Universal Pictures
Current Logo from 2016-present
Print Logo from 2021-present
Formerly
Universal Film Manufacturing Company (1912–1923) Universal Pictures Corporation (1923–1936) Universal Productions, Inc. (1936–1937) Universal Pictures Company, Inc. (1937–1963) Universal-International Pictures (1946-1963) Universal City Studios, Inc. (1964–1996)
Predecessor
Independent Moving Pictures
Founder(s)
Carl Laemmle Pat Powers David Horsley William Swanson Mark Dintenfass Charles Baumann Robert H. Cochrane Adam Kessel Jules Brulatour
Headquarters
10 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, U.S.
Key People
Donna Langley (chairwoman, Universal Filmed Entertainment Group) Peter Cramer (president)
Parent
MCA Inc. (1962–1996) Universal Studios (1996–present)
Subsidiaries
Amblin Partners (minority)
DreamWorks Animation NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
United International Pictures (50%)
Working Title Films
Universal City Studios LLC , doing business as Universal Pictures (also known as Universal Studios or simply Universal ), is an American motion picture studio, located in Hollywood, California and founded in April 30, 1912. They are best known for producing movies such as the Jaws series, E.T, the Back to the Future trilogy, the Jurassic Park/World series, The Mummy, the Fast & Furious series, and Despicable Me.
They helped Big Idea with the distribution for their second feature film, The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie . On August 22, 2016, NBCUniversal purchased Big Idea's owners, DreamWorks Animation 's subsidiary, Classic Media .
In 2018, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment took over distribution for VeggieTales DVDs.
They also distributed the home media releases of The VeggieTales Show ,
They were in talks of helping develop a brand new VeggieTales movie but due to the laying off of Phil Vischer , Mike Nawrocki , Lisa Vischer and Kurt Heinecke , the movie has been shelved.
Works with Big Idea [ ]
Movies [ ]
VeggieTales [ ]
Mentions [ ]
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie - In the character commentary, Mr. Lunt says that they took the movie to Universal, but they refused because they have The Grinch That Stole Christmas .
As for the commentary by Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki, they mention the movies The Blues Brothers and Waterworld .
Logo Evolution [ ]
First Logo from 1912-1913 (as Universal Film Manufacturing Company)
Second Logo from 1912-1914
Third Logo from 1914-1919
Fourth Logo from 1919-1923
Fifth Logo (as Universal Pictures, first era) from 1923-1931
Sixth Logo from 1931-1936
Seventh Logo from 1936-1947
Eighth Logo (as Universal International) from 1947-1960
Ninth Logo from 1960-1963
Tenth Logo (Universal Pictures, second era) from 1962-1963
Eleventh Logo (as Universal City Studios) from 1963-1990
12th Logo (as Universal Studios) from 1990-1997
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