Custom (based on Helvetica Extra Compressed) Helvetica Italic
Launched:
April 23, 1976
1982–1987[]
Designer:
Sandy Dvore
Typography:
Custom (based on Helvetica Extra Compressed)
Launched:
May 28, 1982
1987–2019[]
1987–1994[]
Designer:
Rhythm & Hues
Typography:
ITC Avant Garde Gothic
Launched:
June 30, 1987
2001–2012[]
Designer:
R. Paul Seymour
Typography:
Microgramma
Launched:
June 16, 2001
After 7 years of absence, the 1987 logo returned, but the text was changed to a different font. The print version of the logo was in use in tandem with the placeholder logo for the latter half of 2000 before being reintroduced onscreen in 2001.
1994–2000[]
SVG NEEDED
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Unknown
Launched:
October 26, 1994
2000–2001[]
SVG NEEDED
Designer:
R. Paul Seymour
Typography:
Microgramma
Launched:
September 15, 2000
This logo (used in films and online) was ultimately a placeholder logo for the reintroduction of the 1987 UA logo in 2001.
2019–2020[]
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Unknown
Launched:
April 12, 2019
Until 2019, Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) remained the final film to be distributed by United Artists; with MGM being demoted to a co-distributor with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros. and others, United Artists was no longer active as a distributor and remained solely as a production company.
On February 5, 2019, MGM and Annapurna Pictures resurrected the United Artists brand to expand their American joint theatrical distribution venture, rebranding it as United Artists Releasing. The decision was made to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the studio's foundation. The company has a release slate of 10 to 14 films per year, including four to six films set for worldwide release from MGM, two to four low budget genre films from Orion Pictures (another revived MGM holding whose distribution team was absorbed into UA Releasing to bolster and accompany its existing staff), and three to five auteur-driven films from Annapurna. It also intends to work with third-party filmmakers and production companies to supplement its slate, offering content creators an alternative distribution option outside the studio system.
However, on March 4, 2023, Amazon - after its purchase of MGM in 2022 - shuts down United Artists Releasing and folded into Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.