Background[]
Spyglass Entertainment was a production company founded by Roger Birnbaum and Gary Barber in 1998 after the former left Caravan Pictures. In 2010, Barber and Birnbaum became co-Chairs and co-CEOs of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, just as the company was recovering from bankruptcy, and due to that Spyglass's releases became heavily scaled back before bowing out entirely in early 2012. On March 13, 2019, Barber and Lantern Entertainment relaunched the company as Spyglass Media Group, a successor to The Weinstein Company with Cineworld, Eagle Pictures USA, and later Warner Bros. and Lionsgate coming in as minority investors.
Logos[]
1st logo (1999 - 2012) We see an ocean environment with mountains in the background on a portable telescope. The ocean then disappears, revealing that a man is looking through the telescope to the right on the ocean background. "SPYGLASS", in the Spectrum MT font and with a transparent 3D glass texture, appears from behind the mountains and moves above the man. Then a box zooms out, surrounding the man on a black screen with "ENTERTAINMENT" wiping in at the bottom of the screen.
2nd log (2019-): It's basically an enhanced and more realistic version of the previous logo. Like the previous logo, the ocean is reflected in the telescope lens, with the mountains being further back this time around. "SPYGLASS" is now glassier/silvery and set in the Garamond font; and appears behind the man's telescope as opposed to the background. The ocean background is more realistic and it becomes blue-toned as soon as the box starts zooming out. Finally the words "MEDIA GROUP" fade in with a wiping effect, in silvery 3D, replacing "ENTERTAINMENT" from the previous logo.
Music/Sounds[]
1st logo
Either a wonderful dramatic piano/string tune (composed by Randy Edelman, who also composed the fanfare for Spyglass's predecessor, Caravan Pictures), silent or the opening theme of the movie.
2nd logo
- Sometimes, it is seen with the film's opening theme.
- On Project Runway, the first 6 notes of the 1999 theme are heard.
Scare Factor[]
1st logo
See the Spyglass Entertainment logo.
2nd logo
Same as before.
Videos[]
Spyglass Entertainment opening logo
Spyglass Entertainment Logo