Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation (or MGM Animation for short) is the animation division of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture studio in Hollywood, California, that specializes in animated productions for theatrical features and television. It was established in 1993 and primarily involved in producing children's entertainment based upon MGM's ownership of properties, such as The Pink Panther, The Lionhearts, The Secret of NIMH, and All Dogs Go to Heaven.

For the 1930s-1950s studio, see Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio. For the 1960s studio, see MGM Animation/Visual Arts.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation
TypeDivision
IndustryAnimation
FateDormancy
PredecessorMGM Animation/Visual Arts
Founded1993 (1993)[1]
Founder
  • Paul Sabella
  • Jonathan Dern
Defunct2000 (2000)
ProductsTelevision shows
Feature films
OwnerMGM Holdings
ParentMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The founders, Paul Sabella and Jonathan Dern, left the company in 1999 and founded SD Entertainment. The studio has been dormant ever since then.

Filmography

Theatrical
Release Date Title Other
March 29, 1996All Dogs Go to Heaven 2co-production with MGM/UA Family Entertainment

Direct-to-video
Release Date Title
March 4, 1997MGM Sing-Alongs: Searching for Your Dreams
MGM Sing-Alongs: Friends
MGM Sing-Alongs: Having Fun
MGM Sing-Alongs: Being Happy
October 14, 1997Babes in Toyland
November 17, 1998An All Dogs Christmas Carol
December 22, 1998The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
April 4, 2000Tom Sawyer

TV series
Show Year(s) Notes
The Pink Panther 1993–1996
All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series 1996–1998
RoboCop: Alpha Commando 1998–1999 billed as "Produced by MGM Animation for Orion Pictures"
The Lionhearts 1998

Miscellaneous productions

Unproduced projects
  • The Betty Boop Movie. In 1993, there were plans for an animated musical feature film of Betty Boop to be MGM Animation's first theatrical animated film, but the plans were later canceled. The musical storyboard scene of the proposed film can be seen online.[2] The finished reel consists of Betty and her estranged father performing a jazz number together called "Where are you?" Jimmy Rowles and Sue Raney provide the vocals for Betty and Benny Boop. Latter All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 became MGM Animation's first theatrical animated film.
  • Noah. According to Animation Magazine, MGM Animation had plans to do a theatrical animated film adaption of comedian Bill Cosby's famous stand up sketch of his take of Noah's Ark with Cosby producing, co-writing the script and as the voice of God, while Carl Reiner and Jonathan Winters were in talks to voice Noah. However the project was canceled after Cosby's previous films were both commercial and critically failures and more people were becoming aware of Cosby's sex abuse cases.[3]

See also

References
  1. Mancuso, Kirk (July 30, 1994). "Frank Mancuso A Q&A With The MGM CEO". Billboard. p. 55,57. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  2. Moore Studios Archived May 12, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Mallory, Michael (February 14, 2013). "The Elephant Not in the Room (or Anywhere Else)". Animation Magazine. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
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