List of UHDs with Modified or Plastered Studio Logos

[Jack Smith]

This is a list of worldwide UHD discs that contain modified/plastered studio logos for theatrical movies released before the 4K UHD format was introduced in 2016. It will contain UHD discs that are bundled with standard BD discs that are also affected by these logo alterations. Feel free to post suggestions below!

1971

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - The original Paramount Pictures logo has been restored to the beginning of the film, but it unfortunately still retains a plastered Warner Bros. logo at the end.


1973

American Graffiti - The 1963-1990 Universal Pictures logo uses the MCA byline on the 1978 re-issue and all home media releases instead of “A Universal Picture” from its original 1973 theatrical mono release.

The Exorcist - The original Saul Bass Warner Bros. logo is plastered with the silver variant from the movie Flags of our Fathers. The logo at the end was removed as well.


1977

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope - The 1953-1981 20th Century Fox logo is plastered with the 1994-2010 logo, and the 2015-current Lucasfilm logo is used instead of the 1973-1997 logo.


1978

The Last Waltz


1979

TBD.


1980

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back - Same as A New Hope.

Raging Bull

The Shining - The 1973-1984 Warner Bros. Pictures logo is plastered with the 1984-1998 logo.


1981

TBD.


1982

Blade Runner: The Final Cut - The Ladd Company logo has been digitally recreated from scratch.


1983

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi - Same as A New Hope.


1984

The NeverEnding Story - The Warner Bros. Pictures logo has been plastered with the modern Imprint and Constantin Films logos. There are no closing logos at the end as well.


1985

The Goonies - The 1973-198? “Distributed by Warner Bros.” Logo has been plastered with a black background version of the shield logo, with a URL byline underneath.

The Color Purple - Same as The Goonies, except the 1984-1998 logo has been duplicated at the end instead.


1986

TBD.


1987

Spaceballs

The Princess Bride

No Way Out - The Orion Pictures logo is missing.


1988

Willow - The 1988-1996 Lucasfilm Ltd. logo is plastered with the 2015-current logo.


1989

The Little Mermaid - The 1985-2006 Walt Disney Pictures logo is plastered with the 2006-2022 logo.

Leviathan - The MGM logo is missing.


1990

Misery


1991

Beauty and the Beast - Same as The Little Mermaid.

Point Break - The 1981-1994 20th Century Fox logo is missing.


1992

Aladdin - Same as The Little Mermaid.

Candyman - The 1997-2012 Universal Pictures logo is used instead of the 1984-1993 TriStar Pictures logo.


1993

The Nightmare Before Christmas - The 1985-2003 Touchstone Pictures logo is plastered with the 2006-2022 Walt Disney Pictures logo. The “Touchstone Pictures Presents” in-credit has also been replaced by “Walt Disney Pictures Presents” at the start of the movie.


1994

The Shawshank Redemption - The 1993-current Columbia Pictures logo is plastered with the 1998-2021 Warner Bros. Pictures logo.

The Lion King - Same as The Little Mermaid.


1995

Heat - The 1984-1998 Warner Bros. Pictures logo is missing.

Toy Story - The 1995-2007 Walt Disney Pictures logo is plastered with the 2006-2022 logo, and the 1995-2007 Pixar Animation Studios logo has also been plastered with the reanimated variant from 2008-2019.


1996

TBD.


1997

The Lost World: Jurassic Park - The small “©️ 1997 Universal City Studios, Inc.” stamp on the bottom right corner of the 1997-2012 Universal Pictures logo has been removed.


1998

The Big Lebowski - The Polygram Filmed Entertainment/Gramercy Pictures/USA Films logos have been plastered by the 1997-2012 Universal Pictures logo.


1999

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace - The 1994-2010 20th Century Fox logo is missing the News Corporation byline, and the 1997-2015 Lucasfilm Ltd. has been plastered with the 2015-current logo.

Toy Story 2 - Same as Toy Story.


2000

Pitch Black - Same as The Big Lebowski.

Erin Brockovich - The 1997-2012 Universal Pictures logo is zoomed-in and it’s missing the URL byline. (US disc confirmed. IDK if the international Sony disc has this plaster as well.)

Meet the Parents - Same as Erin Brockovich.


2001

Jurassic Park III - Same as The Lost World, but with the URL website byline instead of the copyright stamp.

Monsters Inc - Same as Toy Story.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Both Theatrical and Extended) - The 1994-2010 New Line Cinema logo uses the 2003 Time Warner byline instead of the 2001 AOL byline.


2002

The Scorpion King - Same as Erin Brockovich.

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones - Same as The Phantom Menace.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Both Theatrical and Extended) - Same as The Fellowship of the Ring.


2003

Finding Nemo - Same as Toy Story.

Hulk - Same as The Scorpion King.

Love Actually - Same as The Scorpion King, except it is zoomed-out and sourced digitally.


2004

Shaun of the Dead - Same as The Scorpion King (2019 disc) and Love Actually (2024 disc).

Friday Night Lights - Same as The Scorpion King.

Saw - The 2004-2006 Lions Gate logo is plastered with by the 2013-current logo.


2005

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Same as The Phantom Menace.


2006

Cars - Same as Toy Story, but this time the “Celebrating 20 Years” variant of the 1995-2007 Pixar Animation Studios logo is plastered with the normal version of the reanimated variant from 2008-2019.


2007

Hot Fuzz - Same as The Scorpion King.

American Gangster - Same as The Scorpion King.

The Mist - The Dimension Films logo is plastered with the 2013-current Lionsgate logo.


2008

The Incredible Hulk - Same as The Scorpion King.

WALL-E - Unlike some of the pre-2008 Pixar films where the 1995-2007 Walt Disney Pictures logo infamously got plastered with the 2006-2022 logo, this one is an interesting case, where only the closing variant of the 2008-2019 reanimated version of the 1995 Pixar Animation Studios logo got replaced with a custom variant where Luxo Jr.’s lamp breaks and WALL-E himself appears on-screen to replace it with a better lamp. This plaster is still present on the 2022 Criterion UHD release.

Mamma Mia! - Same as The Scorpion King.

Hellboy II: The Golden Army - The 2002 enhanced “zoom out” variant of the 1997-2012 Universal Pictures logo is used instead of the “non-zoom out” version from 2004, where the globe is zoomed-in at first and gradually zooms out further than usual at the end. The URL byline has also been removed as well.


2009

Fast & Furious - Same as The Scorpion King.

Avatar - The 2009-2020 20th Century Fox logo is plastered with the 2020-current 20th Century Studios logo. Thankfully, like with Star Wars I-VI, this plaster thankfully doesn’t affect the iconic fanfare!


2010

TBD.


2011

Cars 2 - The “Celebrating 25 Years” variant of the 2008-2019 Pixar Animation Studios logo is plastered with the standard version on ALL official home media releases, including the stereoscopic 3D version.


2012

TBD.


2013

TBD.


2014

TBD.


2015

TBD.


2016

TBD.

[Kyle15]

Saul Bass's logo in The Shining was replaced by the 1984 clouds logo.

[defwarrior4000]

The Tri-Star logo is replaced with the Universal logo on Candyman.

The Last Waltz and Raging Bull use the 2001 UA logo instead of the Transamerica logo. Cruising removes the UA logo. Thief uses the 1982 UA logo like the Blu-ray.

Spaceballs uses a more recent MGM logo.

Misery and The Princess Bride both replace the Columbia logo for MGM. Shawshank removes Columbia and is replaced with Warner.

American Graffiti uses the 1978 reissue version with the MCA byline. Per 35mm sources of the 1973 mono theatrical version, those use the "Universal Preaents" variation.

The Exorcist uses a still Time Warner on a back background as it was on the Blu-ray. The 1973 logo could only be found on releases from 1979-circa 1986.

The Lord of the Rings trilogy uses the TimeWarner variation instead of the AOL New Line logo.

No Way Out removes the Orion logo and no logo opens the movie. Was the Orion logo on international prints?

Leviathan appears to have used an international source with no MGM logo at the beginning nor end. Oddly, it has the MPAA screen at the end.

[crissrudd4554]

Because they’re all seamlessly branched, the Arrow release of Conan the Barbarian opens with the Universal logo however the International cut actually would’ve opened with the 20th Century Fox logo. Universal was the US distributor.

For Blade Runner The Final Cut the opening Ladd Company logo has been digitally redone.

The Imprint release of NeverEnding Story plasters the Warner logo of the International cut with an Imprint static logo and the newer Constantin logo. Additionally there’s no company logo following the closing credits.

Willy Wonka has the Paramount logo restored at the front but still retains a plastered Warner logo at the end.

[defwarrior4000]

The Color Purple has the correct 1984 logo at the beginning. This is duplicated at the end. The 1973 "Distributed By" variant is removed at the end.

The Goonies also does not have the 1973 "Distributed By" variant at the end. This is replaced by the shield on a black background. The custom fade in at the beginning is retained.

Point Break (1991) removes the Fox logo, but keeps the Largo logo.

[8traxrule]

God I hate when they do this. I don’t knowingly buy titles where I know this has been done, and if I do end up buying one it sours me a bit and it gets shelved in my “screwed-up section.” If I have a movie on an older format that retains the original opening, then that remains my go-to copy.

That said, the opening logo replacements in the Star Wars series are the least of that release’s problems.

[TrueGent10]

I believe the 4K and 2017 Remastered blu-ray of heat removed the Warner Bros logo which was present on the 2009 blu-ray

[8traxrule]

Warner movies that were produced by Regency are now owned by Fox, so the Warner openings have been removed from those.

[Jack Smith]

Originally Posted by TrueGent10

I believe the 4K and 2017 Remastered blu-ray of heat removed the Warner Bros logo which was present on the 2009 blu-ray

Done.

[Jack Smith]

Added WALL-E and Cars 2.

[drush9999]

Originally Posted by 8traxrule

Warner movies that were produced by Regency are now owned by Fox, so the Warner openings have been removed from those.

And sometimes too abruptly as the sound sometimes kicked in during the Warner opening.

[Markgway]

Removing/replacing logos gets right on my tits!

[Jack Smith]

Agreed. Disney is the biggest offender of that IMO.

[crissrudd4554]

Originally Posted by Jack Smith

Agreed. Disney is the biggest offender of that IMO.

Warner was too until the last few years. MGM are definitely up there.

[Jack Smith]

I almost forgot. StudioCanal is infamous for plastering their logo as well.

[Streamingsux]

As long as they get the actual movie right....I can live with this. Don't get me wrong, I wish they'd preserve the logos exactly as they were when the movie premiered but it's not a deal breaker. I'd rather have the movie in good quality with an unnecessarily updated logo than to not have it at all. But I definitely get why it irks people..

[crissrudd4554]

Ohh sure it isn’t always a dealbreaker. For authenticity I wish the OG logos were always kept but if the rest of the movie is as it should be so be it. It’s the the really sloppy plasters or ones that conflict with the start of the movie that bother me more. For instance, seeing the plastered logos at the beginning of Toy Story bug me because it ruins the segue the OG logo had with the films opening scene part because the music for the OG logo was orchestrated to accommodate that segue.

[Streamingsux]

This may not be exactly the same thing since this has more to do with region but....I have the UK blu-ray of the Van Damme Street Fighter. Universal released it in the United States but it was Columbia/Sony in Europe or maybe everywhere outside of the US. As anyone familiar with the film likely knows, the beginning of the movie incorporates the Universal logo into its title screen. But since the UK disc is Columbia...it opens with the Columbia logo and then goes straight to the 90s Universal logo sans text to begin the movie and it's super jarring to me having grown up with it showing the full Universal logo. But the picture quality is so much better than the US release that it's worth it..

[crissrudd4554]

Yeah I’ve seen that plaster before. Very jarring indeed. There’s also this version for Lethal Weapon 4 that was done for TV/streaming versions that’s just super terrible but fortunately the disc versions don’t have this.

Warner Bros. Pictures (Lethal Weapon 4 terrible plaster) - YouTube

[Jack Smith]

The Dolby 2.0 track on the US DVD release of Ivan Reitman’s Evolution used the Columbia fanfare over the DreamWorks Pictures logo, and it’s the other way around internationally. Lmao

DreamWorks Pictures/The Montecito Picture Company (2001) - YouTube