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===Background===
'''Wolf Entertainment''' is the production company of Dick '''Wolf''', best known as the creator of the ''Law & Order'' franchise. In addition to ''L&O'', the company is responsible for the ''Chicago'' (a.k.a. ''One Chicago'') and ''FBI'' (a.k.a. ''The FBIs'') franchises, among other shows created by Wolf. The company was founded in 1988. ItUntil was2019, formerlyit was known as "'''Wolf Films'''".
 
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|Wolf Films 1990.png|Logo (September 21, 1989-)
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|Wolf Entertainment|
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|Wolf Entertainment Early 2019.png|1st Logo (April 7-September 10, 2019)
|Wolf Entertainment Late 2019 A.png|2nd Logo (September 24, 2019-)
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==Wolf Films==
===Logo (September 21, 1989-May 16, 2019)===
<tabber>
Images=
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
File:Wolf Films 1989.png|Early version
File:Wolf Films 1990.png|LaterFullscreen version
File:Wolf Films 1996.png|Close-up version
File:Wolf Films 1996 Widescreen.png|Widescreen version
File:Wolf Films 2011.png|Enhanced HD version
File:Wolf Reality, LLC.PNG|Reality version
Wolf Films (1990).jpg|Portuguese variant
File:Kudos5.jpeg|In-credit version▼
File:Kudos6Kudos5.jpeg|Alternate''Law In& Order: UK'' in-credit version
▲File:Kudos5Kudos6.jpeg|In''Law & Order: UK'' season 7 in-credit version
</gallery>
|-|
Videos=
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'''LogoVisuals:''' WeOn seea dark red sky with a silhouettefew stars over it ofis a wolf in the distance howling at the moon (represented by a white sphere) while standing on a dark, black ground. againstSuperimposed theover {{color|maroon|darkthis redfootage sky}}is backgroundthe withcompany fewname starsin overblue it.with On thewhite screenshadows, wein seea theserif blue text:font.
 
<center><big>{{color|blue|'''WOLF'''}}</big></center>
 
<center>{{color|blue|'''F I L M S'''}}</center>
 
'''Variants:'''
*The color of the sky may vary.
*The color of the sky may vary. For example, there's an early version of this logo in which the sky looks like a night sky, but starting in 1990, the sky is more like a sunset. There could also be a mixture of a sunset turning into a night sky.
**In the early version of this logo, the sky looks like a night sky.
*The logo was enhanced for high-definition in 2011.▼
**Starting in 1990, the sky is more like a sunset.
*An earlier animated version exists on earlier Wolf productions like ''Christine Cromwell'' and ''Nasty Boys''. We see the text starting from black, but starting from a purple night sky, the moon is rising, and the wolf is animated, howling to the screen. The text then later turns blue, and the sky also turns to a normal night sky.▼
**There could also be a mixture of a sunset turning into a night sky.
▲*TheTwo logo was enhancedversions for high-definition inshows 2011.exist:
**The first one is basically the original version of the logo in 16x9. This was used from 1999 to 2011.
**The second version is a enhanced version of the logo. This was introduced in 2011.
*The height of the hill may vary.
▲*An earlier animated version exists. onThe earliertext Wolfis productionsseen likeas ''Christine Cromwell'' and ''Nasty Boys''. We see the textusual starting from black, but starting from a purple night sky, the moon is rising, and the wolf is animated, howling to the screen. The text then later turns blue, and the sky also turns to a normal night sky.
*On the ''Mann & Machine'' episode "Truth or Consequences" and the season 3 ''Law & Order'' episode ''"Jurisdiction''", the moon is seen rising to its spot.
*On ''Law & Order: UK'', the Wolf Films logo is seen on the lower left with the NBC Universal Television Studio logo on the right and the Kudos Film & Television logo with the Shine Group byline below above the Wolf/NUTS logos with the letter "A" above the Kudos logo and the word "Production" below the logos. On season 7, it's the current Kudos logo with the Shine Group byline below the Kudos logo. Except below the Wolf/NUTS logo, the word "For" is also seen below followed by the 2013 ITV logo below.
*On the short-lived reality show ''Stars Earn Stripes'', "'''F I L M S'''FILMS" is replaced by "'''R E A L I T YREALITY LLC'''".
*On the CIC Video Portuguese VHS release of the pilot for ''H.E.L.P'', "LEGENDAS VIDEOLAB" in dark blue appears below the logo.
 
'''Technique:''' None. A mix of live-action and early computer animation for the earlier animated variant.
 
'''Music/SoundsAudio:''' A stock soundbite of a wolf howling and crickets chirping.
 
'''Music/SoundsAudio Variants:'''
*Sometimes, the closing theme of the show plays over it.
*For theThe earlier animated variant, we hearhas more sounds of crickets chirping sounds, as well as an owl hooting.
*NBC and CBS play their own generic music over the logo instead, both having done so since 1994, as well as ABC since 1998.
 
'''Availability:''' Common, as it appearsSeen on all of Dick Wolf's productions for almostover 30 years.
*CurrentlyIt it'scan mainlybe seen on all of the pre-2019 series in the ''Law & Order'' franchise, which consists of the original ''Law & Order'' (original run only; the revival uses the 2nd Wolf Entertainment logo), its made-for-TV movie ''Exiled: A Law & Order Movie'', its spinoffsspin-offs ''Special Victims Unit'' (until season 20), ''Criminal Intent'', ''Trial by Jury'' and, ''Los Angeles'' and ''True Crime'', and the foreign adaptation ''Law & Order: UK''.
*Other Dick Wolf series featuring this logo includes the ''Chicago'' franchise, which also consistsconsisting of ''Chicago Fire'' (until season 7), ''Chicago P.D.'' (until season 6), ''Chicago Med'' (until season 4) and ''Chicago Justice''.
*It was also seen on other shows that Dick Wolf created such as ''Nasty Boys'', ''Players'', ''3AM'', ''New York Undercover'', ''The Wright Verdicts'', ''Mann & Machine'', the short-lived reality series ''Arrest & Trial'', the 2003 revival of ''Dragnet'', the failed pilot of ''Lost & Found'', the 1993 TV series ''Crime & Punishment'', and the first season of ''FBI'' on CBS.
*It was also seen on ''Prosecuting Evil with Kelly Siegler''.
*The animated variant can be seen on earlier Wolf productions like ''Christine Cromwell'' and ''Nasty Boys''.
 
'''Legacy:''' An iconic and well-remembered logo for any fan of the works of Dick Wolf.
 
==Wolf Entertainment==
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'''LogoVisuals:''' Same as the previous logo, but with a few changes: as the logo fades in, we see the familiar setting is shown in a more realistic fashion, with the added nebula, the detailed moon, now in between the text and the wolf, and being slightly less saturated as a result. theThe text is also smaller, with "'''E N T E R T A I N M E N T'''ENTERTAINMENT" in place of "'''F I L M SFILMS'''" and in a different font, which is now animated, fading and slightly zooming in after the first second before it stops moving a second later. The wolf is no longer between the "'''L'''" and "'''F'''" of "'''WOLF'''" and is now at the far right of the logo, and is also animated, now howling throughout the logo.
 
'''Variant:''' On <u>''First Responders Live''</u>, the logo moves differently. Here the text wipes in, while the wolf is howling.
 
'''Technique:''' A mix of live-action and 3D computer animationCGI.
 
'''Music/SoundsAudio:''' Same as before.
 
'''Music/SoundsAudio Variants:'''
*The howl is slightly different on <u>''First Responders Live''</u>.
*Fox airings of the aforementioned show also used a generic theme.
 
'''Availability:''' Seen on the Oxygen original series ''Murder for Hire'', and ''First Responders Live'' on Fox.
 
===2nd Logo (September 24, 2019-)===
<tabber>
Images=
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
File:Wolf Entertainment Late 2019 B.png|2019 variant
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File:Wolf Entertainment Late 2019 A.png|Alternate version
</gallery>
|-|
{{YouTube|id=78-UrUlu6po|id2=pHid8Hr35lI|id3=B_UXir5I0aE}}▼
Videos=
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</tabber>
 
'''LogoVisuals:''' On a night sky, we seeis the moon on the bottom left, above the ground, with a silhouette of a wolf howling inon athe distance,right. animatingA (similarsilhouette toof the earlycompany variantname ofcan thealso Wolfbe Films logo)seen. OnThe themoon screenrises weand seeplaces theitself textbehind the "WOLF'''W'''" within "ENTERTAINMENT'''WOLF'''" down below in black. The moon rises, andas the textcompany name turns blue. (similar to the"'''WOLF'''" earlyshines variant ofas the Wolf Films logo). The background then turns black, leaving only the moon and the text.
 
'''Trivia:''' This logo was designed by Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv of New York, a firm also responsible for the six-feathered [[NBC National IDs|NBC]] Peacock, the 1984 [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] logo, the 1990 [[Viacom Productions|Viacom]] "Wigga Wigga" logo, the 1965 [[Screen Gems Television]] logo, the 2014 [[RatPac-Dune Entertainment|RatPac Entertainment]] logo, the [[Warner Bros. Discovery]] logo, among other designs.
 
'''Later Variant:''' Starting with <u>season 4 of ''FBI''</u>, <u>season 3 of ''FBI: Most Wanted''</u> and <u>season 1 of ''FBI: International''</u>, the logo is animated differently. The sequence starts with the moon, andnow placed in the bottom center, with a silhouette of a wolf aremore invisible. As the wolf howls, the moon rises and places itself on its differentusual positionsposition.
 
'''Technique:''' A mix of live-action and 2D computer animation.
 
'''Music/SoundsAudio:''' Same as the first two logos, but slightly different.
 
'''Music/SoundsAudio Variant:''' NBC and CBS airings useduse their generic themes.
 
'''Availability:''' Current.
*First seen on the second season of ''FBI'' on CBS, then seen on the fifth season of ''Chicago Med'', the eighth season of ''Chicago Fire'', the seventh season of ''Chicago P.D.'' and the 21st season of ''Law & Order: SVU'' on NBC.
* It is also seen on new shows that Dick Wolf created like ''FBI: Most Wanted'', ''Law & Order: OrganisedOrganized Crime'' and ''FBI International'', andas shouldwell alsoas bethe seenrevival onof Dickthe Wolforiginal ''sLaw future& projectsOrder'' likeand the CNBC series ''OnBlood & CallMoney''.
 
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Background

Wolf Entertainment is the production company of Dick Wolf, best known as the creator of the Law & Order franchise. In addition to L&O, the company is responsible for the Chicago (a.k.a. One Chicago) and FBI (a.k.a. The FBIs) franchises, among other shows created by Wolf. The company was founded in 1988. Until 2019, it was known as "Wolf Films".


Wolf Films

Contents

Logo (September 21, 1989-)  
Logo (September 21, 1989-)


Wolf Entertainment

Contents

1st Logo (April 7-September 10, 2019) 2nd Logo (September 24, 2019-)
1st Logo (April 7-September 10, 2019) 2nd Logo (September 24, 2019-)

Wolf Films

Logo (September 21, 1989-May 16, 2019)

  • Early version
    Early version
  • Fullscreen version
    Fullscreen version
  • Close-up version
    Close-up version
  • Widescreen version
    Widescreen version
  • Enhanced HD version
    Enhanced HD version
  • Reality version
    Reality version
  • Portuguese variant
    Portuguese variant
  • Law & Order: UK in-credit version
    Law & Order: UK in-credit version
  • Law & Order: UK season 7 in-credit version
    Law & Order: UK season 7 in-credit version

Visuals: On a dark red sky with a few stars over it is a wolf in the distance howling at the moon (represented by a white sphere) while standing on a dark, black ground. Superimposed over this footage is the company name in blue with white shadows, in a serif font.

Variants:

  • The color of the sky may vary.
    • In the early version of this logo, the sky looks like a night sky.
    • Starting in 1990, the sky is more like a sunset.
    • There could also be a mixture of a sunset turning into a night sky.
  • Two versions for high-definition shows exist:
    • The first one is basically the original version of the logo in 16x9. This was used from 1999 to 2011.
    • The second version is a enhanced version of the logo. This was introduced in 2011.
  • The height of the hill may vary.
  • An earlier animated version exists. The text is seen as usual starting from black, but starting from a purple night sky, the moon is rising, and the wolf is animated, howling to the screen. The text then later turns blue, and the sky also turns to a normal night sky.
  • On the Mann & Machine episode "Truth or Consequences" and the season 3 Law & Order episode "Jurisdiction", the moon is seen rising to its spot.
  • On Law & Order: UK, the Wolf Films logo is seen on the lower left with the NBC Universal Television Studio logo on the right and the Kudos Film & Television logo with the Shine Group byline below above the Wolf/NUTS logos with the letter "A" above the Kudos logo and the word "Production" below the logos. On season 7, it's the current Kudos logo with the Shine Group byline below the Kudos logo. Except below the Wolf/NUTS logo, the word "For" is also seen below followed by the 2013 ITV logo below.
  • On the reality show Stars Earn Stripes, "FILMS" is replaced by "REALITY LLC".
  • On the CIC Video Portuguese VHS release of the pilot for H.E.L.P, "LEGENDAS VIDEOLAB" in dark blue appears below the logo.

Technique: A mix of live-action and computer animation.

Audio: A stock soundbite of a wolf howling and crickets chirping.

Audio Variants:

  • Sometimes, the closing theme of the show plays over it.
  • The earlier animated variant has more sounds of crickets chirping, as well as an owl hooting.
  • NBC and CBS play their own generic music over the logo instead, both having done so since 1994, as well as ABC since 1998.

Availability: Seen on all of Dick Wolf's productions for over 30 years.

  • It can be seen on all of the pre-2019 series in the Law & Order franchise, which consists of the original Law & Order (original run only; the revival uses the 2nd Wolf Entertainment logo), its made-for-TV movie Exiled: A Law & Order Movie, its spin-offs Special Victims Unit (until season 20), Criminal Intent, Trial by Jury, Los Angeles and True Crime, and the foreign adaptation Law & Order: UK.
  • Other Dick Wolf series featuring this logo includes the Chicago franchise, consisting of Chicago Fire (until season 7), Chicago P.D. (until season 6), Chicago Med (until season 4) and Chicago Justice.
  • It was also seen on other shows that Wolf created such as Nasty Boys, Players, 3AM, New York Undercover, The Wright Verdicts, Mann & Machine, the short-lived reality series Arrest & Trial, the 2003 revival of Dragnet, the failed pilot of Lost & Found, the 1993 TV series Crime & Punishment, and the first season of FBI on CBS.
  • It was also seen on Prosecuting Evil with Kelly Siegler.
  • The animated variant can be seen on earlier Wolf productions like Christine Cromwell and Nasty Boys.

Legacy: An iconic and well-remembered logo for any fan of the works of Dick Wolf.

Wolf Entertainment

1st Logo (April 7-September 10, 2019)


Visuals: Same as the previous logo, but with a few changes: as the logo fades in, the familiar setting is shown in a more realistic fashion, with the added nebula, the detailed moon, now in between the text and the wolf, and being slightly less saturated as a result. The text is also smaller, with "ENTERTAINMENT" in place of "FILMS" and in a different font, which is now animated, fading and slightly zooming in after the first second before it stops moving a second later. The wolf is no longer between the "L" and "F" of "WOLF" and is now at the far right of the logo, and is also animated, now howling throughout the logo.

Variant: On First Responders Live, the logo moves differently. Here the text wipes in, while the wolf is howling.

Technique: A mix of live-action and CGI.

Audio: Same as before.

Audio Variants:

  • The howl is slightly different on First Responders Live.
  • Fox airings of the aforementioned show used a generic theme.

Availability: Seen on the Oxygen original series Murder for Hire, and First Responders Live on Fox.

2nd Logo (September 24, 2019-)

  • 2019 variant
    2019 variant
  • 2021 variant
    2021 variant
  • Alternate version
    Alternate version

Visuals: On a night sky is the moon on the bottom left, above the ground, with a silhouette of a wolf howling on the right. A silhouette of the company name can also be seen. The moon rises and places itself behind the "W" in "WOLF" as the company name turns blue. "WOLF" shines as the background turns black, leaving only the moon and the text.

Trivia: This logo was designed by Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv of New York, a firm also responsible for the six-feathered NBC Peacock, the 1984 PBS logo, the 1990 Viacom "Wigga Wigga" logo, the 1965 Screen Gems Television logo, the 2014 RatPac Entertainment logo, the Warner Bros. Discovery logo, among other designs.

Later Variant: Starting with season 4 of FBI, season 3 of FBI: Most Wanted and season 1 of FBI: International, the logo is animated differently. The sequence starts with the moon, now placed in the bottom center, with a silhouette of a wolf more visible. As the wolf howls, the moon rises and places itself on its usual position.

Technique: A mix of live-action and 2D computer animation.

Audio: Same as the first two logos, but slightly different.

Audio Variant: NBC and CBS airings use their generic themes.

Availability:

  • First seen on the second season of FBI on CBS, then seen on the fifth season of Chicago Med, the eighth season of Chicago Fire, the seventh season of Chicago P.D. and the 21st season of Law & Order: SVU on NBC.
  • It is also seen on new shows that Dick Wolf created like FBI: Most Wanted, Law & Order: Organized Crime and FBI International, as well as the revival of the original Law & Order and the CNBC series Blood & Money.
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