Warner Bros. Pictures/On-Screen Logos

For variations of these logos, see Warner Bros. Pictures/Other and Warner Bros. Pictures/On-Screen Variations.

1923–1925	1925–1929	1929, 1934	1929, 1933–1934	1931	1931–1932	1931–1933
1932–1933	1933–1934	1934	1934–1937, 1953	1937–1948	1948–1956	1953–1956
1956–1967	1967–1970	1970–1972	1971–1972	1972–1973	1973–1984	1984–2001
1998 (75th Anniversary)	1999–2011, 2011–2020 (New Line Cinema)	2011–2022 (primary)	2020–2023	2020–2021 (secondary)	2021-2023; 2021-2025 (Japan)	2023–present; 2025-present (Japan)

Warner Brothers Classics Of The Screen

1923–1925

Warner Bros. Pictures was founded in 1923 as "Warner Brothers Classics Of The Screen". The shield shown here would eventually by the company as the main corporate logo in 1925.

Warner Brothers Productions

1925–1929

In 1925, there weren't many changes made in the logo except the byline Classics Of The Screen was replaced with Productions.

Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.

1929–1934

1929, 1934

1929, 1933–1934

1931

1931–1932

1931–1933

1932–1933

1933–1934

1934–1937, 1953

1934

1934–1937, 1953

Alternative variant (1934)

Rare variant (1937)

1937–1948

A banner is added to wrap around the shield.

Logo as seen on-screen

Warner Bros. Pictures (first era)

1948–1967

1948–1956

The iconic shield first appeared on the 1948 black & white film Key Largo, a colorized version would later appear in the film Rope from the same year. This is also the first logo to use the famous painted clouds background. The "WB" text and border of the shield is now colored gold, the banner is colored reddish-brown and the inside of the shield is colored blue.

Logo as seen on-screen (Black & White)

Logo as seen on-screen (Colorized)

1953–1956

An alternative live-action model shield was used in tandem from 1953 to 1956 for movies that were shot using the three-dimensional, or stereoscopic, film process such as House of Wax.

Logo as seen on-screen

1956–1967

The logo was enhanced in 1956, changes includes a less glossy texture in the shield, brighter colors and the banner was re-colored from red to light brown and inside of the shield is now colored blue-green. Contrary to the previous version, the logo didn't use the sky background but instead it would normally be set over the opening scene of a movie. This version was used until 1967 when the main company was rebranded as Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.

An example of how the logo would be seen on-screen without the opening scene of the belonging movie.

Warner Bros.-Seven Arts

1967–1970

In 1967, Warner Bros. merged with Seven Arts to form Warner Bros. -Seven Arts. Similar to the previous logo, this one would mostly be set over the opening scene of a movie.

Warner Bros., Inc./Warner Bros.

1970–1972

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Between 1970 and 1972, Warner Bros. used its corporate logo on-screen. However, the "Warner Bros." name in the banner is replaced by the byline "A Kinney National Company".

Logo as seen on-screen

1971–1972

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This is similar to the previous logo. It was seen on The Man in the Wilderness and preserved on the Warner Archive Blu-ray. It may have been seen on other films from this period (it is confirmed to also be on a later Kinney-era film, possibly Snow Job), but it's hard to say between Warner's rampant plastering habits and more common usage of the 1970 logo.

Logo as seen on-screen

1972–1973

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Used on some films from 1972 and 1973. It looks identical to the classic 1948 shield, but it lacks a banner, which makes it the first logo since the 1934 logo to lack a banner.

Logo as seen on-screen

1973–1984

Designer:  Saul Bass

Typography:  Handel Gothic

Launched:  1973

Designed by Saul Bass, this logo was used on films from 1973 to 1984, when it was replaced with the classic 1948 shield.

Logo as seen on-screen (Red on Black)

Logo as seen on-screen (Red background)

Warner Bros. Pictures (second era)

1984–2001

The classic 1948 shield design was brought back for the film, Swing Shift in 1984 (with some minor changes). It would continue to be concurrently used with the studio's next logo until 2001, when AOL merged with Time Warner (now WarnerMedia). This is the most famous "Classic Logo" of the company. The design became so emblematic that other Warner Bros. divisions used the same style in their logos and it was also used in the famous "Water Tower" from Warner Bros. Studios for decades until 2019. It was also used in Space Jam (1996) alongside the infamous bullseye in the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies opening title cards as part of the gate when the Nerdlucks and Michael Jordan enter Looney Tune Land. The last film to regularly use this logo as an opening on-screen logo was The Postman. The last few films to use it as an opening on-screen logo were City of Angels, The Avengers, True Crime, Deep Blue Sea, Any Given Sunday and The Exorcist: Extended Director’s Cut.

Logo as seen on-screen (Warner Communications byline, 1984–1990)

Logo as seen on-screen (Time Warner byline, 1990–1992)

Logo as seen on-screen (Time Warner Entertainment byline, 1992–2001)

1998–2022

1998 (75th Anniversary)

Designer:  Intralink Film Graphic Design (storyboard) Metrolight Studios (animation) Holly Anderson (music)

Typography:  Charter (Shield's banner) Bookman Old Style ("75 YEARS") Times New Roman ("Entertaining the World") Mencken Std Narrow Extra Bold (byline)

Launched:  January 16, 1998

This logo is a CG recreation of the classic 1948 shield, designed and storyboarded by Intralink Film Graphic Design, and animated by Metrolight Studios as part of the studio's 75th Anniversary celebration in 1998. The opening sequence consisted of an aerial view of the Warner Bros. Studios reflected on a golden background with some posters that are seen on the studio wall such as Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Friends and Space Jam (the photograph was shot around late 1996); the shield would then rotate into view and zoom out against the CG recreation of the classic WB cloud background (though the clouds are a little grey and the cloud background is slightly darker), with the “75 YEARS Entertaining The World” byline appearing in a slide/fade-in effect and is accompanied with a wind blowing chime fanfare, composed by Holly Anderson. Beginning in 1999, the logo appeared in some films without the byline, while maintaining the same opening sequence that would be used in subsequent versions of the vanity card. This variant debuted in Fallen and made its final appearance in You've Got Mail.

Logo as seen on-screen (Standard variant)

Logo as seen on-screen (Rare variant)

1999–2011, 2011–2020 (New Line Cinema)

Designer:  Intralink Film Graphic Design (storyboard) Metrolight Studios (animation) Gabriel Yared (music)

Typography:  Charter (Shield's banner) Garamond (byline; 1999-2003) FF Meta (byline; 2003-2011)

Launched:  February 12, 1999

The logo was coincidentally modified in 1999, with the metallic texture of shield being given a less shiny appearance and the color was changed from gold to a more yellowish tone, and is accompanied by a fanfare based on "As Time Goes By" from Casablanca. This became the studio's most well known "Modern Logo". This was revealed to be composed by Gabriel Yared. It debuted with the film, Message in a Bottle; although it ceased serving as a primary logo for Warner Bros. films in 2011, it remains in use for most international WB movies (though it did appear on a few American WB films following its retirement, such as 2016's War Dogs) and New Line Cinema co-productions (in NLC's case, the vanity card incorporates a "dismantling" transition in which pieces of this logo are used to form the New Line logo). The last film to use this logo was Contagion while the last film to use this logo on the New Line Cinema version was Superintelligence.

Logo as seen on-screen (Time Warner Entertainment byline, 1999–2001)

Logo as seen on-screen (AOL Time Warner byline, 2001–2003)

Logo as seen on-screen (Prototype Time Warner byline, 2003–2004)

Logo as seen on-screen (Time Warner byline, 2003–2011)

New Line Cinema version (Time Warner byline, 2011–2018)

New Line Cinema version (WarnerMedia byline, 2018–2020)

2011–2022 (primary)

Designer:  Picturemill Gabriel Yared (music)

Typography:  Charter (Shield's banner) FF Meta (byline; 2011-2018) AT&T Aleck Sans (byline; 2018-2020)

Launched:  2011

The logo's design was updated in 2011, giving the inside of the shield a brighter blue shading and less detailed shadowing of the banner's text. It was designed at Picturemill, debuted in Dolphin Tale. This logo was last used on The Nan Movie, released on March 18, 2022.

Logo as seen on-screen (Time Warner byline, 2011–2018)

Logo as seen on-screen (WarnerMedia byline, 2018–2022)

2020–2023

Designer:  Pentagram

Typography:  Warner Bros. Sans

Launched:  2020

The current design, known as Dimensional, is a three-dimensional variation of the present-day Warner Bros. shield designed by Pentagram on November 13, 2019. Initially, the previous logo is remained in use as a primary design; the current logo was relegated as a print logo for promotional use until mid-2020. The "WB" text and the border of the shield are now colored silver and the inside of the shield is now a bright blue. It is also the first logo since 1972 to completely lack a banner.

2020–2021 (secondary)

Designer:  Pentagram

Typography:  AT&T Aleck Sans (byline)

Launched:  Unknown

This logo appeared and made its theatrical vanity card debut in Tenet (2020) as a variant set on a black background. It's clear that this was a prototype and placeholder of the next logo below.

Logo as seen on-screen

2021-2023; 2021-2024 (Japan)

Designer:  Pentagram DevaStudios (animation; using Terragen) Ludwig Göransson (music)

Typography:  AT&T Aleck Sans (WarnerMedia byline) Geograph Medium (Warner Bros. Discovery byline)

Launched:  January 14, 2021

This logo was introduced with the HBO Max original film Locked Down, showing a fully CGI version of the Warner Bros. Studios lot with the iconic water tower taking place at sunrise and the cloud background is completely redone in CGI using Terragen. This logo is animated by Devastudios. On widescreen films, the shield is smaller, and the background is moved up a bit. It also became the use for New Line Cinema and the "dismantling" position is the same. The only differences is that the pieces that form the New Line Cinema logo are colored silver to match the 2021–2023 Warner Bros. Pictures logo.

The 2021 logo was still using on trailers and opening logo of Japanese films distributed by Warner Bros. Japan until end of 2024.

Logo as seen on-screen (WarnerMedia byline, 2021–2022)

Logo as seen on-screen (Warner Bros. Discovery byline, 2022–2023)

New Line Cinema version (WarnerMedia byline, 2021–2022)

New Line Cinema version (Warner Bros. Discovery byline, 2022–2023)

2023–present; 2025-present (Japan)

Designer:  Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv DevaStudios (animation; using Terragen) Jacob Yoffee (music)

Typography:  Warner Bros. Condensed Warner Bros. Sans Condensed Bold (Shield's banner) Geograph Medium (Warner Bros. Discovery byline)

Launched:  October 5, 2023 (reveal) December 6, 2023 (official)

In 2023, the on-screen logo was replaced with a CGI version of the shield from the Warner Bros. Discovery logo that features a banner with the company's name; resembling the previous logos, most notably the 1948–2020 logo. This logo was showcased in the trailer of the Filipino film Mallari (albeit a variant), then officially debuted in Wonka, released in Spain on December 6, 2023. Starting in Under Parallel Skies, The new "Classic Reflection" fanfare based on a 1999 version, composed by Jacob Yoffee is heard. The fanfare also domestically appeared theatrically in Trap (2024), which is also a Warner Bros. film. In addition, the film is expected to debut in Warner Bros. Japan's films in 2025 starting in Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey, although the 2019 logo still used on print promotional materials.

Logo as seen on-screen (Warner Bros. Discovery byline, 2023–present)