Oscar interest has Wild Brain concentrating on its CGI slate

San Francisco-based Wild Brain, best known for its commercial work in the past, has been moving and shaking in the entertainment scene recently. The shop may be up for an Oscar nomination for CGI short film Hubert's Brain--plus, it has a pair of new CGI series in the works and expansion on the brain. International footprints in Munich with Wild Trixx (launched in August) and in Britain with Wildbrain U.K. (last month) have given the ambitious prodco more clout abroad. 'We want to be a diversified animation studio,' explains Steve Ramirez, VP of marketing and business development for the seven-year-old studio, and a key step in achieving that goal lies in gaining global access.