GK Films/Summary

Background : This is a production company owned by Graham King. It was originally formed in 1990 as "Initial Entertainment Group, Inc.;" the current name was adopted in 2009.

1st Logo
(November 20, 1998-June 14, 2002)

Nickname : "IEG"

Logo : Three letters ("I","E", and "G") fly from left, up and right sides. The words "I E G I" appear below, the logo shines. Then the explosion-like light effect appears in the middle.

Variant : It was seen in a different still print version sharing the screen with the USA Films logo on Traffic.

FX/SFX : The flying letters and the shine.

Music/Sounds : A soft and quiet music composition with piano and strings.

Availability : Used on Very Bad Things, Traffic, Ping!, The Florentine, Ali and Savior.

2nd Logo
(December 20, 2002-September 5, 2008)

Logo : On a light background, seven silver bars fly from beyond, zoom out and move to the center of the screen. They stand in a row and rotate vertically to reveal INITIAL word. The separation line stretches below, with "ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC" underneath. The logo is outlined by transparent shield.

FX/SFX : Flying and moving bars, the light.

Music/Sounds : None.

Availability : Rare; it was seen on the original DVD releases of The Aviator, Laws of Attraction and Gangs of New York. It was also seen replacing the first logo on newer prints of older films.

1st Logo
(December 18, 2009)

Logo : There is a panorama of the city where the camera zooms out in blue skies. The ladder appears to be sticking out of the clouds, the shadow man climbs it and switches the lamp on. When it lights, the white letters of GK FILMS appear, and we can see starfield above and clouds below. The ladders becomes I, and man jumps off and hides himself behind L.

FX/SFX : The animation.

Music/Sounds : A soft orchestral theme.

Availability : Appears on The Young Victoria.

2nd Logo
(January 29, 2010- )

Logo : There is a close-up of a giant dirty-white construction of GK letters, whose parts are disarranged. While we zooms out, the letters get into normal view and the soft flash creates films. The flash is behind f. There are also some light effects at the background.

Variants :
 * On Camelot and Continuum, "films" is replaced by "-tv" and the logo is tinted in the colors of brown and blue.
 * On Argo, the print logo zooms out on the black background while rotating with the front trail. Also, a 1970s old-style film effect exists.

Trivia : This logo was animated by Devastudios.

FX/SFX : The logo animation.

Music/Sounds : A dramatic fanfare, or the opening theme.

Availability : Seen on current movies by Graham King like The Town and Edge of Darkness. Strangely, no logo is shown on Rango.