Editing Mainframe Studios (section)

===As Rainmaker===
[[File:Rainmaker Entertainment (Flat).svg|alt=This is the Flat Version of the logo.|thumb|183x183px|Rainmaker logo used from 2007 to 2017]]
Finding itself under new ownership, IDT sold its 62% stake in Mainframe to Vancouver-based post-production firm Rainmaker Income Fund on July 20, 2006, for $13.8 million.<ref>{{cite press release|date=July 20, 2006|title=Rainmaker to Acquire Mainframe Entertainment, a World Leader in CG Animation; Acquisition Will Create Canada's Largest Animation and Visual Effects Company|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20060720005273/en/Rainmaker-Acquire-Mainframe-Entertainment-World-Leader-CG|access-date=April 22, 2018|location=Vancouver|publisher=Rainmaker Income Fund|via=[[Business Wire]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://playbackonline.ca/2006/08/07/rainmaker-20060807/|title=Rainmaker looks to rule CG with Mainframe pickup|first=Ilona|last=Beiks|date=August 7, 2006|access-date=April 23, 2018|work=[[Playback (magazine)|Playback]]|publisher=[[Brunico Communications]]}}</ref> The next month Rainmaker announced it would acquire the remaining 38% of Mainframe.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/rainmaker-mainframe-enter-into-agreement-rainmaker-acquire-balance-mainframe-shares-609985.htm|title=Rainmaker and Mainframe Enter Into Agreement for Rainmaker to Acquire Balance of Mainframe Shares|date=August 30, 2006|access-date=April 23, 2018|location=Vancouver|publisher=Rainmaker Income Fund}}</ref> On January 30, 2007, Mainframe was renamed to '''Rainmaker Animation'''.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://mainframe.ca:80/press/4|title=Rainmaker Announces New Animation Division|date=January 30, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130032832/http://mainframe.ca/press/4|archive-date=January 30, 2009|access-date=April 23, 2018|location=Vancouver|publisher=Rainmaker Entertainment|url-status=live}}</ref> Later that year, Rainmaker sold its [[Rainmaker Digital Effects|visual effects and post production divisions]] to [[Deluxe Entertainment Services Group]], leaving only the animation business.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://playbackonline.ca/2007/11/29/rainmaker-20071129/|title=Rainmaker sells to Deluxe|date=November 29, 2007|access-date=April 23, 2018|work=[[Playback (magazine)|Playback]]|publisher=[[Brunico Communications]]}}</ref>

In June 2012, Chinese animation studio Xing Xing Digital announced its intent to purchase Rainmaker, with the company willing to pay off Rainmaker's $7 million debt.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/china-s-xing-xing-takes-on-rainmaker-1118056090/|title=China's Xing Xing takes on Rainmaker|first=Katherine|last=Brodsky|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=June 27, 2012|access-date=August 20, 2018}}</ref> The purchase was called off after Rainmaker and Xing Xing were unable to finalize the sale by September 14, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|last=Vlessing|first=Etan|date=September 17, 2012|title=Canadian Animation Studio Ditches Takeover by China's Xing Xing Digital|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/canadian-animation-studio-xing-xing-370742|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|access-date=August 20, 2018}}</ref>

In 2013, Rainmaker completed its first theatrical feature film, ''[[Escape from Planet Earth]]''. Directed by Cal Brunker, it received mixed reviews from critics but was a success at the box office, grossing around $75 million worldwide. On October 7 that same year, Rainmaker launched a [[television production]] division and revived the "Mainframe Entertainment" brand for its title, starting with a CG-animated incarnation of ''[[Bob the Builder (2015 TV series)|Bob the Builder]]''.<ref name="AWNLaunchesTVDivision">{{cite web|last=Wolfe|first=Jennifer|date=October 7, 2013|title=Rainmaker Launches TV Division|url=http://www.awn.com/news/rainmaker-launches-tv-division|website=[[Animation World Network]]|access-date=October 24, 2016}}</ref><ref name="AMMainframeNewBob">{{cite web|last=McLean|first=Tom|date=April 6, 2014|title=Mainframe to Animate HIT's New 'Bob' Series|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/mainframe-to-animate-hits-new-bob-series/|website=[[Animation Magazine]]|access-date=October 24, 2016}}</ref>

Rainmaker released its second theatrical feature film, ''[[Ratchet & Clank (film)|Ratchet & Clank]]'' based on [[Ratchet & Clank|the video game series of the same name]] by [[Insomniac Games]], in the first quarter of 2016 to financial failure. This poor reception to the film caused Rainmaker to take a $10 million [[impairment charge]] on their investment in the production<ref>{{cite web|date=May 5, 2016|title=Rainmaker Entertainment Provides Financial Update With Respect to Ratchet & Clank Domestic Release|url=http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/rainmaker-entertainment-provides-financial-update-with-respect-ratchet-clank-domestic-tsx-venture-rnk-2122165.htm|publisher=[[Marketwired]]|access-date=May 8, 2016}}</ref> and was later cited as the reason the company abandoned plans to adapt the ''[[Sly Cooper]]'' video game franchise into a theatrical film.<ref>{{cite web|last=Amidi|first=Amid |author-link=Amid Amidi|date=May 9, 2016|url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/box-office-report/ratchet-clanks-dreadful-second-weekend-raises-questions-sly-cooper-feature-139474.html|title='Ratchet & Clank"s Dreadful Second Weekend Raises Questions About 'Sly Cooper' Feature|website=[[Cartoon Brew]]|access-date=November 14, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Paul|first=Jonathan|url=http://playbackonline.ca/2016/09/21/the-indie-animated-features-battleground/|title=The indie animated features battleground|work=[[Playback (magazine)|Playback]]|publisher=[[Brunico Communications]]|date=September 21, 2016|access-date=November 14, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=December 7, 2017|title=Rainmaker exits Sly Cooper movie|url=http://www.toonbarn.com/other-cartoons/rainmaker-exits-sly-cooper-movie/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229041528/http://www.toonbarn.com/other-cartoons/rainmaker-exits-sly-cooper-movie/|archive-date=December 29, 2017|website=ToonBarn|access-date=December 29, 2017}}</ref>

Later that year on October 25, Rainmaker announced their intent to [[mergers and acquisitions|acquire and merge]] Erzin-Hirsh Entertainment and American-based [[Frederator Networks]] (and its main division, [[Frederator Studios]]) and consolidate them under its then-new holding company, [[WOW! Unlimited Media Inc.]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Wolfe|first=Jennifer|date=October 26, 2016|title=Rainmaker Entertainment Acquires Frederator, Rebranding As WOW!|url=http://www.awn.com/news/rainmaker-entertainment-acquires-frederator-rebranding-wow|website=[[Animation World Network]]|access-date=August 20, 2018}}</ref>([[TSX]]:WOW.A)<ref>[https://web.tmxmoney.com/quote.php?qm_symbol=WOW.A WOW.A]</ref> At that time, the company changed the names of its home-base divisions to '''Rainmaker Studios''' and '''Mainframe Studios'''. Since the reorganization, the company has been heavily involved in television production animating ''[[ReBoot: The Guardian Code]]'', a live-action/CGI-animated re-imagining of the ''ReBoot'' brand, ''Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures'', the first-ever full-length TV series in [[barbie (media franchise)|the "Barbie" media franchise]] and ''[[Spy Kids: Mission Critical]]'', the animated reboot/spin-off of the [[Spy Kids (franchise)]] in 2018. In 2019, the studio released its first [[traditional animation|traditionally-animated]] production, a pilot based on [[Knowledge Network]] mascots made in [[Toon Boom Animation|Toon Boom Harmony]].<ref name="Luna">{{cite web|last=Milligan|first=Mercedes|date=September 11, 2019|title=Knowledge Network's 'Luna, Chip & Inkie' Star in Musical Special|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/knowledge-networks-luna-chip-inkie-star-in-musical-special/|website=[[Animation Magazine]]|access-date=September 21, 2019}}</ref>