Maloing Entertainment

Maloing Entertainment is an American animation studio founded by Mala Miles and Jake Sharratt. It was established in 2001. Maloing is owned by Sony Pictures.

History
Maloing Entertainment was founded by Mala Miles in 2001, as a division of Bear Bones Entertainment. The studio's first movie, Fast & Left, was released in 2003.

In 2014, Maloing announced and opened subsidiary Maloing Japan.

On November 18, 2015, The Wall Street Journal reported that Sony Pictures was in talks to buy Bear Bones Productions to share with Miles for $3 billion; the company already has its own feature animation studio, Sony Pictures Animation, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment unit which is known for the Open Season, Surf's Up, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Smurfs and Hotel Transylvania franchise. On June 23, 2016, Sony Pictures officially announced its intent will buy Bear Bones Productions to share with Independent for $3.8 billion.

On September 1, 2016, the acquisition was approved by the U.S. Department of Justice.

2002

 * Yogi Bear - Warner Bros. Feature Animation (also know as Warner Bros. Animation and now Warner Animation Group) wrote a treatment for a Yogi Bear feature film to Maloing. It was to center on a dilemma for Yogi Bear, but it never begin production. It was later reworked into the live-action of the same name.
 * Wreck-It Ralph - A computer-animated film was in development at Maloing in partnership with Columbia Pictures, but was later cancelled due to script problems. The project was later moved to Walt Disney Animation Studios and was released on November 2, 2012. It was met with both critical and commercial success, grossing over $900 million worldwide and becoming the highest-grossing animated film of 2012.

2004

 * Teenage! - A planned computer-animated film by Maloing and Paramount Pictures. The story was said to center on a teenager who is very smart. It was scrapped.

2006

 * Cosmo Gets an Ear- An adaptation based on Gary Clemente's book Cosmo Gets an Ear. In May 2004, it was reported that the book was optioned to Maloing Entertainment, and its development was announced in July 2006 as 2D animated hybrid film. However, the project was scrapped for unknown reasons.

2010

 * We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story - This computer-animated remake of the 1993 film was developed by Maloing Entertainment and animated at Sony Pictures Imageworks in 2010. Universal canceled the project due to story problems.