Universal Pictures

12th Logo (March 2, 2012- )
PvKiWRTSAzg bNJW113tbKk  E98iTbFqRuM  Nicknames: "CGI Globe III", "100th Anniversary Globe", "Rotating Letters IV", "Majestic Globe", "100 Years of Universal", "Comcast Globe", "Centennial Globe", "Earth Globe VII", "Globes Through the Ages II", "Century Globe"

Logo: On a black starry background, as the sun shines on the planet, the camera pans backwards across Europe and Africa. Then "UNIVERSAL" in white with golden bordering rises upward as the sun pans down, and light glows on the continents. Then the screen eases back to its familiar position. The continents glow as the globe revolves showing the Americas. The sun shines, leaving a glow behind the Earth. Then the byline that reads "A COMCAST COMPANY" fades in underneath. The "UNIVERSAL" name shines before fading out.

Trivia: The logo was designed by Weta Digital of New Zealand.

Alternate Described Video Description: In a black star-sprinkled sky, we soar backward over Earth. As massive block letters of gold and silver orbit into view, we pass to the dark side of the planet, where the continents show the speckled electrified glow of hundreds of cities. The Earth eclipses the Sun, and a massive word hovers front and center. Universal. A Comcast Company.

Early Variant: Just like as they did with their 1990 logo when the company celebrated their 75th anniversary, Universal initially used a special variant of this logo on the year they celebrated their centennial milestone. The logo acts as another "grand unveiling" or "passing of the torch," as it begins with clips of the previous logos of the company's history, beginning with the 5th logo and finishing with the previous logo; in which the current logo makes its majestic debut shortly afterwards. The 100th Anniversary variant of the logo also featured the words, "100TH ANNIVERSARY" in gold, which are seen rotating in under "UNIVERSAL" at the same time. The logo with the montage was only used as a promotional video for their 100th year.

Other Variants:
 * On Blu-ray discs, there is a letterboxed version with the text "Loading a Fresh Preview from the Internet" added on the top black border. This pops up when a preview is loading from online while the viewer is using BD Live.
 * A still version appears on licensed movie games, such as Battleship.
 * Starting in October 2020, the Comcast byline was replaced with a T-Mobile byline, because of Sprint and Comcast being merged to T-Mobile on April 1, 2020.
 * There is a 4:3 version of the logo seen on pre-February 1952 Paramount Pictures and Paramount Television films and current prints of Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman.
 * On Woody Woodpecker: The Movie, a trilingual version of the T-Mobile byline version is shown, with the 1963 and 1990 logos, and the 1936 and 1963 fanfares combined during the 1963 logo, kind of like in the 75th anniversary version of the 1990 logo.

Closing Variant:
 * The full animation as transcribed above. Only seen at the end of American Made.
 * At the end of 1917 and DreamWorks Animation films, starting in 2017, the logo is still.

FX/SFX: The panning of the planet, the company name rising, the continents glowing. All brilliant CGI effects, and is reminiscent of the 1990 and 1997 logos.

Music/Sounds: A powerful re-orchestration of the last logo's fanfare, originally composed by Jerry Goldsmith, accompanied by "a choir, new string parts, and drum cadence utilizing world percussion instruments", according to the Hollywood Reporter. Arranged by Brian Tyler. A behind the scenes video of making the fanfare can be viewed here. Tyler also uploaded a retrospective video, which can be viewed here, and the full version of the fanfare, which is also heard before the start of Universal's Cinematic Spectacular: 100 Years of Movie Memories, as well as the first two videos, which can be heard here. If you look closely at the first two videos, there was a prototype version of the logo while Tyler is conducting the fanfare.

Music/Sounds Variants:
 * On the 100th Anniversary logo variant, "One Last Wish" from Casper, composed by James Horner, is used during the montage. Furthermore, in Universal's Cinematic Spectacular: 100 Years of Movie Memories, the fanfare carries over from the former.
 * On Disney Channel/Freeform's print of Big Fat Liar and a TCM Spain airing of The Trouble with Harry, the previous logo's music is heard with this logo, due to sloppy plastering.
 * On the 2012 Blu-Ray of Vertigo, it uses the 1990 fanfare.
 * On the Pitch Perfect trilogy, the films' casts sing the fanfare.
 * On Minions, the fanfare is sung by a five Minion chorus, and one holds the last note into the Illumination Entertainment logo.
 * Some films with this logo, such as Jurassic World, A Million Ways To Die in the West and The Fate of the Furious use the opening theme of their movies instead.
 * On Unfriended, the fanfare becomes distorted.
 * At the end of American Made, the logo is silent, and it has the credits music playing over in the TV airings.
 * A shorter version exists, which is seen at the beginning of 1917, No Time to Die and both A Dog's Purpose and A Dog's Journey.

Availability: Current. It can be seen on newer films from the company.
 * The 100th anniversary logo was first unveiled on January 10, 2012, and is currently available on Universal's YouTube channel. It made its theatrical debut with Dr. Seuss' The Lorax (although trailers and TV spots for it had the previous logo) and made its last appearance on Mama, released on January 18, 2013.
 * The version without the "100TH ANNIVERSARY" wording debuted theatrically on Identity Thief, released on February 8, 2013, although it previously appeared at the end of Universal's Cinematic Spectacular: 100 Years of Movie Memories at Universal Studios Florida, on trailers for movies released in 2013, and on the Blu-ray release of Vertigo.
 * This has plastered the 1997 logo on an airing of The Perfect Man on TBS and Big Fat Liar on Disney Channel and Freeform with the previous fanfare.
 * This logo also appears on international prints of MGM films since 2019.
 * This logo also appears on reprints of DreamWorks Animation films, starting in 2018, and on newer films from said studio in 2019, beginning with How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.

Editor's Note: A worthy update of the 1990 and 1997 logos, with beautiful CGI.

Copyright Stamps
Here is some information about the copyright stamps on the Universal Pictures films:
 * 1925-1935: Copyright © by Universal Pictures Corporation.
 * 1936-1937: Copyright © by Universal Productions, Inc.
 * 1937-1966: Copyright © by Universal Pictures Company, Inc.
 * 1966-1977: Copyright © by Universal Pictures.
 * 1977-1998: Copyright © by Universal City Studios, Inc.
 * 1999-present: Copyright © by Universal Studios.