WildBrain Announces Strategic Partnership with EightyEight Pictures to Strengthen Premium CG Production

(TSX:WILD) WildBrain has entered into a long-term strategic partnership with EightyEight Pictures, a leading animation and visual effects studio, to enhance the production of premium CG animation across its content slate. The partnership combines WildBrain and House of Cool's creative leadership, filmmaking expertise, franchise stewardship, and client relationships with EightyEight Pictures' CG production infrastructure, experienced talent, capacity, and track record. Both companies will collaborate through shared workflows and integrated production pipelines, aiming to deliver premium CG animation at greater scale and quality. Creative leadership and core production functions will remain with WildBrain and House of Cool in Canada, while EightyEight Pictures will provide additional CG execution capacity within a shared pipeline. This partnership is part of WildBrain's broader plan to evolve its production capabilities and build a more integrated, flexible model for premium and digital-first animated content. In January 2027, WildBrain's Vancouver studio plans to move to a new, 47,000-square-foot facility in the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood. WildBrain retains complete pre-production through post-production capabilities in-house for both CG and 2D projects across its animation studios. Stephanie Betts, Chief Content Officer of WildBrain, stated that the partnership will provide greater capacity, flexibility, and support for ambitious storytelling, and create new opportunities across WildBrain, House of Cool, and EightyEight Pictures. EightyEight Pictures, founded by Milind D. Shinde, has offices in Toronto and London, and production studios in Mumbai and Bangalore. The studio has contributed to projects for brands such as Trollhunters, Gremlins, Kung Fu Panda, and Star Wars: Visions, and is currently working on a feature slate including High in the Clouds and Bahubali: The Eternal War. Milind D. Shinde, Founder and CEO of EightyEight Pictures, expressed pride in partnering with WildBrain and House of Cool, aiming to build a deeply collaborative relationship that combines creative excellence with production scale and technical expertise. The partnership is intended to bring consistency, efficiency, and stronger creative capabilities to WildBrain's production practice, supporting robust premium projects through its Vancouver and Toronto studios with room to grow. WildBrain's network offers more than 1,000 channels across YouTube, FAST, and AVOD, delivering premium-quality content to kids and families globally. WildBrain CPLG represents WildBrain's own and partner brands across major territories worldwide. WildBrain is headquartered in Toronto and trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: WILD).