1st Logo (September 1, 1993 (prototype), July 15, 1994-January 21, 2016)[]
Nicknames: Northern Lights, R2, The Haze, Renegade R, The Powerade Logo, S in Reverse
Logo: Over a black background, a blue light draws a stylized "R". As we pan out, the glowing from the "R" stops, and "REGENCY" (set in ITC Galliard) turns towards us under the "R". The logo shines.
Variants:
- On the 2000 TV movie Noriega: God's Favorite, the logo freezes just before it shines.
- There exists a 1.14:1 open matte version of the logo for some 35mm uncropped film scan prints of films such as Free Willy 3: The Rescue, Joe Somebody, The Girl Next Door, First Daughter, Deck the Halls, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Meet Dave, Meet the Spartans, Aliens in the Attic and Fantastic Mr. Fox.
- Starting in 2013, the logo has an enhanced look where the light is purple, and the "R" and "REGENCY" text are a lighter shade of blue.
FX/SFX: The light effects. Good animation.
Music/Sounds: A mystical orchestral tune with a flute is heard. The music was composed and written by Danny Elfman, and is a truncated sample of the main title theme from the 1993 film Sommersby, which was a Regency production. There is also a faint whoosh as the "R" is drawn, as well as some cymbal crashes as the logo shines.
Music/Sounds Variants:
- During the logo's early years, it was silent.
- On some films, the opening theme plays instead.
- On Free Willy 3: The Rescue, the music starts a little earlier while the visual starts a little later.
- On The Negotiator, the whooshing sounds are louder, a rumbling sound is heard when the text rises up, and a cymbal for the shine.
- On a couple 1999-2002 films, the very beginning of the music plays alongside the tail end of the 20th Century Fox logo's music when the said logo fades out to black.
- On Fantastic Mr. Fox, the music fades in a second before the visuals appear.
- There is a high tone variant usually for PAL prints.
Availability: Common. It's seen on any film produced by Regency from 1994 to 2015. Also appeared on licensed video games, such as Fight Club.
- This logo first appeared on The Client, and made its final appearance on The Revenant.
- It makes a surprise appearance as a de-facto home video logo on the PAL DVD release of Ridley Scott's Legend instead of the 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment logo.
- Another early Regency title, The King of Comedy, has this plastered over the 20th Century Fox logo on the Warner Home Video release.
- Also appears at the start of the 2000 Showtime TV movie, Noriega: God's Favorite.
Editor's Note: None.
2nd Logo (August 18, 2015-December 25, 2015 (prototype), October 14, 2016- )[]
Nicknames: R2 II, The Powerade Logo 2, Silver R, S in Reverse 2
Logo: We see the top of the "R" forming and it zooms down showing both the rest of the top and the bottom form and the logo zooms out to show the R, similar to the last logo, but silver color fills in, and on an aquamarine background, the text "REGENСY" in Blair appears from right to left in the same color.
FX/SFX: Amazing CGI!
Music/Sounds: Same as the previous logo. Otherwise, it's silent or it has the opening theme of the movie.
Music/Sounds Variant: There is a high tone variant usually for PAL prints.
Availability: First appeared on the trailer for the film adaptation of Assassin's Creed. The fully animated version debuted on Rules Don't Apply. The version with the fanfare debuted on Little Women (2019), and also appears on Barbarian, Amsterdam, and The Creator.
Editor's Note: A great update to the previous logo, which pairs even better with the 1996 theme.