Although MGM has referred to all of the lions used in their trademark as "Leo the Lion", only the lion in use since 1957 was actually named "Leo". In 2021, MGM debuted a new logo which utilizes a CGI-animated render of Leo.

The Lionhearts: With William H. Macy, Peri Gilpin, Natasha Slayton, Cameron Finley. An animated series about the life of Leo, the MGM studios mascot and his family.

Mar 12, 2021 · After almost 100 years, MGM’s iconic roaring lion mascot has been replaced by an all-CGI version. More than half a dozen real live lions have been used over the years to portray the mascot, but...

Leo, the seventh lion, is by far MGM's longest-used lion, having appeared on most MGM films since 1957. Leo was born in Dublin Zoo, Ireland, the same as Slats. He was also the youngest at the time MGM filmed him roaring (hence his much smaller mane). Leo was purchased from famous animal dealer Henry Trefflich, and trained by Ralph Helfer.

A cartoon created by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for First-Run Syndication in 1998. It starred an animated version of MGM's lion mascot, Leo (voiced by William H. Macy), with a wife named Lana (Peri Gilpin), and kids named Kate, Spencer and Judy. The show lasted for 13 episodes.

Mar 9, 2021 · After nearly a century of live-action roaring lions, MGM has created an entirely computer animated version of its classic logo. The post The MGM Roaring Lion Is Now All CGI appeared first on...

He also appeared before MGM's black-and-white cartoons, such as the Flip the Frog and Willie Whopper series produced for MGM by the short-lived Ub Iwerks Studio, as well as the Captain and the Kids cartoons produced by MGM in 1938 and 1939.

Mar 12, 2021 · After a century of roaring at audiences on the big screen, the MGM lion is no more. That is, the live-action version of Leo the lion has now been replaced with a CG-animated Leo taking his...

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Aug 27, 2020 · The picture of a majestic lion first appeared on the Goldwyn Pictures Corporation logo in 1916 but it wasn’t until 1924, after Goldwyn Pictures became Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer (MGM), that a video clip of a lion was used in the bumper that preceded the studio’s films.