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Type | Division |
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Industry | Animation |
Predecessor | MGM Animation/Visual Arts |
Founded | 1993[1] |
Founder |
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Defunct | 2000 |
Fate | Dormancy |
Products | Television shows Feature films |
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, 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.
The founders, Paul Sabella and Jonathan Dern, left the company in 1999 and founded SD Entertainment. The studio has been dormant ever since then.
History[]
MGM launched a dedicated animation division in January of 1994.[2]
Filmography[]
Theatrical[]
Release Date | Title | Other |
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March 29, 1996 | All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 | co-production with MGM/UA Family Entertainment |
Direct-to-video[]
Release Date | Title |
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March 4, 1997 | MGM Sing-Alongs: Searching for Your Dreams |
MGM Sing-Alongs: Friends | |
MGM Sing-Alongs: Having Fun | |
MGM Sing-Alongs: Being Happy | |
October 14, 1997 | Babes in Toyland |
November 17, 1998 | An All Dogs Christmas Carol |
December 22, 1998 | The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue |
April 4, 2000 | Tom Sawyer |
TV series[]
Show | Year(s) | Notes |
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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[]
- The Adventures of Hyperman (1995) (video game)
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.[3] 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. Variety reported in May 1998 that MGM had signed a deal for a film based on Cosby's routine on the conversations between God and the ark-builder Noah to be written by himself and Charles Kipps.[4] 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.[5]
See also[]
- List of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer theatrical animated feature films
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio
- MGM Animation/Visual Arts
- SD Entertainment
References[]
- ↑ Mancuso, Kirk (July 30, 1994). "Frank Mancuso A Q&A With The MGM CEO". Billboard. p. 55,57. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
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: - ↑ https://variety.com/1994/digital/features/ani-vid-cap-mgm-team-117221/
- ↑ Moore Studios Archived May 12, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ https://variety.com/1998/film/news/cosby-s-riff-on-noah-to-be-mgm-toon-pic-1117470936/
- ↑ Mallory, Michael (February 14, 2013). "The Elephant Not in the Room (or Anywhere Else)". Animation Magazine. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
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External links[]
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation on IMDb (subscription required)
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Series | Flip the Frog • Willie Whopper • Happy Harmonies • Captain and the Kids • Count Screwloose • Barney Bear • Tom and Jerry (filmography) • One-shots • Red Hot Riding Hood (Red (animated character)) • Droopy • Butch Dog • George and Junior • Screwy Squirrel • Spike and Tyke | |
People | Tex Avery • Joseph Barbera • Preston Blair • Scott Bradley • Friz Freleng • William Hanna • Hugh Harman • Rudolph Ising • Ub Iwerks • Chuck Jones • Michael Lah • Dick Lundy • Fred Quimby | |
Related | Associated Artists Productions • DePatie–Freleng Enterprises • Hanna-Barbera • MGM Animation/Visual Arts • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation |
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Companies/studios | Active | 21st Century Fox (20th Century Fox Animation • Blue Sky Studios • Fox Television Animation) • Ace & Son • Augenblick Studios • Bento Box Entertainment • The Curiosity Company • DHX Media (WildBrain) • Disney (Disney Television Animation • DisneyToon Studios • Industrial Light & Magic • Lucasfilm Animation • Marvel Animation • Pixar Animation Studios • Walt Disney Animation Studios) • Film Roman • Floyd County Productions • Frederator Studios (Frederator Films) • Fuzzy Door Productions • Golden Films • Hasbro (Hasbro Studios) • Jim Henson's Creature Shop • Kinofilm • Klasky Csupo • Laika • Little Airplane Productions • Man of Action Studios • Marza Animation Planet • Mattel (Hot Animation) • Mexopolis • Mondo Media (6 Point Harness) • NBCUniversal (DreamWorks Animation • Big Idea Entertainment • DreamWorks Classics • Harvey Entertainment • Jay Ward Productions • Illumination Entertainment • Universal Animation Studios • PorchLight Entertainment • Radical Axis • Reel FX Creative Studios • Renegade Animation • Rough Draft Studios • ShadowMachine • Sony Pictures (Adelaide Productions • Sony Pictures Animation • Sony Pictures Imageworks) • Splash Entertainment • Sprite Animation Studios • Spümcø • Stoopid Monkey • Time Warner (Cartoon Network Studios • Warner Bros. Animation • Williams Street) • Titmouse, Inc. • United Plankton Pictures • Vanguard Animation • Viacom (MTV Animation • Nick Digital • Nickelodeon Animation Studio • Paramount Animation) • World Events Productions |
Defunct | 70/30 Productions • Amblimation • Animation Collective • Animation Lab • Animation Magic • Cartoon Pizza • Circle 7 Animation • Cookie Jar Group • Crest Animation Productions • Curious Pictures • DePatie-Freleng Enterprises • DIC Entertainment • DNA Productions • Famous Studios • Filmation • Fleischer Studios • Fox Animation Studios • Hanna-Barbera • Jetlag Productions • Kroyer Films • Laugh-O-Gram Studio • Marvel Productions • MGM-Pathé Communications • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation • MGM Animation/Visual Arts • MGM Cartoons) • Pacific Data Images • Rankin/Bass Productions • Ruby-Spears • Screen Gems Cartoons • Skellington Productions • Soup2Nuts • Sullivan Bluth Studios • Sunbow Entertainment • Terrytoons • United Productions of America • Van Beuren Studios • Walter Lantz Productions • Warner Bros. Cartoons • Will Vinton Studios • Williams Street West | |
Industry associations | The Animation Guild, I.A.T.S.E. Local 839 • ASIFA-Hollywood | |
Awards | Academy Awards • Annie Award • Daytime Emmy Award • Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards • Primetime Emmy Award | |
History | Silent era • Golden age (World War II) • Television era • Modern era | |
Genres | Animated Infomercial • Animated sitcom • Buddy film • Comedy-drama • Superhero fiction • Western | |
Related topics | American Comics (History of American comics • Tijuana bible) • Humorous Phases of Funny Faces • Flash animation |
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