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WIND SUN SKY ENTERTAINMENT TO DEVELOP BIG BLUE BUBBLE’S HIT VIDEO GAME FRANCHISE MY SINGING MONSTERS FOR ANIMATED TELEVISION Vancouver, BC – July XX, 2017 – Wind Sun Sky Entertainment and Big Blue Bubble announced today that they have partnered to adapt the Canadian mobile gaming company’s top-selling game My Singing Monsters into a multi-media franchise starting with an animated television series and consumer products and licensing program. Wind Sun Sky Entertainment is a Vancouver-based entertainment company led by Catherine Winder (Angry Birds, Star Wars: The Clone Wars). The film-makers behind such notable projects as The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead, and Outcast, Robert Kirkman and David Alpert, are minority investors in the venture along with entrepreneur Jon Goldman (Greycroft). The multiplatform entertainment company, Skybound Entertainment, will be the distributor in all territories worldwide, excluding Canada, of the animated television series. My Singing Monsters is one of several projects which Wind Sun Sky Entertainment and Skybound Entertainment are collaborating. Skybound Entertainment is behind such television hits as The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead, and Outcast. My Singing Monsters, released in 2012 through Big Blue Bubble, is a world-building game in which players collect and breed musical Monsters. The characters inhabit a group of lush, exotic island locales, each with its own song. The game currently boasts over 50+ million users across gaming platforms and the properties YouTube content showcases more than 250 million views. “My Singing Monsters has all the qualities we look for in the stories we want to tell – lush, bustling worlds and engaging, dynamic characters. What is particularly exciting and unique about My Singing Monsters is the rich musical elements of this property that will inevitably speak to a global audience. We look forward to partnering with the Big Blue Bubble team to bring their characters to life in all mediums beyond the game,” said Wind Sun Sky Entertainment CEO and partner Catherine Winder. “We are very excited to be working with Catherine and her team at Wind Sun Sky as well as the team at Skybound to expand My Singing Monsters into a multi-media franchise,” said Big Blue Bubble CEO and founder Damir Slogar. “We have been looking for the right fit to help introduce the My Singing Monsters world through other mediums and we finally have it with these partners. I know our fans will love the animated series just as much as their in-game experiences.” About Wind Sun Sky Entertainment Wind Sun Sky Entertainment is a Vancouver-based and Canadian controlled multimedia entertainment company. The studio is led and controlled by former LucasFilm executive, Catherine Winder (The Angry Birds Movie, Star Wars; The Clone Wars). Based in Vancouver, Wind Sun Sky Entertainment is a full-service producer of creator driven content with a focus on developing Canadian content for the domestic, U.S. and international marketplace. The film- makers behind such notable projects as The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead, and Outcast, Robert Kirkman and David Alpert, are minority partners in the venture along with entrepreneur Jon Goldman (Greystone Capital). WSS has a first look deal with Thunderbird Entertainment. Thunderbird Entertainment is a Vancouver-based multiplatform entertainment company with offices in Los Angeles, Toronto and London. About Skybound Entertainment Founded in 2010, Skybound Entertainment is a multiplatform entertainment company that houses projects ranging from television, film, digital content, comics, interactive gaming, and live events. Skybound Entertainment is responsible for such television hits including The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead and Outcast. Moving into the digital content space, Skybound produced the first-ever narrative VR series, Gone, for Samsung’s Milk VR platform and in 2017 will produce VR horror series Lies Within, which is the first project out of Skybound’s partnership with interactive theatrical company Delusion. Skybound recently announced the film adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s second-longest running comic series Invincible, with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg attached to direct, write, and produce the movie for Universal. Additional newly announced Skybound projects include Five Year, Mastermind and Heroes and Villains: The History of Comics. About Big Blue Bubble Big Blue Bubble is an established mobile gaming company with more than a decade of experience creating fun, innovative, and accessible titles. They develop mobile games that inspire creativity and encourage people of all ages to embrace their playful side. Big Blue Bubble is a pioneer in the mobile gaming industry and has developed more than 100 video game titles since 2004. Having entered the field long before the days of smartphones, they maintain a proven track record of being the first to market with a variety of innovations in technology and game design, including original gameplay mechanics and revolutionary cross-platform game engines. These milestones have solidified Big Blue Bubble as a long-standing industry veteran. Big Blue Bubble’s commitment to producing fun, engaging games has earned the studio recognition from prestigious organizations around the world, including awards from Deloitte, BAFTA, and IGN for economic growth, people’s choice and editor’s choice, respectively. Big Blue Bubble continues to produce award-winning titles that stand the test of time, including our top-grossing flagship franchise, My Singing Monsters. More information about Big Blue Bubble can be found at: www.bigbluebubble.com. Press Contact Karen Chalmers; Big Blue Bubble June Alian; Skybound Entertainment Contact: [email protected]/519-649-0071 Contact: [email protected]/310-746-1401 Lisa Snelling; Wind Sun Sky Contact: [email protected]/604-673-2218 .