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|name = Spyglass Media Group
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=== Background ===
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Spyglass Entertainment was a production company founded by Roger Birnbaum and Gary Barber in 1998 after the former left Caravan Pictures. In 2010, Barber and Birnbaum became co-Chairs and co-CEOs of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, just as the company was recovering from bankruptcy, and due to that Spyglass's releases became heavily scaled back. On March 13, 2019, Barber and Lantern Entertainment relaunched the company as Spyglass Media Group, a successor to The Weinstein Company with Cineworld, Eagle Pictures USA, and later Warner Bros. coming in as minority investors.
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|founded = March 13, 2019 ({{age|2019|3|13}} years ago)
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|predecessors = [[Spyglass Entertainment]]
|founder = {{w|Gary Barber}}
|parent = [[Lantern Entertainment]]
|country = [[:Category:United States|United States]]
|website = https://spyglassmediagroup.com/ }}


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===Background===
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=== Spyglass Entertainment ===
On March 13, 2019, Gary Barber and [[Lantern Entertainment]] relaunched [[Spyglass Entertainment]] as '''Spyglass Media Group''', a successor to [[The Weinstein Company]] with [[Cineworld Cinemas|Cineworld]], Eagle Pictures USA, and later [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]] and [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]] coming in as minority investors.


=== (June 4, 1999-February 10, 2012) ===
===Logo (July 26, 2019-)===
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</gallery>'''Nickname:''' "The Spyglass"
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File:Spyglass Media Group (Television, 2019).png|Early television version and closing variant
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'''Visuals:''' It's basically an enhanced and more realistic version of the Spyglass Entertainment logo. Like its predecessor, the ocean is reflected in the telescope lens, with the mountains being further back this time around. The "{{font|Serif|SPYGLASS}}" text is now glassier/{{color|silver|silvery}} in the Hoefler Text font and appears behind the man's telescope as opposed to the background. The water in the ocean is more realistic and becomes {{color|blue}}-toned as soon as the box starts zooming out. Finally, the words "{{font|Serif|'''MEDIA GROUP'''}}" fade in with a wiping effect (also in {{color|silver|silvery}} 3D) replacing "{{font|Serif|'''ENTERTAINMENT'''}}" from the Spyglass Entertainment logo.
'''Logo:''' We see an ocean environment with mountains in the background on a portable telescope. The ocean then disappears, revealing that a man is looking through the telescope to the right on the ocean background. "SPYGLASS", in Roman-esque lettering and transparent 3D glass texture, appears from behind the mountains and moves above the man. Then a box zooms out surrounding the man on a black screen, with "ENTERTAINMENT" wiped in at the bottom of the screen.


'''Variants:'''
'''Variants:'''
* An early television variant exists that debuted on <u>season 17 of ''Project Runway''</u> with a different ocean backdrop. As the box zooms out on a black background, the camera inside the box zooms out of a 2D silhouette of the man and his telescope. The company name wipes in between the box.
* On ''Instinct'' (the first movie to use this logo), "SPYGLASS" appears in plain 2D (sans glass texture) from behind the mountains.
** A <u>still version of the aforementioned variant</u> also appears as a closing logo starting with ''Scream'' (2022).
* Starting in 2010, coinciding with a music change ''(see Music/Sounds)'', the glass texture on the "SPYGLASS" text is replaced with a shiny blue/white 3D lettering with golden outline, and the water ripples on the ocean are more realistic.
* The <u>later television variant</u> has a short version of the theatrical logo that starts when the box zooms out, and the first second is sped-up.
*At <u>the end of ''Thanksgiving''</u>, the print logo is seen.


'''Technique:''' CGI.
'''FX/SFX:''' Nice combo of live-action and CGI animation! This was done by Picture Mill.


'''Audio:''' A new orchestration that mixes the power of the 1999 and 2010 Spyglass Entertainment themes together, with the same key as the former, as well as a bell sound at the end.
'''Music/Sounds:''' Either a wonderful dramatic piano/string tune (composed by Randy Edelman, who also composed the fanfare for Spyglass's predecessor, Caravan Pictures) or the intro of a movie. In 2010, starting with the movie ''Leap Year'', the theme is re-orchestrated and sounds more powerful. It is also in a different key.


'''Audio Variants:'''
'''Availability:''' Very common. It's seen on Spyglass movies from 1999 to 2012. It also appears on the company's website.
* Sometimes, it is seen with the film's opening theme or silence.
* On <u>the TV variant</u>, the first 6 notes of the 1999 theme are heard, only faster.


'''Availability:''' It first debuted on international prints of ''The Current War'' and also appeared on the film's US re-release. It was also seen on the trailer for ''Scream'' (2022), with its first complete appearance with the theme showing up on the aforementioned film, as well as on ''Hellraiser'' (2022), ''Scream VI'', ''Thanksgiving'', and ''Reunion''. The television version appears on ''Project Runway'' starting with season 17 and ''Waco: The Aftermath''.
'''Editor's Note:''' None.


=== Spyglass Media Group ===
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=== (July 26, 2019-) ===
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[[Category:Film logos]]

[[Category:United States]]
'''Nickname:''' "The Spyglass II"
[[Category:American film logos]]

[[Category:American television logos]]
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'''Logo:''' It's basically an enhanced and more realistic version of the previous logo. Like the previous logo, the ocean is reflected in the telescope lens, with the mountains being further back this time around. "SPYGLASS" is glassier/silvery and appears behind the man's telescope as opposed to the background, the ocean background is more realistic, the background becomes blue-toned as soon as the box starts zooming out. Finally, the words "MEDIA GROUP" fade in with a wiping effect, in silvery 3D, replacing "ENTERTAINMENT" from the previous logo.
[[Category:Television logos]]

[[Category:Lantern Capital]]
'''FX/SFX:''' Stunning CGI animation. It's a fantastic update to the 1999 logo.
[[Category:Warner Bros.]]

[[Category:Warner Bros. Discovery]]
'''Music/Sounds:''' So far, the opening theme of the movie.
[[Category:Lionsgate]]

[[Category:Cineworld]]
'''Availability:''' It was first seen on international prints of ''The Current War'' and will most likely be seen on the film's US release and future films produced by the company
[[Category:Logos with music by Randy Edelman]]

'''Editor's Note:''' This logo is a great way to bring the previous logo into the 21st century.

Latest revision as of 16:23, 21 June 2024


Background

On March 13, 2019, Gary Barber and Lantern Entertainment relaunched Spyglass Entertainment as Spyglass Media Group, a successor to The Weinstein Company with Cineworld, Eagle Pictures USA, and later Warner Bros. and Lionsgate coming in as minority investors.

Logo (July 26, 2019-)

  • Early television version and closing variant

    Early television version and closing variant

Visuals: It's basically an enhanced and more realistic version of the Spyglass Entertainment logo. Like its predecessor, the ocean is reflected in the telescope lens, with the mountains being further back this time around. The "SPYGLASS" text is now glassier/silvery in the Hoefler Text font and appears behind the man's telescope as opposed to the background. The water in the ocean is more realistic and becomes blue-toned as soon as the box starts zooming out. Finally, the words "MEDIA GROUP" fade in with a wiping effect (also in silvery 3D) replacing "ENTERTAINMENT" from the Spyglass Entertainment logo.

Variants:

  • An early television variant exists that debuted on season 17 of Project Runway with a different ocean backdrop. As the box zooms out on a black background, the camera inside the box zooms out of a 2D silhouette of the man and his telescope. The company name wipes in between the box.
    • A still version of the aforementioned variant also appears as a closing logo starting with Scream (2022).
  • The later television variant has a short version of the theatrical logo that starts when the box zooms out, and the first second is sped-up.
  • At the end of Thanksgiving, the print logo is seen.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A new orchestration that mixes the power of the 1999 and 2010 Spyglass Entertainment themes together, with the same key as the former, as well as a bell sound at the end.

Audio Variants:

  • Sometimes, it is seen with the film's opening theme or silence.
  • On the TV variant, the first 6 notes of the 1999 theme are heard, only faster.

Availability: It first debuted on international prints of The Current War and also appeared on the film's US re-release. It was also seen on the trailer for Scream (2022), with its first complete appearance with the theme showing up on the aforementioned film, as well as on Hellraiser (2022), Scream VI, Thanksgiving, and Reunion. The television version appears on Project Runway starting with season 17 and Waco: The Aftermath.

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