as on the trailer shown at San Diego Comic-Con 2010, but the shield and byline are in a shade of grey and the curtain rises to reveal the Legendary Pictures logo.
Unknown (2011):
  • The logo is already formed and has a 3-D appearance, and is seen very slowly zooming in on a background of dark moving clouds.
Red Riding Hood (2011):
  • The logo is colored in silver while moving through a cloudy sky background.
Arthur (2011):
  • The shield is a tan color, and is set on a bubbly beer background. Also, the logo fades as soon as the shield stops moving. This was designed by Prologue Films.
Green Lantern (2011):
  • The animation starts in standard animation, then the shield is revealed to be in outer space, and the blue inside is replaced with green energy. The logo fades out and is followed by the DC Comics logo.
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011):
  • The sky is darker to simulate nighttime, and it is snowing in the background.
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012):
  • The shield is flax and the background is colored light taupe.
To the Arctic (2012):
  • The 3D logo has snow and ice on it, and the background is tinted in dark blue. Snow is falling in the background, and the TimeWarner byline is in white. Like the Yogi Bear variant, this was also seen on the trailer.
Project X (2012):
  • After a fake message displaying thanking those who sent in footage on behalf of Warner Bros. and the producers, we see the shield in plain white, still and 2D on a black background. This was done by Prologue Films. According to them, the film's goal was to create a simple low budget look and type to coincide with the idea that the film was created through the use of a home movie camera.
Measuring the World (2012, Germany):
  • The shield and byline are in beige, while the inside is green and the background is gray. It is also darker than usual.
The Apparition (2012):
  • The 1998 Warner Bros. shield, Dark Castle, and Studio Babelsberg logos are tinted in dark grey and appear on a very deteriorated and scratched up filmstrip.
Rock of Ages (2012):
  • The logo is metallic and plays over a background of moving spotlights.
Chernobyl Diaries (2012) and Her (2013): The logo is in a still image.
Magic Mike and Argo (both 2012), Magic Mike XXL (2015) and The Nice Guys (2016):
  • The 1973 "\\'" logo is used, but the Warner Communications byline is replaced with the TimeWarner byline (in the same font as the Warner Communications byline). However, on Argo, it's exactly the same as the Magic Mike variant, but a bit darker.
Gangster Squad (2013):
  • The 1998 logo is in a shade of black & white.
Bullet to the Head (2013):
  • The 1998 logo gets shot out by a bullet. Also, the camera zooms out along with the Dark Castle Entertainment and IM Global logos.
Man of Steel (2013):
  • The logo is steel gray and moves differently on a tunnel-like background. Kryptonian writing is seen on the logo too.


Pacific Rim (2013):
  • The logo is nearly the same as the Clash of the Titans variant, but with the updated logo and a bit darker.
The Factory (2013):
  • The logo is tinted in gray, and is situated on a car windshield reflecting the nighttime sky. This was done by Prologue Films.
Gravity (2013):
  • The shield is still and white on a black background, and the shield isn't in the 1948-1967 style, unlike the Flags of Our Fathers variant.
The Conjuring Universe:
  • The Conjuring (2013), The Conjuring 2 (2016) and Annabelle: Creation (2017): The shield is in green/grey, with its interior missing, and is set upon a night background. This was made by Filmograph.
  • The Nun (2018), The Curse of La Llorona and Annabelle Comes Home (both 2019): Same as the other Conjuring movies, but with the WarnerMedia byline instead, and the shield is in a lighter color. Also, we fade into the zooming cloud background first. Then, the Warner Bros. shield fades in, and the animation continues as usual. It's also worth noting that The Nun was the first film to have the WarnerMedia byline in the New Line Cinema version of the logo.
  • The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021): Same as the other Conjuring movies, but with the 2021 New Line Cinema version of the logo. Also, the visual effects and lens flare in the standard logo are left intact.
Prisoners (2013), Jersey Boys and American Sniper (both 2014):
  • The 1998 shield and byline are grey upon a black background.
The Great Gatsby (2013):
  • The logo is in place on lined gate doors. It's also in black and white like an old film.
The LEGO Movie film series:
  • The LEGO Movie (2014) and The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part (2019):
    • The entire logo, including the sky background, is made of Lego bricks. The light blue base plate flips in from black, representing the sky, then the clouds drop in hung on strings, then the shield is pulled up, also on a string. The shield then flips around to reveal the then-new Warner Animation Group logo.
    • For The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, the sky backgrounds and the shield are less brighter and the black string is replaced with white. The TimeWarner byline also is replaced with the WarnerMedia byline.
  • The Master (2016, Short): The logo is again made out of Lego bricks, and flips around to reveal the WAG shield, including the word "Presents", and zooms into it to start the short. As a running gag throughout the short, it repeatedly gets destroyed until only a few of it remains. In one scene, the word "Presents" was hanging below the WB logo when it's being destroyed.
  • The LEGO Batman Movie (2017): Same as The Dark Knight Rises, but it is the enhanced version, and it flips to the Warner Animation Group logo.
  • The LEGO Ninjago Movie (2017): The logo animates in the style of 1950s-1970s Chinese film studio logos.
  • The LEGO Batman Movie and The LEGO Ninjago Movie (both 2017, Closing): Rather than fading in, it cuts to it from the L1N Pictures/Lord Miller/Vertigo Entertainment logos and cuts to black like the preceding second part of the closing credits.
Winter's Tale (2014):
  • The logo turns brown and becomes scaled like an old paper.
Edge of Tomorrow (2014):
  • After the logo finishes playing, it distorts and glitches, just like the Village Roadshow Pictures and RatPac Entertainment logos.
Interstellar (2014):
  • The logo is tinted in sepia along with the Paramount Pictures, Legendary Pictures and Syncopy logos.
Jupiter Ascending (2015):
  • The shield is shiny gold with regal detailing throughout set against a twilight background.
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015):
  • The logo is in bloody rust red on a bloody rust background.
Black Mass (2015) and Live by Night (2017):
  • The logo is metallic steel and the entire shield is not animated. Also, a light reveals the logo and the byline fades in as usual. The light then dims on the logo after a few seconds. On the latter, it has a gold tint. This was designed by Prologue Films.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015):
  • The shield from The Young Philadelphians is in a red color. Also, the logo is seen drawing by itself and the TimeWarner byline fades in below. Then, a red rectangle takes it off and creates the RatPac Entertainment logo.
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The Gallows (2015):
  • The New Line Cinema version of the logo is tinted in blood crimson.
San Andreas (2015):
  • The New Line Cinema version of the logo is in green/yellow/gray and is set in a dark underwater background.
Pan (2015):
  • The logo is tinted in silver, and as the shield nearly finishes its animation, the sky turns dark blue as the clouds move away, opening up to space.
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016):
  • The logo appears to be made of stone and has dim blue-green lighting, and fades in and zooms out on a black background while a leaf floats across the screen in front of it.
Friend Request (2016, Germany):
  • The logo is in black and white, and the sky is darker than usual.
Lights Out (2016):
  • The New Line Cinema version of the logo is tinted in green-yellow against a darker sky. Both logos flicker when they appear.
Suicide Squad film series:
  • Suicide Squad (2016): The logo (alongside the DC and RatPac logos) lights up and flickers colorfully like a neon sign on a wall as it zooms in slowly.
  • The Suicide Squad (2021): The studio lot is 70s-styled (with the shield being CGI on the water tower, oddly enough) and an VOsprey (the Squad's transport in the film) flies by. The shield is colored yellow and red and is on a concrete wall (the same one from Savant's cell). The music is "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash, which was performed live at the Folsom State Prison on January 13, 1968.
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The Age of Shadows (2016, South Korea);
  • Similar to the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 variant, but the cloud background has been replaced by a city street. When the camera zooms in, the banner lowers and the "WB" letters open like a door to reveal the Grimm Pictures logo, which is on a temple door.
Collateral Beauty (2016):
  • The shield and byline are in white and grey respectively and embossed on the background as they zoom out slowly alongside the preceding New Line Cinema, Village Roadshow Pictures, RatPac and Overbrook Entertainment logos for the opening credits.
Sully (2016), The 15:17 to Paris & The Mule (both 2018) and Richard Jewell (2019):
  • The logo is metallic and appears out of darkness. It is also not animated.
  • For The Mule and Richard Jewell, the WarnerMedia byline replaces the TimeWarner byline.
The MonsterVerse:
  • Kong: Skull Island (2017): Over a cloudy sky, a metallic version of the logo is seen, zooming in towards the camera. Gunshots are heard, and the camera rushes past it as the shield leans back, going into the following Legendary Entertainment and Tencent Pictures logo variations. This combo was done by yU+co.
  • Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019): The logo is made of stone and is on a stone wall which features ancient drawings/etchings of the film's monsters. During its appearance, stomping is heard and the logo shakes. Technical flickers are briefly seen while this happens.
  • Godzilla vs. Kong (2021): The 1998 logo is used, and is made out of wood. It is on a wall with a drawing of Kong, with a blue-red energy running through it, and the 2019 WarnerMedia byline appears late. This was done by yU+co. On yU+co's website, it is in open-matte, and cuts in and out instead of fading in and out.
Fist Fight (2017):
  • The shield and banner are blue and white with a line above the TimeWarner byline as it zooms in slowly. This and the following logos (New Line Cinema, Village Roadshow Pictures, RatPac and 21 Laps Entertainment) are in the same format as well.
Dunkirk (2017):
  • The logo is tinted in cyan. When the byline fades in, the background fades to black, and a reflection appears over the shield.
The House (2017):
  • The logo lights up as a sign on a black background, with the colors of the logo different and the byline in green. This and the following logos (New Line Cinema, Village Roadshow, Good Universe and Gary Sanchez Productions) are accompanied by the song "My House" by Flo Rida.
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017):
  • The logo is made of dark gray stone and is seen burning briefly on black background. It cools down after a few seconds, and zooms in while tilting underneath clockwise.
Andy Muschietti's It film series:
  • It (2017): The logo is in a shade of sepia, with the cloud background in gray, and features a projector-like effect.
  • It: Chapter Two (2019): The logo is grungy and on a black background while the Deadlights float around. Just like the regular version for New Line Cinema, this is made by Picturemill.
Blade Runner 2049 (2017; US Release):
  • The studio backlot is slightly different, as the logo is grayscale. During the rotation, the WB shield on the backlot lights up. As the shield turns, it takes place in a different moving sky backdrop. The logo then glitches as the rest of the logo takes place in the lighted up background with the byline already there. The logo then glitches out.

In the prototype version, the logo is in a red color, with the inside of the shield being static, and the TimeWarner byline fades in letter-by-letter. After it finishes, the logo turns off, leaving only part of the shield visible.

Game Night (2018):
  • The logo is tinted in purple, and represents a game pawn falling from the sky typically used in a board game with the TimeWarner byline etched in on the piece. It has a similar background to Suicide Squad's variant and other pieces from board games fall in the background: Sorry, Monopoly, Scrabble, etc.
Jim Button films
  • Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver (2018, Germany): The logo is recreated and the studio lot is replaced with a hill with a castle and a house on it.
  • Jim Button and the Wild 13 (2020, Germany): Same as the previous film, but the picture is different, the shield is silver (without its interior) and is put upon a dark sky background. Also, the TimeWarner byline is replaced with the 2018 WarnerMedia byline.
Ready Player One (2018):
  • The logo is sped up.
Rampage (2018):
  • The Warner Bros. logo is shaded brick orange and breaks apart into video-game pixelated debris (as in the Rampage video games) before it reforms into the New Line Cinema logo. It is on a dark blue background with DNA helixes.
DC Super Hero Girls: The Late Batsby (2018 short):
  • The print logo is seen in a monitor in the art style of the show.
  • On the YouTube print, the TimeWarner byline replaces the WarnerMedia byline.
Illang: The Wolf Brigade (2018, South Korea):
  • In a similar vein to the Blade Runner 2049 prototype variant, the logo is in a red color, with the inside of the shield being static and made of tiny red dots from helmet visors, and it zooms out from the middle of the shield, with the 2018 WarnerMedia byline appearing letter-by-letter in red.
The Meg (2018):
  • Basically a similar variant to that of Matchstick Men, but the shield is aqua blue the whole time. Also, the sea background is darker and the WarnerMedia byline is seen below the logo.
  • On the Chinese release, the TimeWarner byline replaces the WarnerMedia byline.
Smallfoot (2018):
  • The logo is enhanced and animates at a faster rate. Once complete, the logo's background turns into a windy snowstorm and the shield freezes solid. The shield then shatters outward to reveal the Warner Animation Group shield, which dissolves into snow a few seconds later.
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018, United Kingdom/Netflix):
  • The shield is tinted in a deep gold color and just as the studio lot ripples, a texture resembling that of a snake appears over the animation for a few seconds, before quickly fading away to the shield with the inside being a dark green over a black background.
Aquaman (2018):
  • The logo starts off aqua blue and when it zooms out, the logo is aqua blue underwater and part of it is wedged in a sea bed. The sheild is covered in coral and seaweed. The byline is also aqua blue and has an ocean ripple effect. The camera then pans up, leading into the DC logo.
Shazam! (2019):
  • The logo is red gradient colored (with the inside in black), is on a stormy background, and flies in with the WarnerMedia byline from the bottom.
The Sun Is Also a Star (2019):
  • The logo is darker than usual.
Shaft (2019):
  • The print logo (in black) is on a film projector reel, and slowly zooms in. A few seconds later, the WarnerMedia byline fades in. The music is "Love Over and Love Again" by Switch.
The Kitchen (2019):
  • The 1970 Kinney Shield logo animates a la the 1973 "\\'" logo. Also, when the logo finishes animating, the WarnerMedia byline fades in on the box part of the logo and the word "presents" fades in below the Kinney Shield logo.
The Goldfinch (2019):
  • Same as The Sun Is Also a Star, only slightly brighter.
Joker (2019):
  • A (somewhat inaccurate) recreation of the 1973 \\' logo is used. However, at the start of the logo, the word "WARNER BROS." is removed from the red \\' portion of the logo. Afterwards, when the white \\' finishes zooming in on a red background, the word "WARNER BROS. PICTURES" in the Handel Gothic font fades in below the \\' logo instead of "A WARNER COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY". Afterwards, the WarnerMedia byline (in its usual font) fades in below "WARNER BROS. PICTURES".
Doctor Sleep (2019):
  • Same as Blood Work, Gods & Generals, and Zodiac, but with the 2018 WarnerMedia byline.
Western Stars (2019):
  • The 1948 shield logo is seen on a black background with the byline "A WarnerMedia Company" in script font below.
Tenet (2020):
  • The movie itself was the first one to use the 2020 logo with the 2019 WB shield and the WarnerMedia byline. The logo is tinted in red. It's worth noting that this was the only film to have the animating version of the 2020 logo.
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020):
  • Various silver television lines form the 2019 WB shield on a black background, and the 2019 WarnerMedia byline fades in below. The logo briefly flickers and has a static transition effect into the DC logo with the same variation.
The Little Things (2021):
  • The logo's duration is slightly shorter and starts fading out when the WarnerMedia byline fades in.
Judas and the Black Messiah (2021):
  • Opening: A still variant of the finished 2020 logo is used, and is in a shade of grey.
  • Closing: The closing variant of the 2021 logo is in a shade of sepia.
Tom & Jerry (2021):
  • This was the first film to have the 2021 WB logo in the Warner Animation Group logo. The logo flips around to reveal the new Warner Animation Group logo, before panning down into New York for the opening credits. Also, the logo has slightly more cream-colored, morning sky-style clouds. The music is "Can I Kick It?" by A Tribe Called Quest.
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021, HBO Max; Original and Justice is Grey):
  • The logo's colors are either saturated or in black and white, depending on the version, and the entire logo is in 4:3 to fit Snyder's original vision.
Mortal Kombat (2021):
  • This was the first film to have the 2021 WB logo in the New Line Cinema logo. The logo is silver, and appears with fire burning beneath it. This is a reference to one of the characters in the film, Scorpion. 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.
In the Heights (2021):
  • After the shield settles into place, the logo transitions to a graffiti drawing of the shield on a red brick wall. Also, the logo appears darker than usual at the beginning.
No Sudden Move (2021):
  • The 1953 3D version of the logo is used with the 2019 WarnerMedia byline, similar to Ghost Ship.


Reminiscence (2021):
  • The logo starts off blurry and gains focus as the studio lot is panning around. Once the logo completes, we blur back in again to the opening sequence.
Malignant (2021):
  • The 2021 New Line Cinema version of the logo has a videotape feel to it and glitches throughout. This was made by Filmograph.
Cry Macho (2021):
  • Opening: The 2021 logo is in black and white; the studio lot part is cut, and the background is black, although the reflection of the studio lot and clouds are still visible on the shield animation. This is also seen on the trailer.
  • Closing: Same as the opening variant, but the lens flare effect is different.
The Many Saints of Newark (2021):
  • The 2021 New Line Cinema version of the logo has a slight gray tint to it.
Dune (2021):
  • Before the 2021 logo is shown, a phrase in an alien language is heard as a caption with the English translation set in the Futura font, "Dreams are messages from the deep." appears on a black background.
  • The 2021 logo then cuts in (similar to the no fade in effect from the Devastudios website), animating like normal. At the end of the logo, the background fades to black, similar to the 2020 logo, then the shield and byline follow suit a second later.
The Batman (2022):
  • Instead of the normal logo animation, the still print logo (in a red gradient) on a black background cuts in, similar to Tenet. Then, the DC logo and The Batman title appear after with the same variation.
The Nan Movie (2022, United Kingdom):
  • The 1998 logo with the 2018 WarnerMedia byline is used, but is completely silent.
Moonshot (2022, HBO Max):
  • The New Line Cinema version of the logo is slightly darker than usual.
Eraser: Reborn (2022):
  • The colors on the 2021 logo are more vivid.
Elvis (2022):
  • This was the first film to have the official WBD byline in the 2021 WB logo. The logo starts out with a golden door with the initials "EP" (the initials of the titular character, Elvis Presley) in it, with a "TCB" (the initials of the titular character's motto, Taking Care of Business) thunderbolt logo in the sides, which looks like the titular character's ring. Then, it reveals an ornate WB shield in gold with a blue interior, with the "WB" letters in glittery silver. Necklaces and jewelry made of gold and rubies surround the shield and there are golden lines on the background. The Warner Bros. Discovery byline fades in underneath in white. Then it transitions to the Bazmark Films logo. During the shield's reveal, four jewelry-styled replicas of the studio's iconic water tower shown in the normal logo are seen, colored in gold. Like the normal logo, this was done by Devastudios.
Don't Worry Darling (2022):
  • TBA.
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