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Industry | Media |
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Founded | March 6, 1976 |
Defunct | August 31, 1999 |
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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1968 | FilmFair London is founded |
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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 |
1986/1987 | Andy Heyward takes over DIC Enterprises and renames it DIC Animation City with help from both Bear Stearns & Co and Prudential Insurance Co Jean Chalopin retains DIC Audiovisuel and establishes Créativité et Développement |
1988 | Studio B Productions is founded |
1992 | Epitome Pictures is founded |
1993 | Capital Cities/ABC purchases DIC Animation City, renaming it DIC Entertainment |
1994 | Both Wild Brain and Red Rover Studios were founded |
1995 | Platinum Disc Corporation is founded |
1996 | The Walt Disney Company purchases Capital Cities/ABC, which included DIC Entertainment as well CINAR buys FilmFair's library |
1997 | Decode Entertainment is founded |
1999 | Wild Brain acquires Colossal Pictures' employee base |
2000 | Andy Heyward re-acquires DIC Entertainment from The Walt Disney Company with help this time around from both Bain Capital and Chase Capital Partners |
2002 | Nerd Corps Entertainment is founded DIC Entertainment rebrands themselves onscreen as The Incredible World Of DIC |
2004 | Halifax Film Company is founded Michael Hirsh takes over CINAR and renames it as Cookie Jar Group |
2005 | Platinum Disc Corporation merge as Echo Bridge Home Entertainment |
2006 | Decode and Halifax Film merge as DHX Media DIC Entertainment acquires CPLG Ragdoll Productions forms a joint-venture with BBC Worldwide called Ragdoll Worldwide Wildbrain acquires stake in Kidrobot |
2007 | DHX Media buys Studio B Productions Wild Brain becomes Wildbrain Entertainment |
2008 | Cookie Jar Group purchases and folds DIC Entertainment House of Cool absorbs Red Rover Studios |
2010 | DHX Media buys Wildbrain Entertainment Peanuts Worldwide is founded |
2011 | Decode Entertainment and Red Rover Studios both close |
2012 | DHX Media buys Cookie Jar Group Wildbrain Entertainment acquires Kidrobot as a whole |
2013 | DHX Media acquires Ragdoll Worldwide from Ragdoll Productions and BBC Worldwide; despite that though, Ragdoll Productions themselves remain independent |
2014 | DHX Media buys Epitome Pictures, Nerd Corps, and Echo Bridge Home Entertainment's family content library, as well as Family, the Canadian English and French Disney Junior channels, and the Canadian version of Disney XD National Entertainment Collectibles Association acquires Kidrobot from Wildbrain Entertainment |
2016 | The WildBrain multi-channel network launches 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 the WildBrain MCN becomes WildBrain Spark |
2020 | CPLG becomes WildBrain CPLG |
2021 | Echo Bridge folds into SP Distribution |
2023 | WildBrain acquires House of Cool |
2024 | WildBrain Spark merged into its parent company as WildBrain London |
Colossal Pictures (also styled as (Colossal) Pictures or (C)P) was an American entertainment company[1] that developed and produced television programming, advertising, network branding, and visual effects. Colossal's work has won every major industry award, from the Clio, Emmy, and Grammy Awards to the Cannes Gold Lion and Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Top Honor.