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{{short description|Corporate logo of The Walt Disney Company}}
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In 2006, the studio's vanity card logo was updated with the release of ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest]]'' at the behest of then-Walt Disney Studios chairman [[Dick Cook]] and studio marketing president Oren Aviv.<ref name="DisneyLogo" /> Designed by Disney animation director [[Mike Gabriel]] and producer Baker Bloodworth, the modernized logo was created completely in [[computer animation]] by [[Wētā FX]] and yU+co and featured a 3D [[Waltograph|New Waltograph]] typography. The final rendering of the logo was done by Cameron Smith and Cyrese Parrish.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Behance|url=https://www.behance.net/gallery/4054269/Walt-Disney-Pictures-Logo-(2006)-Compositing-Lead|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125053044/https://www.behance.net/gallery/4054269/Walt-Disney-Pictures-Logo-(2006)-Compositing-Lead|archive-date=January 25, 2016|access-date=January 19, 2016|website=[[Behance]]}}</ref> In addition, the revamped logo includes visual references to ''[[Pinocchio (1940 film)|Pinocchio]]'', ''[[Dumbo]]'', ''[[Cinderella (1950 film)|Cinderella]]'', ''[[Peter Pan (1953 film)|Peter Pan]]'' and ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'', and its redesigned castle incorporates elements from both the [[Cinderella Castle]] and the Sleeping Beauty Castle, as well as [[fireworks]] and [[Walt Disney]]'s [[Crest (heraldry)|family crest]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cieply|first=Michael|date=July 10, 2014|title=Eat Your Heart Out, MGM Kitty|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/movies/movie-studios-strive-for-ever-more-inventive-logos.html|url-status=live|access-date=August 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923195002/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/movies/movie-studios-strive-for-ever-more-inventive-logos.html|archive-date=September 23, 2020}}</ref> [[Mark Mancina]] wrote a new composition and arrangement of "When You Wish Upon a Star" to accompany the 2006 logo.<ref name="DisneyLogo" /> It was co-arranged and orchestrated by [[David Metzger]]. In 2011, starting with ''[[The Muppets (film)|The Muppets]]'', the sequence was modified to truncate the "Walt Disney Pictures" branding to "Disney", which has mainly been used originally in home media releases since 2007.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Walker|first1=RV|date=March 28, 2015|title=The Disney Logo: A Brief History of its Evolution and Variations|work=[[Nerdist Industries]]|url=https://nerdist.com/article/the-disney-logo-a-brief-history-of-its-evolution-and-variations/|url-status=live|access-date=October 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727162913/https://nerdist.com/article/the-disney-logo-a-brief-history-of-its-evolution-and-variations/|archive-date=July 27, 2019}}</ref> The new logo sequence has been consistently modified for high-profile releases including ''[[Tron: Legacy]]'', ''[[Maleficent (film)|Maleficent]]'', ''[[Tomorrowland (film)|Tomorrowland]]'', ''[[The Jungle Book (2016 film)|The Jungle Book]]'', ''[[Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'', ''[[The Lion King (2019 film)|The Lion King]]'', ''[[Mulan (2020 film)|Mulan]]'', ''[[Hocus Pocus 2]]'', and ''[[Disenchanted (film)|Disenchanted]]''.
In 2022, a new production logo was introduced for the studio's [[Centennial|100th anniversary]] in 2023, which premiered at the 2022 [[D23 Expo]]. The new castle logo features an updated opening sequence in [[computer animation]] at sunrise created by Disney Studios Content and [[Industrial Light & Magic]] and an arrangement of "When You Wish Upon a Star", composed by [[Christophe Beck]] and conducted by [[Tim Davies (musician)|Tim Davies]]. The magical arc that usually flies from right to left above the castle now flies from left to right, a subtle reference to several arc appearances since 2005, including the 2005 [[Hong Kong Disneyland]] logo, drawing the 2006 Walt Disney Pictures print logo and most recently, the animated [[Disney+]] logo.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parlevliet |first=Mirko |date=September 9, 2022 |title=Disney Live Action, Pixar and Animation Studios Present Upcoming Slate at D23 Expo |url=https://www.vitalthrills.com/disney-live-action/ |access-date=September 10, 2022 |website=vitalthrills.com}}</ref> A
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