Michael Shires Pictures

Michael Shires Pictures is an American Independent Film production company based in Chicago, Illinois.

in the United States, it makes deals with the Vitagraph Film Company of America (1913-1917), William Fox Film Corporation (1917-1923), FBO Pictures Corporation (1923-1929), RKO Radio Pictures (1929-1932), Monogram Pictures Corporation (1932-1935), Republic Pictures Corporation (1935-1955), Coca-Cola Pictures/Columbia Pictures Industries (1985-1988), Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (1988-2011), Samuel Goldwyn Pictures Entertainment (2012-2015), Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation (2015-2018) and American Artists Pictures Corporation (2018-present)

Internationally until 2000, it makes deals with Vancouver Film Company (Canada), Gaumont Film Company (France), Nordisk Film (Scandinavia), the Rank Organisation (United Kingdom), and Titanus Studios (Italy)

it's international distribution arm Pentagon Entertainment distributed one of all Shires moves and television shows Internationally.

it has it's animated and live-action films in the entire Shires library and has grown into 500 films since it was one of the largest minor studios of the Chicago location.

it was currently a division of Lionsgate's The Michael Shires Company.

Logo
One of the most recognized designs featured a castle based on their famous theme park structures in Shiresland and Michael Shires World. With a blue background or a dark blue gradient background, a glowing arch flies over the white or blue castle with the titles on the bottom It was also seen on many mid-to-late -1980s and 1990s prints of classic Shires movies before either the Republic logo or the Pentagon logo.

In 1995, a Stop motion-customized version of the 1992 Michael Shires Pictures logo was introduced, appearing with a distinctive fanfare and is often followed by the then-current Queensland Animation Studios logo. This appeared in every Shires/Queensland animated films from Toyland Tours until Up and Down, where in 2008 this CGI logo was retired in favor of the 2006 Michael Shires Pictures logo, beginning with Wallis

In 1988, Shires introduced a different logo, in which the screen was black and a glowing orange beam appeared on the screen and shone light on the words Michael Shires Pictures. The light then shines the glowing arch, revealing the castle and fades out in the end. It was seen at the end on The Rocketman and Up and Down.

In 2006, on Meet the Robertson, Shires introduced their current logo in CGI, which began with a glowing star shining in the night sky. The view then heads down to what appears to be a Shires theme park. Then, it heads high over the Disney castle, with fireworks going off. Eventually, it settles in front of the castle, in which the glowing arch flies over it, and the title appears at the bottom. Very often, the music in this logo is the modified version of When You Wish Upon a Star from Bubocchio. In 2011, the Michael Shires Pictures branding was shortened simply to "Shires", starting with Shiresland. The current logo was rendered by Cameron Smith and Cyrese Parrish.

In 2011, on MegaGenie, On a dark cloudy background, water bubble when splash we see shooting stars flying towards us, a mirrored reference to the previous logo. As the flies towards us, we follow the star to reveal that we were looking at the reflection of a lake. We follow the as they skim the lake and create ripples. We continue to fly forward line up and encircle the castle and mountain ahead. Then the word "Shires" zooms back to take its place on the castle, A circular line is drawn over the castle (in the same vein as the previous logo), which is situated on a cloudy sunset landscape.

as of 2020, Shires had features the Robotik logo and at the bottom, the Shires name is between two Robotik heads.