Sickminecraft45 Pictures

Background
Sickminecraft45 Pictures, Inc. was founded on May 03, 1967 as Sickminecraft45 Pictures due to a joint-venture between Columbia Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, and 20th Century Pictures, Inc. It became an independent company in 1968 when Warner Bros. and TCP sold their interests for a combined total of $2.5 million (about $17 million in 2022) and Columbia spun-off it’s interests in the studio and it was formed as Sickminecraft45 Pictures, Inc. (commonly known as Sickminecraft45 Pictures). On June 19, 2012, Sony Pictures Entertainment purchased the studio for $1 billion (about $1.3 billion in 2022). On January 20, 2019, the studio filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy due to the major box office flops of Johnny the Nerd, Technoblade: The Movie, History of Minecraft, BeamNG.drive: The Movie, and How to Become a Nerd (all 2018) which lead to the studio loosing billions and it was eventually folded into sister studio Columbia TriStar Pictures on May 01, 2019.

Logo 1: May 10, 1968-October 14, 1975
Nacknames: "The Text" "Sickminecraft45 Text" "Boring Text"

Logo: On a black background, we see the following text fade in:

Sickminecraft45 Pictures

in Watford Regular then it fades out.

Variants:


 * Some films have the text in blue.
 * There is an ultra rare variant what says "Sickminecraft45 Pictures, Inc." instead of the above text. This variant is only known to be seen on Johnny's Funny Jokes (1969)
 * On some films, the logo cuts in and out instead of fading in and out.

FX/SFX: None unless you count the fading.

Music/Sounds: None or the film's opening theme.

Music/Sounds Variant: On Johnny's Funny Jokes 2, a 15 note piano tune is heard.

Availability: Very rare, most films have it plastered with one of the logos below or the CTP logo.


 * The Sickminecraft45 Pictures, Inc. variant is preserved on the 2013 Sony Blu-ray and DVD, but other prints have it plastered with one of the logos below or the CTP logo like mentioned above.

Editor's Note: None.

Logo 2: September 21, 1975-May 30, 1986, May 12, 1991
Nicknames: "The Flash" "Flash" "Sickminecraft45 Flash" "The Text II" "Sickminecraft45 Text II"

Logo: On a black background. we see a white flash. When the flash eases, the same text from the last logo fades in.

Variant: A colour version with yellow text and a green flash appears on some films.

FX/SFX: The flash and the text fading in all done in nice cel animation.

Music/Sounds: A 28 note piano tune.

Availability: Common. It's preserved on most VHS and Betamax tapes, Laserdiscs, DVDs etc..

Editor's Note: A simple logo with decent animation for the mid-70s.

Logo 3: May 1, 1986-June 2, 2001
Nicknames: "CGI Text" "CGI Sickminecraft45" "The Text III" "SIckminecraft45 Text III" "The Filmstrip" "Sickminecraft45 Filmstrip" "CGI Filmstrip"

Logo: On a black background we see a filmstrip with each box showing each letter in the Sickminecraft45 Pictures name in white that are in order fly past and a massive orange flash appears and Sickminecraft45 Pictures in white (with all the text including the filmstrip text in Watford Regular just like the previous two logos) with more filmstrips flying past before disappearing.

Variants: TBA

FX/SFX: Nice early CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: TBA

Editor's Note: TBA