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The simple and slick title logo of Christopher Nolan’s latest film, Tenet, has raised a few brows due to its familiarity.

Along with the release of its trailer, Tenet’s movie poster surfaced online, showing off its logo for the first time. Its last two letters are inverted, possibly referencing a time invasion, a central feature of the plot.

However, the logomark appears almost identical to the one used by a bicycle components company. After the trailer first dropped, Tenet Components clarified that it had not stolen Nolan’s design. Owner Tyler Deschaine also released a statement stating that his company had trademarked the “Tenet” name back in 2018.

Deschaine also reached out to Warner Bros. about the branding similarities, resulting in a response by Nolan himself. Nolan revealed that the film logo had taken him six years to design, and that it was “driven by a fascination with the symmetries of a word which was central to the story.”

Nolan obligingly added that he could take down the design since the bicycle company “went public” with the wordmark first.



Deschaine also requested that Nolan “use a different font or stylization,” so that there’s a distinction between the two. The updated logo, seen in the latest trailer, confirms that the last two letters are no longer inverted.

Warner Bros. will re-release Inception on July 17, the special anniversary theatrical event will also include new footage from #TENET and select upcoming Warner Bros. films pic.twitter.com/CgSyHpbGBD

— TENET News (@TenetUpdates) June 13, 2020

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𝟱/𝟮𝟱/𝟮𝟬 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝟲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗼𝗹𝗱. 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗿. 𝗡𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗕 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗠𝗿. 𝗡𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗻’𝘀 𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲. • ORIGINAL POST FROM 2019 -> No, despite the striking similarities, we are not making a movie with Christopher Nolan. Maybe it was a coincidence, or maybe Nolan was inspired by our branding; regardless the apparent negligence is frustrating to say the least. Thank you to all the people that have reached out in support of Tenet (the bike brand). When we became aware of this, our biggest fear was that many of our peers who haven’t heard of Tenet (the bike brand, shit this is going to get old quick) might think WE stole the logo from Nolan, when in reality, we launched long before this movie was announced. If you would like to share this post to help spread the word, it would be greatly appreciated. I’m sure one day we’ll all look back on this and shake our heads in disbelief. #supportriderowned #damntheman

A post shared by TENET COMPONENTS ™️ (@ride_tenet) on Dec 19, 2019 at 4:37pm PST

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