Riding high off the success of 'Detective Carl Returns,' Orion Pictures to launch in-house animation division

March 1, 2023 3:00 AM

Look out, 20th Century Animation and DreamWorks, there’s a new (animated) sheriff in town.

Following the bigger than expected success of Orion's Detective Carl Returns, Orion Pictures, a division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer which is in turn owned by MGM Holdings (Amazon Inc.), has announced that they will be relaunching their own in-house animated division called, fittingly, Orion Animation. Previously, Orion Animation was made for more platform and adult animation productions but due to the underperformances of various films, it was shut down, until now. MGM is seemlingly giving the studio a second chance.

According to Variety, the studio is planning to release their first title under their new division soon, though there is no announcement on what that movie will be (of course, between earning over $380 million at the domestic box office and raves from critics, as well as a trend of nostaglic long gap sequels, a Detective Carl Returns sequel wouldn’t be entirely unexpected).