WildBrain

**WildBrain** (formerly known as **CINAR/CINAR Corporation/CINAR Films/CiNAR, Cookie Jar Entertainment/Cookie Jar Group/Cookie Jar/DHX Cookie Jar, DHX Media/DHX Media Ltd** ) is a Canadian production company and animation studio. WildBrain produces children's television programming. The company is best known for producing _My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Franny's Feet,_ _Strawberry Shortcake_, _Sonic Prime_, _Ella the Elephant_ and _Johnny Test_.

## List Of Shows

**DHX Media Halifax**

Live-action series
|Title|Creator(s) / Developer(s)|Year(s)|Network|Co-production with|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_This Hour Has 22 Minutes_|Mary Walsh|2005–present|rowspan="2"|CBC Television|DHX Media (2006–2018) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|Seasons 12–25. Produced as Halifax Film Company in season 12, as Halifax Film in seasons 13–17 and as DHX Studios Vancouver in seasons 18–25.|
|_North/South_|Floyd Kane|2006||rowspan="2"|Produced as Halifax Film.||
|_The Guard_||2008–2009|Global||||
|_That's So Weird!_|Jeff Copeland|2009–2012|YTV||Produced as Halifax Film in season 1 and as DHX Studios Halifax in seasons 2 and 3.||

#### Animated series

|Title|Creator(s) / Developer(s)|Years|Network|Co-production with|Notes|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_Lunar Jim_|Alexander Bar|2006–2007|rowspan="6"|CBC Television|Alliance Atlantis|rowspan="4"|Produced as Halifax Film.|
|_Bo on the Go!_|rowspan="2"|Jeff Rosen|rowspan="2"|2007–2011||||
|_Animal Mechanicals_||||||||
|_The Mighty Jungle_|* Jason Hopley * Jeff Rosen|2007–2008|Decode Entertainment|||||
|_Poko_|* Jeff Rosen * Cheryl Wagner * Michael Donovan|2008|* Eraser Dog Prods. * Alliance Atlantis|Season 2. Produced as Halifax Film.||||
|_Pirates: Adventures in Art_||2010–2011|Privateer II Productions|Produced as Halifax Film.||||
|_Doozers_||2013–2018|* **Canada** Kids' CBC * **United States** Hulu|The Jim Henson Company||||
|_Inspector Gadget_||2015–2018|* Teletoon (2015) * Family Channel (2017–18)|DHX Media||||
|_Wishenpoof!_|Angela Santomero|2015|Amazon Prime Video|* Out of the Blue Enterprises * Amazon Studios||||
|_Super Why!_|* Angela Santomero * Samantha Freeman Alpert * Wendy Harris * Traci Paige Johnson * Jennifer Twomey * Dr. Alice Wilder|2015–2016|* **Canada** CBC Kids * **United States** PBS Kids|Out of the Blue Enterprises|Season 3.|||
|_Space Ranger Roger_||2017||||||
|_Bob the Builder_|Keith Chapman|2017–2018|* **Canada** Family Jr. * **United Kingdom** Channel 5|Mattel Creations|Animation services for season 3 as IoM Media Ventures Halifax.|||
|_Fireman Sam_|* Rob Lee * Dave Gingell * Dave Jones|2017–present|Channel 5|Mattel Television|Season 11 onward. Produced as DHX Studios Halifax in season 11. Animation services from season 12 onward as Island of Misfits.|||

#### Animated shorts

|Title|Director(s)|Year(s)|Network|Co-production with|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_Slugterra: Ascension_|Don Urquhart|2022|Family Channel|Epic Story Media|Sequel to the NerdCorps/DHX Studios Vancouver series.|

#### Films

|Title|Year|Co-production with|Distributed by|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_Shake Hands with the Devil_|2007|Barna-Alper Productions Head Gear Films Seville Productions|Seville Pictures||
**DHX Media Toronto**

#### Live-action series

|Title|Creator(s) / Developer(s)|Years|Network|Co-production with|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_Our Hero_|* John May * Suzanne Bolch|rowspan="2"|2000–2002|CBC Television|Heroic Film Company||
|_The Zack Files_|Kathy Slevin|YTV|||||
|_The Hoobs_|* Jocelyn Stevenson * Brian Henson|2001–2003|Channel 4|The Jim Henson Company|||
|_Be the Creature_|* Chris Kratt * Martin Kratt|2003–2004|National Geographic Channel|Kratt Brothers Company Limited|||
|_Radio Free Roscoe_|Will McRobb Douglas McRobb|2003–2005|rowspan="2"|Family Channel|||
|_Naturally, Sadie_|* Barbara Wiechmann * Suzanne Bolch * John May|2005–2007|||||
|_The Adrenaline Project_||2007–2008|YTV|Marblemedia|Distribution only.||
|_The Latest Buzz_|Brent Piaskoski|2007–2010|Family Channel||||
|_Grandpa in My Pocket_|Mellie Buse and Jan Page|2009–2010|CBeebies|Adastra Creative Ltd.|Distribution only.||
|_Waybuloo_|Dan Good|2009–2014|* **Canada** Treehouse TV * **United Kingdom** CBeebies|The Foundation|Live-action/animated series. Produced as Decode Entertainment in season 1 and as DHX Media Toronto in seasons 2–4.||
|_How to Be Indie_|* Vera Santamaria * Suzanne Bolch * John May|2009–2011|YTV|* Heroic Film Company * Sudden Storm Entertainment|Produced as Decode Entertainment in season 1 and as DHX Media Toronto in season 2.||

#### Animated series

|Title|Creator(s) / Developer(s)|Years|Network|Co-production with|Notes|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_Freaky Stories_|* Steve Schnier * John A. Delmage|1997–2000|* **Canada** YTV * **United States** Fox Family|* Funbag Animation Studios * Sound Venture Productions (seasons 2–3) * Vujade Entertainment * Big Time Talking Pictures||||
|_Angela Anaconda_|* Joanna Ferone * Sue Rose|rowspan="2"|1999–2001|* **Canada** Teletoon * **United States** Fox Family|C.O.R.E.|||
|_Watership Down_||* **Canada** YTV * **United Kingdom** CITV|* Nepenthe Productions * Alltime Entertainment|||||
|_Weird-Ohs_|Bill Campbell|1999–2000|* **Canada** YTV * **United States** Fox Family|* Mainframe Entertainment * EM.TV & Merchandising AG * Testors Corporation||||
|_Rainbow Fish_||2000|* **Canada** Teletoon * **Germany** ZDF * **United States** HBO Family|* Sport 1 Medien * EM.TV & Merchandising AG * Sony Wonder Television||||
|_Undergrads_|* Pete Williams * Josh A. Cagan|2001|* Canada Teletoon * **United States** MTV|* MTV Animation * Funbag Animation Studios||||
|_Olliver's Adventures_|Edward Kay|2002–2005|Teletoon|Collideascope Digital Productions||||
|_Girlstuff/Boystuff_|* Ruth Beni * Alan Silbering|2002–2005|YTV|* Agogo Media * AE, Ltd.||||
|_The Blobheads_|Howard Busgang|2003-2004|* **Canada** CBC Television * **United Kingdom** Nickelodeon UK|* Wark Clements Studios * Gallus Entertainment * Absolute Studios||||
|_King_|* Gordon Coulthart * Mary Crawford * Alan Templeton|2003–2005|Family Channel|Funbag Animation Studios||||
|_The Save-Ums!_|* Dan Clark * Don Asher|2003–2006|* **Canada** CBC Television * **United States** Discovery Kids|* The Dan Clark Company * C.O.R.E.||||
|_Franny's Feet_|* Cathy Moss * Susin Nielsen|2003–2010|* **Canada** Family Channel * **United Kingdom** Five|* WNET * C.O.R.E.||||
|_Bromwell High_|* Anil Gupta * Richard Osman * Richard Pinto|2005|* **Canada** Teletoon * **United Kingdom** Channel 4|Hat Trick Productions||||
|_Delilah & Julius_|* Suzanne Chapman * Steven JP Comeau * Lienne Sawatsky * Daniel Williams|2005–2008|Teletoon|Collideascope Digital Productions||||
|_Planet Sketch_||2005–2007|* **Canada** Teletoon * **United Kingdom** CITV|Aardman Animations||||
|_Dudson's Modern Tales_||rowspan="2"|2006|||||
|_The Naughty Naughty Pets_|Wendy Ann Gardner|CBC Television|C.O.R.E.|||||
|_Super Why!_|* Angela Santomero * Samantha Freeman Alpert * Wendy Harris * Traci Paige Johnson * Jennifer Twomey * Dr. Alice Wilder|2007–2012|* **Canada** CBC Kids * **United States** PBS Kids|Out of the Blue Enterprises|Seasons 1 and 2.|||
|_Clang Invasion_|* Seng Choon Meng * Doug Hadders * Adam Rothstein|rowspan="3"|2007–2008|rowspan="2"|YTV|* Scrawl Studios * AGOGO Entertainment Ltd.||
|_Urban Vermin_|* Diana Arruda * Tim Thompson|||||||
|_Chop Socky Chooks_|Sergio Delfino|* **Canada** * Teletoon * **United Kingdom** * Cartoon Network|Aardman Animations|||||
|_Dirtgirlworld_|* Cate McQuillen * Hewey Eustace|2009–2011|* **Australia** ABC Kids * **Canada** CBC Television * **United Kingdom** CBeebies|Mememe Productions||||
|_PoppetsTown_|Katherine Sangford|2009–2011|* Knowledge Network * TVOKids|Neptuno Films||||
Wildbrain Studios
|Title|Creator(s) / Developer(s)|Year(s)|Network|Co-production with|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_Blaze and the Monster Machines_|* Jeff Borkin * Ellen Martin * Clark Stubbs|2015–2025|Nick Jr. Channel|Nickelodeon Animation Studio|Seasons 2 to 9. Previously produced by Nerd Corps Entertainment in season 1. Produced as DHX Studios from seasons 2 to 5.||
|_The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show_|David P. Smith|2015–2017|Netflix|* Jay Ward Productions * DreamWorks Animation Television|Animation services.||
|_Supernoobs_|* Scott Fellows * Rob Boutilier * Loris Kramer Lunsford|2015–2019|* **Canada** Teletoon (2015–2017) Family Channel (2018–2019) * **United States** Cartoon Network (2015–2016) Hulu (2017–2019)||||
|_The Deep_|* Tom Taylor * James Brouwer|2015–2022|* 7TWO (Australia) * Family Chrgd (Canada)|* Technicolor (2015–2019) * Infinite Studios (2022) * A Stark Production * BBC Children's Productions (2022)|Seasons 2 to 4. Previously produced by Nerd Corps Entertainment in season 1. Produced as DHX Studios from seasons 2 to 3.||
|_Looped_|* Mark Thornton * Todd Kaufman|2016|Teletoon|Neptoon Studios|||
|_Kate & Mim-Mim_|* Scott Stewart * Julie Stewart|2016–2018|* **Canada** Knowledge Kids and BBC Kids * **United Kingdom** CBeebies|FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment|Season 2 only. Previously produced by Nerd Corps Entertainment in season 1.||
|_Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs_|* Mark Evestaff * Alex Galatis|2017–2018|* **Canada** YTV * **United States** Cartoon Network (2017) Boomerang SVOD (2018)|* Corus Entertainment * Sony Pictures Animation|||
|_Chuck's Choice_|Kervin Faria|2017|YTV|Corus Entertainment|||
|_Polly Pocket_|* Stephanie Betts * Shaleen Sangha|2018–present|* **Canada** Family Jr. and Family Channel (2018) Netflix (2019–present) * **United States** Universal Kids (2019) Netflix (2020–present)|Mattel Television|Produced as DHX Studios in season 1.||
|_The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle_|* Marco Schnabel * David P. Smith|2018–2019|Amazon Prime Video|* Jay Ward Productions * DreamWorks Animation Television|Animation services.||
|_Chip and Potato_|* Billy Macqueen * Catherine Williams * Maddy Darrall|2018–2021|* **Canada** Family Jr. * **United States** Netflix|Darrall Macqueen|Produced as DHX Studios in season 1.||
|_Mega Man: Fully Charged_|Man of Action|2018–2019|* **Canada** Family Chrgd * **United States** Cartoon Network|* Capcom * Dentsu Entertainment USA|||
|The Leotits|* Ian Martins * Angela Santomero * Traci Paige Johnson|2018-2019|* **Canada** Treehouse TV * **United States** PBS Kids/Filmora TV|* 9 Story USA * Filmora Animation|First Live Action/Animated Series From The Studio.||
|The Leotits Animation Show|* Ian Martins * Angela Santomero * Traci Paige Johnson|2018-2020|* **Canada** Treehouse TV * **United States** PBS Kids/Filmora TV|* 9 Story USA * Filmora Animation * Toontastic|Animated Spin-off Of The Leotits. Produced as DHX Studios From 2018-2019 And Island Of Misfits In 2020.||
|_Carmen Sandiego_|Duane Capizzi|2019–2021|Netflix|HMH Productions I Can and I Will Productions|Produced as DHX Studios from seasons 1 to 2.||
|_Ninjago_|* Tommy Andreasen * Michael Hegner|2019–2022|Cartoon Network|The Lego Group|Seasons 11–15 only. Previously produced by Wil Film ApS from seasons 1 to 10. Produced as DHX Studios in season 11.||
|_Rev & Roll_|Julie Stewart Scott Stewart Edward Kay|2019|CCTV-14|Alpha Group Co., Ltd.|||
|_Snoopy in Space_|* Mark Evestaff * Betsy Walters|2019–2021|Apple TV+|Schulz Studio|Produced as DHX Studios in season 1.||
|_Dorg Van Dango_|* Fabian Erlinghäuser * Nora Twomey * Nick V. Murphy|2020–2021|* **Ireland** RTÉ * **Canada** Family Channel|Cartoon Saloon|||
|_Go, Dog. Go!_|Adam Peltzman|rowspan="2"|2021–2023|Netflix|DreamWorks Animation Television||
|_The Snoopy Show_|* Rob Boutilier * Mark Evestaff * Alex Galatis|Apple TV+|Schulz Studio||||
|_Johnny Test_|Scott Fellows|2021–2022|Netflix||Revival of the 2005 animated series.||
|_Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City_|Michael Vogel|2021–2024|YouTube||||
|_The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder_|* Bruce W. Smith * Ralph Farquhar|2022–2023|Disney+|Bar Productions Disney Television Animation|Animation services for seasons 1 and 2.||
|_Sonic Prime_|Man of Action|2022–2024|rowspan="2"|Netflix|* Sega of America * Netflix Animation * Man of Action Entertainment||
|_Ninjago: Dragons Rising_|* Tommy Andreasen * Michael Hegner|2023–present|The Lego Group|Sequel to _Ninjago_.|||
|_Caillou_||rowspan="3"|2024–present|Peacock||Reboot of the 1997 animated series.|
|_Camp Snoopy_|Scott Montgomery Rob Boutilier|Apple TV+|Schulz Studio||||
|_Lego Monkie Kid_|Simon Lucas|Kabillion HappyKids|The Lego Group|Season 5 only.|||
|Weather Hunters|Carlin Greenburg|2025-Present|PBS Kids|* Alroker Entertainment * Silver Creek Falls Entertainment * Zinkia Entertainment|This Studio Is Credited As Island Of Misfits.||
|_Felix the Cat_||TBA|TBA|DreamWorks Animation Television|||
|_Minecraft_||TBA|Netflix|Mojang Studios|||

### Live-action series

|Title|Creator(s) / Developer(s)|Year(s)|Network|Co-production with|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_The Zoo_||2017–2018|CBBC|BBC Studios|||
|_Are You Afraid of the Dark?_|* D. J. MacHale * Ned Kandel|2019–2022|Nickelodeon|* Yesteryear (2022) * ACE Entertainment * Nickelodeon Productions|Season 8 onward. Produced as DHX Studios from seasons 8 to 9.||
|_Letterkenny_|* Jared Keeso * Jacob Tierney|2019–2023|* **Canada** Crave * **United States** Hulu|* New Metric Media * Bell Media * Play Fun Games Pictures|Season 8 onward. Previously produced by DHX Studios Toronto from seasons 1 to 7.||
|_My Perfect Landing_|Frank van Keeken|2020|rowspan="2"|* **Canada** Family Channel * **United Kingdom** CBBC|Beachwood Canyon Productions||
|_Malory Towers_|* Sasha Hails * Rachel Flowerday|2020–present|King Bert Productions||||
|_Take Note_|Joan Lambur|2022|* **Canada** Family Channel * **United States** Peacock|Lambur Productions|||
|_Ruby and the Well_|* LeeAnne H. Adams * Brian J. Adams|2022–2024|BYUtv|Shaftesbury Films|||
|_I Woke Up a Vampire_|Thomas W. Lynch|2023|* **Canada** * Family Channel * **United States** * Netflix|Tom Lynch Company|||
|_Yo Gabba GabbaLand!_|* Christian Jacobs * Scott Schultz|2024|Apple TV+|Yo Gabba Gabba LLC|Revival of _Yo Gabba Gabba!_.||

### Specials

|Title|Director(s)|Year(s)|Network|Co-production with|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|The Leotits Christmas Special|* Ian Martins * Traci Paige Johnson * Angelo Santomero|2018|* PBS Kids * Treehouse TV|* 9 Story USA * Filmora Animation|Christmas Special||
|_Carmen Sandiego: To Steal or Not to Steal_|* Jos Humphrey * **Co-directors** Kenny Park Mike West|2020|Netflix|* HMH Productions * I Can & I Will Productions|Interactive special||
|_Who Are You, Charlie Brown?_|Michael Bonfiglio|rowspan="5"|2021|Apple TV+|* Imagine Documentaries * Schulz Studio|Documentary special.|
|_Lego Friends: Holiday Special_|William Gordon|YouTube|The Lego Group|Christmas special.|||
|_Johnny Test's Ultimate Meatloaf Quest_|* Jim Miller * Tim Stuby|Netflix||Interactive special|||
|The Leotits Space Adventure|* Ian Martins * Traci Paige Johnson * Angelo Santomero|* PBS Kids/Flimora TV (USA) * Treehouse TV (Canada)|* 9 Story USA * Filmora Animation|Space Adventure Special. This Studio Is Credited As Island Of Misfits.|||
|_Snoopy Presents: For Auld Lang Syne_|Clay Kaytis|rowspan="4"|Apple TV+|rowspan="4"|Schulz Studio|New Year's Eve special|
|_Snoopy Presents: It's the Small Things, Charlie Brown_|Raymond S. Persi|rowspan="8"|2022|Earth Day special|||
|_Snoopy Presents: To Mom (and Dad), With Love_|Clay Kaytis|Mother's Day special|||||
|_Snoopy Presents: Lucy's School_|Raymond S. Persi|Back To School special|||||
|_Caillou: Rosie the Giant_|rowspan="5"|Greg Richardson|rowspan="5"|* **Canada** * Family Jr. * **United States** Peacock||Anti-Bullying Day special|
|_Caillou: Adventures with Grandma and Grandpa_||Summer vacation special|||||
|_Caillou: The Bravest Wolf Boy_||Halloween special|||||
|_Caillou: The Silver Knight_||Family Day special|||||
|_Caillou's Perfect Christmas_||Christmas special|||||
|_Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie_|Raymond S. Persi|rowspan="4"|2023|Apple TV+|Schulz Studio||
|_Polly Pocket Sparkle Cove Adventure_|* Brent Bouchard * Thom McKenna|Netflix|Mattel Television||||
|_Strawberry Shortcake and the Beast of Berry Bog_|Jim Miller|rowspan="2"|* **Canada** * Family Jr. * **United States** * Netflix||Halloween special||
|_Strawberry Shortcake's Perfect Holiday_|* Jim Miller * Megan Russell||Christmas special||||
|_Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin_|Raymond S. Persi|2024|Apple TV+|Schulz Studio|||
|_The Care Berry Switch_|TBA|rowspan="2"|2025|TBA|Cloudco Entertainment|Crossover between the _Strawberry Shortcake_ and _Care Bears_ franchises|
|_Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical_|Erik Wiese|Apple TV+|Schulz Studio||||

### Feature films

|Title|Director(s)|Year(s)|Network|Co-production with|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|The Leotits: Race To the Rainbow|Ian Martins|2021||* Universal Pictures * 9 Story USA * Filmora Animation|Theatrical Film version of The Leotits. This Studio Is Credited As Island Of Misfits|
|Steal a Brainrot|Roblox|2025||Roblox||

## Infobox (company)

- **name**: WildBrain Ltd.
- **former name**: DHX Media (2006–2019)
- **type**: Public company, Public
- **industry**: Television production
Broadcasting
- **predecessors**: Wildbrain Entertainment (1994-2017)
Decode Entertainment (1997-2012)
Halifax Film Company (2004-present)
Cookie Jar Group, CINAR/Cookie Jar Group (1976-2014)
DIC Entertainment (1971-2008)
Ragdoll Productions (1984-present)
- **founders**: Michael Donovan (producer), Michael Donovan
Steven DeNure
- **hq location city**: Halifax, Nova Scotia
- **hq location country**: Canada
- **num locations**: 10
- **key people**: Josh Scherba (president and Chief executive officer, CEO)
- **revenue year**: Fiscal year, FY 2019
- **num employees**: est. 1000
- **num employees year**: 2015