Just in time for this weekend’s Indy 500 race, 20th Century Fox releases an ad for an energy drink endorsed by Guy Gagne (voiced by Bill Hader), the famous race car driver in DreamWorks Animation’s forthcoming Turbo.

Visual effects house Method Studios announces the appointment of Chris Webb as Executive Producer of Method Chicago.

Visual effects, design and content company Gravity announces the formation of a new division, SCOUT, with the hire of three former Süperfad NY execs.

Digital Domain helps create the trailer for Activision and Bungie’s highly anticipated videogame, Destiny, in a 60-second spot directed by Jon Favreau and starring Breaking Bad’s Giancarlo Esposito.

thenewBlank creates a dynamic branding campaign for the tenth anniversary season of Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance.”

ArsenalFX creates a new commercial featuring Josh Button for Diet Dr Pepper.

Integrated motion design and production studio Royale announces the additions of Executive Producer Chris Volckmann, Head of Digital Production Beck Henderer-Peña and Senior Art Director Loren Judah to head the company’s new Seattle, Washington location.

MPC LA finishes a new spot, Road Trip, for DIRECTV, complete with World War II epic, a medieval fantasy battle, and a bit of science fiction thrown in.

Culver City/Vancouver-based visual effects house Zoic Studios signs veteran VFX Supervisor and Flame artist Robert Moggach.

On Sunday, May 19, ASIFA-East awarded prizes for its 44th annual Animation Festival, with Jacob Kafka's Based on a True Story taking Best in Show.