WildBrain Studios facts for kids

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WildBrain Studios

Logo used since 2019
Formerly	DHX Studios (2016–2019)
Type	Division
Industry	Animation Live action
Predecessors	WildBrain Entertainment Studio B Productions Nerd Corps Entertainment Epitome Pictures
Founded	2016; 9 years ago (2016)
Headquarters	Vancouver, British Columbia , Canada
Products	Animated television series
Number of employees	>700 (2020)
Parent	WildBrain

WildBrain Studios is a cool animation and live-action studio in Vancouver, Canada. It's part of a bigger entertainment company called WildBrain. The studio started in 2016 and was first known as DHX Studios.

History of WildBrain Studios

The evolution of WildBrain

1968	FilmFair is founded
1971	DIC Audiovisuel is founded
1974	CPLG is founded
1976	CINAR and Colossal Pictures are founded
1978	Iconix Brand Group is founded.
1982	DIC Enterprises is founded
1984	Ragdoll Productions is founded
1987	DIC Audiovisuel closes
1988	Studio B Productions is founded
1992	Epitome Pictures is founded
1993	DIC Enterprises becomes DIC Entertainment
1994	Wild Brain is founded
1995	Platinum Disc Corporation is founded
1996	CINAR buys FilmFair's library
1997	Decode Entertainment is founded
1999	Wild Brain absorbs Colossal Pictures' employees
2002	Nerd Corps Entertainment is founded
2004	Halifax Film Company is founded and CINAR rebrands as Cookie Jar Group, and the House of Cool are founded
2005	Platinum Disc Corporation becomes Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
2006	Decode and Halifax Film merge as DHX Media, DIC acquires CPLG, and Ragdoll Worldwide is formed with BBC Worldwide
2007	DHX Media buys Studio B Productions and Wild Brain becomes Wildbrain Entertainment
2008	DIC Entertainment is acquired and absorbed into Cookie Jar Group
2010	DHX Media buys Wildbrain Entertainment
2011	Decode Entertainment closes
2012	DHX Media buys Cookie Jar Group
2013	DHX Media buys Ragdoll Worldwide
2014	DHX Media buys Epitome Pictures, Nerd Corps, and Echo Bridge Home Entertainment and Cookie Jar is absorbed
2016	The WildBrain multi-channel network launches and Studio B and Nerd Corps merge as DHX Studios
2017	Wildbrain Entertainment closes and DHX Media buys Iconix Brands Entertainment
2018	Halifax Film becomes spins off as Island of Misfits
2019	DHX Media rebrands as WildBrain, Epitome Pictures closes, and the WildBrain MCN becomes WildBrain Spark
2020	CPLG becomes WildBrain CPLG
2023	WildBrain acquires House of Cool
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In January 2016, DHX Media decided to build a big studio in Vancouver, British Columbia. This new studio would make both animated and live-action shows. Later that year, teams from two other studios, Studio B Productions (bought in 2007) and Nerd Corps Entertainment (bought in 2014), moved into this new building.

The studio has two main production teams. One team, from Nerd Corps, makes shows using computer-generated imagery (CGI). The other team, from Studio B, creates 2D animated shows, including those made with Adobe Animate.

By 2019, the Vancouver studio was the only one left in this part of the company. Other studios had either been sold or closed down.

Shows Made by WildBrain Studios

WildBrain Studios has created many popular animated and live-action shows. Here are some of them:

Animated Series

Live Action Series

Specials

Animated Shorts

Feature Films

Other Studios Connected to WildBrain

WildBrain has had other studios that were part of its family or were related in the past.

Island of Misfits

Island of Misfits was first called the Halifax Film Company. It was started in May 2004 by Michael Donovan and Charles Bishop. This studio made live-action TV shows, stop-motion series for kids, CGI shows, and dramas.

In May 2006, Halifax Film joined with another company called Decode Entertainment to form DHX Media. Halifax Film became a part of DHX Media. By 2010, all studios under DHX Media, including Halifax Film, were brought together under the DHX Media name.

Logo used from 2004 to 2010

In 2014, the studio moved to a new location. In November 2018, DHX sold its Halifax animation studio to a company called IoM Media Ventures. Even after the sale, the studio still helps make animation for shows owned by WildBrain.

DHX Media Los Angeles

On September 14, 2010, DHX bought a studio in Los Angeles called WildBrain Entertainment. At some point, this studio was renamed DHX Media Los Angeles. In 2013, DHX moved some of its work to its Canadian studios. The Los Angeles studio closed in 2017.

DHX Media Toronto

DHX Media Toronto started on February 27, 1997, as Decode Entertainment, Inc.. It was founded by Steven DeNure, Neil Court, and John Delmage in Toronto, Canada. This company made many TV shows and supplied programming for children and teens around the world. Decode Entertainment focused on traditional animation, computer animation, and live-action shows.

On May 16, 2006, Decode Entertainment joined with Halifax Film to form DHX Media. Decode Entertainment became a part of DHX Media. By 2010, all studios under DHX Media, including Decode Entertainment, were brought together under the DHX Media name.

By 2011, DHX Media stopped making new content at the old Decode offices. Another company, Epitome Pictures, which DHX bought in 2014, later used the name DHX Studios Toronto in 2016. However, this new DHX Studios Toronto was not related to the original animation studio.

DHX Studios Toronto (Epitome Pictures)

In 2016, Epitome Pictures was renamed DHX Studios Toronto. This company made live-action shows. In 2019, DHX sold the building, and the Toronto studio stopped its operations.

See also

• WildBrain Spark
• Studio B Productions
• WildBrain Entertainment
• Cookie Jar Group
• Ragdoll Productions
• Epitome Pictures
• Nerd Corps Entertainment
• Iconix Brand Group