Background: 21 Laps Entertainment is the production company of Canadian producer and actor Shawn Levy, formed in 1999. It was formerly known as Wunjo, Inc. until 2005, where it signed a non-exclusive deal with 20th Century Fox to produce their films. The company derives its name from the number of the laps Levy's eldest daughter ran in a jogathon when she was 5 years old. In 2010, the company formed a partnership with agent-turned-producer Marty Adelstein, forming "21 Laps Adelstein" to produce television shows, the first being Last Man Standing for ABC.
(2005-present)[]
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Logo: We see a bright orange flash, which appears to be the front end of a moving line of light, accompanied by five more lines. We then pan over to see them creating glowing pathways, emitting sparkles. Finally they create an abstract "21L" and two lines collide in the very center, creating a flash. The result reads "21L" rotated 90 degrees left (with a line at the bottom of the number "1", which is supposed to represent a starting/finish line). The name below reads "twenty-one laps" and "entertainment" underneath. Dots of light appear and float in the background until the logo fades out.
Variants:
•On The Internship, When the logo forms, It fades to the opening scene.
•On Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, The light in the middle of the logo flashes bright and starts the opening scene.
•At Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, the logo is shortened.
•On Stranger Things, the last few seconds of the logo are shown, and the number "21" is not rotated.
Trivia: This logo is made by Picture Mill.
FX/SFX: Everything. Great animation.
Music/Sounds: An uprising synth tune with twinkling sounds and buzzing of the lines. This was composed by Christophe Beck.
Availability: First seen on Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, though not on the Blu-ray. This logo also appeared on Date Night, The Watch, and other films from the company. It also appeared on the Netflix Original, Stranger Things.
Editor's Note: Low.
21 Laps / Adelstein Productions (October 11, 2011-May 20, 2021)[]
Logo: Similar to the regular movie logo, except a rotating starfield appears in the background, the dots of light are all gone, the burst of light is now orange, the abstract "21L" is replaced by a simplified, non-abstract "21LA" and the bigger text "adelstein" replaces the word "entertainment".
FX/SFX: The shining.
Music/Sounds: A dreamy sounding theme with twinkling sounds throughout. In a later seasons of Last Man Standing, the theme is shortened.
Availability: Seen on Last Man Standing on ABC (6 seasons) and FOX (last 3 seasons), and the short-lived sitcom Cristela.
Editor's Note: None.