Availability: Appears on TriStar films from 1993 to 2015. After it's retirement, the 2014 version of its closing logo continued usage for the first-three years of the next logo. The logo made its first appearance on Sleepless in Seattle, and made its final appearance on The Walk. The version with the SPE byline made its debut on Jumanji and would used on most subsequent releases. This logo was also used, for some reason, as a de-facto home video logo on 1997 VHS copies of The Craft, Multiplicity, Alaska, and Fly Away Home (all of which were released and/or distributed by Columbia Pictures; Alaska was also produced by Castle Rock Entertainment) instead of the Columbia TriStar Home Video logo (some prints of these tapes do have the CTHV logo instead). This is also preserved on the Live Home Video VHS, DVD and Laserdisc releases of Wagons East! (which was the last Carolco film distributed by TriStar Pictures). It also appears on international printings and U.S. video releases of Faster. The silent version also makes a surprise appearance at the start of Sony's PAL DVD release of Wes Craven's Shocker (1989) before the Universal Pictures logo, plastering the previous logo. Despite Carolco having international rights, Sony released the film on DVD internationally in the mid-2000s before StudioCanal eventually regained the home video rights.
Nicknames: "90s/2000s Pegasus", "The Pegasus II", "CGI Pegasus", "Horse And Wings II", "Ultra-Majestic Pegasus", "Majestic Pegasus II", "The TriStar Pegasus II", "Pegasus In The Sky", "Pegasus Over Clouds", "Great Pegasus II", "Sony Pegasus", "The Rising Pegasus" Logo: The logo starts out on a black background. Then a dark background, initially partially shown, slowly fades in and brightens to reveal that it is made up of dark cumulonimbus clouds with fog on the bottom (similar to the ones from the Columbia Pictures logo). A white flash of light then starts to glow and gets bright, as it almost fills the background. A Pegasus appears from the far distance, as it spreads its wings out and takes a few steps, causing the fog to flow. "TRISTAR", in a shiny chiseled font, slowly fades in at the top of the screen with the letters "T" and "S" in a bigger font than the other letters as the flash dims away slowly. The Pegasus stops when its wings are fully spread out and the "TRISTAR" text fully appears. The text slowly shines as the fog still flows. Bylines: June 25, 1993-March 12, 1999: (Bylineless) December 15, 1995-August 22, 2014: "a SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT company" (first seen on Jumanji, the byline is blue on its first appearance, but starting with Mary Reilly, released on February 23, 1996, the byline is bright yellow or white). However, some post-1995 films continued to use the bylineless version until 1999. In 2012, Starting Total Recall On August 3, 2012 To with Sparkle on August 17, 2012, the byline appears smaller and a bit darker, but slightly off-centered like in the 1996 Columbia logo. This byline was last used on Pompeii, however, Moms' Night Out and When the Game Stands Tall still used this byline in tandem with the one below until September 2015. April 16, 2014-September 12, 2015: "a Sony Company" (seen on Heaven is for Real, Ricki and the Flash, War Room (the logo's final domestic appearance), and the UK theatrical version of The The Walk (the last film overall to use this logo). In this version, the Sony logo transitions to this logo. Variants: During this logo's early years, on trailers and TV spots, when the Pegasus is spreading out its wings, the "TRISTAR" text is fully solid, rather than transparently fading in as in the regular version. Also, it doesn't shine. the flash dims away earlier before the Pegasus spreads out its wings and the "TRISTAR" text appears. The brightness of the clouds and the color of the byline vary depending on the film.
5:47: TriStar Pictures (June 25, 1993-September 30, 2015) 2012 Films: Total Recall (2012) On August 3, 2012: (Theatrical To Unrated Extended) (English, French And Spanish) Sparkle (2012) On August 17, 2012 Looper (2012) On September 28, 2012: (English And Spanish)
2:57, 3:59 To 4:59: TriStar Pictures (June 25, 1993-September 30, 2015) 2009 Films: Not Easily Borken (2009) On January 9, 2009 District 9 (2009) On August 14, 2009: (English And French) Planet 51 (2009) On November 20, 2009 (English And Spanish)
The Listener (January 27, 2012-December 25, 2023) First Appearance 2012: Sparkle (2012) On August 17, 2012 And Looper (2012) On September 28, 2012 2013 Films: The Call (2013) On March 15, 2013, Evil Dead (2013) On April 5, 2013 And Elysium (2013) On August 9, 2013 2014 Films: Pompeii (2014) On February 21, 2014 And Moms' Night Out (2014) On May 9, 2014
