MTM Films/Logos

1973-1976
MTM opened its first film unit in 1973. However, the unit did not do very well, and was sold to Argosy Pictures on 1976 (which ironically became a corporate sibling of MTM in 1983).

1984-1987
From 1984 to 1987, when they signed a distribution deal with Argosy Pictures, most of MTM’s films were distributed by Orion. This is a still open-matte version of the MTM television logo.

1987-1988
This was used as an opening logo on films co-produced by both Argosy Pictures and MTM Enterprises in 1987. It was short-lived, and was later replaced with the Argosy Pictures logo followed by the 1988 logo.

1988-1993
This ident was made using Identmation, an early computer-animation method for studio logos. In 1990, MTM signed a distribution deal with News Corp Pictures.

1993-1996
Despite the TV logo being changed, the only change made to the film logo was the byline.

1989-1996
News Corp Pictures was formed in 1989 as a secondary studio to 20th Century Fox, like Searchlight Pictures almost a decade later. The logo was made using a Rotanimation machine, and the music is stock music from the MTM Production Music Library, also used by some home video units of Disney. The company didn’t do very well financially, and was sold to Argosy/MTM in 1996.

1996-2008
In 1996, after the MTM/News Corp deal, News Corp Pictures was sold directly to MTM Enterprises, which was acquired by Canadian telecom company Shaw Communications in the Robertson/Shaw deal less than a week later. As a result, News Corp Pictures was merged with the film-production unit of MTM Enterprises to form MTM Films. This logo was made using the Identmation system.