Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures is a major motion-picture studio based out of Universal City, California and the oldest surviving film studio in the United States of America. Universal's key founder was German-Jewish immigrant Carl Laemmle whose ambitious business strategies paved the way for today's modern studio system. For over a century in production, Universal Pictures have established cultural institutions such as their horror films, was home to performers like Doris Day, James Stewart, and comedy duo Bud Abbot and Lou Costello, and had success with notable directors like Alfred Hitchcock and Steven Spielberg. Universal Pictures is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America and considered one of Hollywood's "Big Six" film studios.

Universal's logo is the planet Earth simply rotating in its solar system, a premise dating back to their first known motion logo in 1913. Traditionally, text, identifying the logo and the feature it follows belonging to Universal, is placed in front of the Earth, or surrounding it in a semi-circle.