Epitome Pictures
Epitome Pictures Inc. (later known as DHX Studios Toronto and WildBrain Studios) was a Canadian film and television production company based in Toronto, Ontario. Founded by Linda Schuyler and Stephen Stohn in 1992, the company is best known for producing "" and "", the fourth and fifth respective entries of the "Degrassi" teen drama franchise, of which was co-created by Schuyler. Other television series produced by Epitome include "Liberty Street" and "Riverdale," and "The L.A. Complex." In 2016, Epitome was absorbed into DHX Media (later WildBrain), and the Epitome name and branding ceased. History. Schuyler and Stohn founded Epitome  Pictures in 1992, and purchased its first studio building in 1995, to film "Riverdale". At the time, the studio was allegedly "in a sorry state, with snow melting on the leaking roof and cans catching the water". Its main headquarters were located on a 100,000 square-foot lot in Bartley Drive, Toronto. In April 2014, the company and its library, including the "Degrassi" series produced before Epitome ("The Kids of Degrassi Street", "Degrassi Junior High", "Degrassi High", and the non-fiction documentary series "Degrassi Talks"), was acquired by fellow Canadian television producer DHX Media for $33 million. After the  buyout, Epitome's assets were absorbed into DHX Media, and the studio was renamed DHX Media Toronto in 2016. On April 2, 2019, DHX announced plans to sell the Bartley Drive studio for $12 million, as part of their intentions to streamline its physical operations across Canada. In September that year, DHX Media was renamed WildBrain. Playing With Time, Inc.. Playing With Time, Inc. was a Canadian film and television production company based in Toronto, Ontario and the predecessor of Epitome Pictures. Founded by Linda Schuyler and Kit Hood in 1976, the company is best known for producing "The  Kids of Degrassi Street", as well as "Degrassi Junior High" and "Degrassi High", the first, second, and third respective entries of the "Degrassi" franchise. Schuyler, a Grade 7 and Grade 8 media teacher at Earl Grey Senior Public School in Toronto in 1976, met Hood, then an editor for television commercials, when she needed help from an experienced editor to save the "muddled footage" of one of her projects. Hood and Schuyler found a balance; editor Hood was inexperienced in writing, and writer/producer Schuyler was inexperienced in editing, leading to their creative partnership. The production offices were located on  935 Queen Street East, where the "Degrassi Junior High" and "Degrassi High" cast would routinely gather to be taken to the schools where the respective series were filmed. Epitome Pictures later owned the rights to the three previous "Degrassi" shows produced by Playing With Time.