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Colossal Pictures
Industry
Media
Founded
1976; 48 years ago (1976)
Defunct
August 31, 1999; 24 years ago (1999-08-31)
Fate
Closed; employee base purchased by Wild Brain
Successor
USFX M5 Industries Wild Brain
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, U.S. New York City, New York, U.S. (1989–1996)
Key people
Drew Takahashi Gary Gutierrez Japhet Asher
Products
Animation Stop-motion Computer graphics Special effects Interactive media Live-action
Subsidiaries
USFX BIG Pictures Noyes and Laybourne
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The evolution of WildBrain
1968
FilmFair London is founded
1971
DIC Audiovisuel is founded
1972
Strawberry Shortcake brand is first developed
1974
CPLG is founded
1976
CINAR and Colossal Pictures are 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‚ and Red Rover Studios is founded, DIC Entertainment brands as The Incredible World of DIC
1995
Platinum Disc Corporation is founded
1996
CINAR buys FilmFair's library
1997
Decode Entertainment is founded
1999
Wild Brain acquires Colossal Pictures' employee base
2002
Nerd Corps Entertainment is founded
2004
Halifax Film Company is founded, CINAR rebrands as Cookie Jar Group
2005
Platinum Disc Corporation merge as 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
Cookie Jar Group absorbs DIC and House of Cool absorbs Red Rover Studios
2010
DHX Media buys Wildbrain Entertainment‚ and Peanuts Worldwide is founded
2011
Decode Entertainment and Red Rover Studios 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's family content library; Cookie Jar Group is absorbed
2016
The WildBrain multi-channel network launches and Studio B and Nerd Corps merge as DHX Studios
2017
Wildbrain Entertainment closes; DHX Media buys Peanuts Worldwide and Strawberry Shortcake
2018
Halifax Film becomes 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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