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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation
Company type	Division
Industry	Animation
Founded	1993; 31 years ago
Founder	Paul Sabella; Jonathan Dern;
Defunct	2002; 22 years ago
Fate	Dormancy
Successor	Library:; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (films); MGM Television (TV shows)
Products	Television shows; Feature films
Owner	MGM Holdings
Parent	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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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 in 2002, ever since then.

Filmography

Theatrical

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

Direct-to-video

Release Date	Title
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
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.^[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. Later, All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 became MGM Animation's only theatrical animated film.^{[citation needed]}
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 with Charles Kipps and as the voice of God, while Mel Brooks, 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]^[4]
Stargate: The Young Explorers. In 1997, Stargate: The Young Explorers was a proposed direct-to-video movie based on MGM's Stargate franchise that was announced to be in development alongside Babes in Toyland and The Secret of NIMH II. While the movie was never produced it's possible some of the concepts were incorporated into the animated series Stargate: Infinity.^[5]
Open Season. In 2002 Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer Animation is Closed, The ideas for Open Season came from cartoonist Steve Moore, who is known for his comic strip In the Bleachers. Moore and producer John Carls submitted the story to Sony in June 2002, and the film immediately went into development. On February 29, 2004, Sony Pictures Animation announced the beginning of the production on Open Season, its first CGI animated film.

References

^ Mancuso, Kirk (July 30, 1994). "Frank Mancuso A Q&A With The MGM CEO". Billboard. p. 55,57. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
^ Moore Studios Archived May 12, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
^ Mallory, Michael (February 14, 2013). "The Elephant Not in the Room (or Anywhere Else)". Animation Magazine. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
^ "Cosby's riff on Noah to be MGM toon pic". 18 May 1998.
^ "MGM animation taps Fukuto". 16 July 1997.

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[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.

[4] "Cosby's riff on Noah to be MGM toon pic". 18 May 1998.

[5] "MGM animation taps Fukuto". 16 July 1997.

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 * ''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 with Charles Kipps and as the voice of [[God]], while [[Mel Brooks]], [[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  [[Bill Cosby sexual assault cases|Cosby's sex abuse cases]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Michael|last=Mallory|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/top-stories/the-elephant-not-in-the-room-or-anywhere-else/|title=The Elephant Not in the Room (or Anywhere Else)|magazine=[[Animation Magazine]]|date=February 14, 2013|access-date=November 1, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1998/film/news/cosby-s-riff-on-noah-to-be-mgm-toon-pic-1117470936/|title = Cosby's riff on Noah to be MGM toon pic|date = 18 May 1998}}</ref>
 * ''Stargate: The Young Explorers''. In 1997, Stargate: The Young Explorers was a proposed direct-to-video movie based on MGM's [[Stargate]] franchise that was announced to be in development alongside ''Babes in Toyland'' and ''The Secret of NIMH II''. While the movie was never produced it's possible some of the concepts were incorporated into the animated series ''[[Stargate Infinity|Stargate: Infinity]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1997/scene/news/mgm-animation-taps-fukuto-1116676729/|title = MGM animation taps Fukuto|date = 16 July 1997}}</ref>
+* [[Open Season (2006 film)|Open Season]]. In 2002 Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer Animation is Closed, The ideas for Open Season came from cartoonist [[Steve Moore (cartoonist)|Steve Moore]], who is known for his comic strip In the Bleachers. Moore and producer John Carls submitted the story to Sony in June 2002, and the film immediately went into development. On February 29, 2004, [[Sony Pictures Animation]] announced the beginning of the production on Open Season, its first CGI animated film.
 == See also ==

v t e MGM Cartoons
Series	Flip the Frog Willie Whopper Happy Harmonies The Captain and the Kids Count Screwloose and J.R. the Wonder Dog One-shots Barney Bear The Bear Family The Bookworm and the Raven Tom and Jerry (filmography) Homer Flea Droopy Red Ol' Doc Donkey Screwy Squirrel George and Junior Butch Spike and Tyke
People	Tex Avery Joseph Barbera Preston Blair Scott Bradley Friz Freleng William Hanna Hugh Harman Rudolph Ising Ub Iwerks Gene Deitch Chuck Jones Michael Lah Dick Lundy Fred Quimby
Related	List of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer theatrical animated feature films Associated Artists Productions DePatie–Freleng Enterprises Hanna-Barbera MGM Animation/Visual Arts Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation Warner Bros. Animation Turner Entertainment Co. Iwerks Studio The Pink Panther

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