Nelvana Movies is an American animation studio owned by Nelvana, founded by Chris Meledandri in 2023. The studio's films are distributed worldwide by Sony Pictures Releasing under their Columbia Pictures label, Nelvana Movies' first film The Maggie and the Ferocious Beast Movie was released on January 19, 2024. Its next film is Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse, set for release on October 11, 2024, followed by three other film projects, My Friend Rabbit, Gofrette, Stuart Little, Blazing Dragons, Esme and Roy, The Unstoppable Yellow Yeti, Best & Bester, The Legend of the North Wind, Redwall, Franklin and Friends, This Was Our Pact and An American Tails.
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Production logo[]
When Chris Meledandri came to Nelvana Movies, one of the first goals set by Jim Gianopulos was to make a logo for the division. The logo and the character of Polar Bear were designed by Under the Boardwalk production design Shannon Jeffries and Christopher Zibach and animated by Cinesite Animation and Sony Pictures Imageworks. The logo's music is the same as the standard Frozen which is composed by Christophe Beck.
| Title | Release date | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Composer(s) | Co-production with | Animation services | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Maggie and the Ferocious Beast Movie | January 19, 2024 | Clay Kaytis Fergal Reilly |
Matt Lieberman Erica Rivinoja Conrad Vernon(story) Matt Lieberman Pam Brady(screenplay) |
Chris Meledandri | Christophe Beck | Walden Media Bron Studios |
Cinesite Animation | N/A |
| Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse | September 20, 2024 | Tim Hill | Jon Vitti | Christopher Lennertz | N/A | |||
| My Friend Rabbit | May 23, 2025 | Tony Leondis | Chris McKenna | Patrick Doyle | ||||
| Gofrette | May 22, 2026 | Carlos Saldanha | David Guion Michael Handelman |
Batu Sener | ||||
| Stuart Little | January 15, 2027 | Rob Minkoff Mark Koetsier |
Ed Stone Nate Hopper |
Bear McCreary | ||||
| Blazing Dragons | May 21, 2027 | Nick Bruno and Troy Quane | Brad Coperland | Christophe Beck | ||||
| Esme and Roy | September 22, 2027 | Anthony Stacchi | Steve Bencich Ron J. Friedman Nat Mauldin |
Paul Westerberg Ramin Djawadi | ||||
| Redwall | April 27, 2029 | Gore Verbinski | Ted Elliott Terry Rossio |
Hans Zimmer Steve Mazzaro | ||||
| The Unstoppable Yellow Yeti | September 28, 2029 | Benjamin Renner | Mike White | John Powell | ||||
| An American Tails | March 22, 2030 | Brad Bird | Michael Giacchino | |||||
| Franklin and Friends | May 24, 2030 | Peggy Holmes | Kiel Murray | John Debney | ||||
| The Legend of the North Wind | November 1, 2030 | Nathan Greno | Siddhartha Khosla | |||||
| This Was Our Pact | April 15, 2033 | Greg Tiernan Conrad Vernon |
Matt Lieberman | Mychael Danna Jeff Danna | ||||
| Best & Bester | July 22, 2033 | Rich Moore | Phil Johnston | Michael Giancchino | ||||