Warner Bros. Pictures/On-Screen Logos

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

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.

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.

1956–1967, 1984–2001
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. This version was used until 1967 when the main company was rebranded as Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, however it was brought back for the film Gremlins in 1984. 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.

1972–1973, 1985–2001, 2002, 2004


Used on some films from 1972 and 1973, and as a closing logo between 1985 and 2001 and in 2002 and 2004.

1973–1984


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

1998–1999 (75th Anniversary)


This logo is a CG recreation of the classic 1948 shield, created by Intralink Film Graphic Design 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; the shield would then rotate into view and zoom out, with the “75 YEARS Entertaining The World” byline appearing in a slide/fade-in effect and would be placed on a CG recreated cloud background (the clouds are a little grey and the background is slightly darker). 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.

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


The logo was 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. This became the studio's most well known "Modern Logo". 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 New Line Cinema co-productions, with the vanity card incorporating a "dismantling" transition in which pieces of this logo are used to form the New Line logo.

2011–2021 (primary)


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 text. It debuted in Dolphin Tale. The standard version was last used the 2020 remake of The Witches, while the last film to use this shield design altogether was Godzilla vs. Kong.

2019–present
This logo, known as the Dimensional version, is a three-dimensional variation of the current 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.

2020–2021 (secondary)
This logo appeared and made its theatrical vanity card debut in Tenet (2020) as a variant set on a black background.

2021–present (primary)


This logo was introduced with the HBO Max original film Locked Down, showing a fully CGI version of the Warner Bros. Studios lot at sunset (similar to the Searchlight Pictures logo) and the cloud background is completely redone in CGI. This logo is animated by Devastudios.