[2] The logo consists of a huge and detailed compass with the company name forming on a background, which is an ocean landscape.
In addition to various Columbus films, 26th Street Pictures has also produced movies by other directors including Brian Levant (Jingle All the Way), Henry Selick (Monkeybone), Alfonso Cuarón (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban), Joe Roth (Christmas with the Kranks), Tim Story (the Fantastic Four films), and Shawn Levy (the Night at the Museum series).
In 1994, Chris Columbus, who successfully directed the first two Home Alone films, and Mrs. Doubtfire, signed a three-year deal with 20th Century Fox, thus eventually led to the creation of a company called 1492 Pictures.
[5] In February 2011, the company bought the rights to the South Korean comedy film Hello Ghost starring Cha Tae-hyun and is scheduled to remake it.
[10] In June 2023, it was announced in Deadline Hollywood that Columbus had renamed the company 26th Street Pictures a year or two prior.