DEJ Productions

Background : DEJ Productions was founded in 1998 as a film distribution company by Blockbuster. It soon expanded into global distribution. Its name was derived from the first name initials of Blockbuster's three top executives at the time. In 2005, it was announced that First Look Studios purchased the company.

1st Logo
(1998-2004)

Nickname : "Shedu"

 Logo : The yellow relief of ancient Babylonian statue fades in. The statue depicts a Shedu, a winged bull or lion with the head of a man, and there is a name below: DEJ PRODUCTIONS. The logo then fades out.

 Variant : In 2002, the logo was re-rendered in 3D. This version shines.

 FX/SFX : The fading.

 Music/Sounds : None.

 Availability : Extremely rare. Films that have this include Windfall, Savage Messiah, Curse of the Forty-Niner, Blessed, and King of the Ants.

2nd Logo
(2005-2006)

 Nickname : "The Darkened Shield", "The Filmstrip Wing", "The Wing"

 Logo : We move backwards over a darkened shield surface, which looks like a distorted filmstrip. When the shield comes to the center, two components of it appear from top and bottom and join the logo. The letters DEJ uncover from beyond each other, with PRODUCTION below. All logo is made in rusty browncolors.

 FX/SFX : Moving shields and letters.

 Music/Sounds : None.

 Availability : Seen on later DEJ Productions releases, such as Crash (after the Lions Gate Films logo), Return to Sender, Direct Action, Blast, and Dirty Love.