Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation
Division
Industry Animation
Film
Television
Predecessor MGM Animation/Visual Arts
Founded June 23, 1993 (June 23, 1993)
Founder Paul Sabella
Jonathan Dern
Products TV shows
Movies
Owner MGM Holdings
Parent Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation (or MGM Animation for short) was the animation division of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture studio in Hollywood, California, United States, 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 properties owned by MGM, such as The Pink Panther, The Lionhearts, The Secret of NIMH, and All Dogs Go to Heaven. As of 2003, the studio has been dormant.

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: Being Happy
MGM Sing-Alongs: Friends
MGM Sing-Alongs: Having Fun
MGM Sing-Alongs: Searching for Your Dreams
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
Stargate Infinity 2002–2003 co-production with DIC Entertainment (now DHX Media)

Miscellaneous productions

Unproduced projects

  • The Betty Boop Movie, In 1993, there were plans for an animated feature film of Betty Boop to be MGM Animation's first theatrical animated film. But those plans were later canceled. The musical storyboard scene of the proposed film can be seen online.[1] 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.
  • Sonic the Hedgehog The Movie, Plans for an animated film based off the hit game series Sonic the Hedgehog, Taking place in the American Made Saturday Morning Series Continuity wrote from the unused 3rd season of the series by Ben Hurst, produced under MGM Animation. The Idea was discussed between Hurst and a Sega executive then later due to miscommunication was rejected by SEGA.[2]
  • Noah, According to Animation Magazine, MGM Animation had plans to do a theatrical animated movie adaption of comedian Bill Cosby's famous stand up sketch of his take of Noah's Ark with Bill 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 Bill's previous films were both commercial and critically failures and more people were becoming aware of Cosby's sex abuse cases.[3]
  • Punk Farm, In June 2011, MGM Animation announced that it was developing a computer-animated film based on the book Punk Farm. David Silverman, the director of 20th Century Fox's The Simpsons Movie and co-director of Disney/Pixar's Monsters, Inc., would direct the feature.[4] But it was cancelled.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Moore Studios Archived May 12, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ http://www.sonicsatam.com/information/the-lost-3rd-season/
  3. ↑ http://www.animationmagazine.net/top-stories/the-elephant-not-in-the-room-or-anywhere-else/
  4. ↑ Kilday, Gregg (2011-06-08). "MGM to Develop 'Punk Farm' Animated Movie". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2011-06-09.


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