Footware company Skechers will produce two animated direct-to-DVD features, reports VARIETY.

COMINGSOON.NET reports that Warner Bros. Pictures launched two online games, SCORPIOCH ATTACK and MEDUSA'S CURSE, at the official Web site for CLASH OF THE TITANS.

Scott Free Prods., Ridley and Tony Scott's production house, have tapped the services of Jack Arbuthnott, former BBC Films' development exec, and Surian Fletcher-Jones, former BBC television drama script editor.

DreamWorks are in talks to adapt animated web series XOMBIE into a feature, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.

LucasArts today announced LUCIDITY, a new game under development from the LucasArts team that re-imagined THE SECRET OF MONKEY ISLAND.

17 AGAIN on DVD and Blu-ray
New Line/2009/115min/PG-13/SRP: $35.99
Director: Burr Steers
Cast: Zac Efron, Matthew Perry, Leslie Mann
Vfx: R!OT

Video codec: VC-1
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1

English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
English: Dolby Digital 5.1
English SDH, Spanish
BD/DVD Combo
Three-disc set
Digital copy
BD-Live

Bonus Features:

Press release from ACM SIGGRAPH

(New Orleans, LA) - Winners of FJORG!, the third annual "iron-animator" style competition and GameJam!, the first videogame competition were announced during SIGGRAPH 2009, the 36th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques taking place this week in New Orleans.

Press Release from Playboy Enterprises

CHICAGO (July 21, 2009) -- Playboy announced today that "Basement Gary," an original animation co-created by New York animator Sean Donnelly and actor Alessandro Minoli, was named winner of its 2009 Animation Contest. The honor has earned the creators $10,000 and bragging rights in the animation world. "Basement Gary," as well as other top contest contenders, can be viewed at playboy.com/animation.

Press Release from qubo

(New York, NY -- July 14, 2009) -- In response to the phenomenally successful first round of quboPic premieres that aired this past winter, qubo, the TV and online entertainment service for children and families, will debut a second round of user-generated animated short films on qubo Channel as well as on qubo’s broadcast blocks on ION Television, NBC and Telemundo beginning Thursday, July 16.

This week in AWN's Forums, a member recommends new book "Get Animated!" by Tim Maloney. Another member is looking for a Thursday Comic-Con pass that someone might want to sell or trade for another day? Anyone? A Canadian wants to know how many fellow Canucks will be at the Con. On traditional/flash animated projects, is there a specific way you are able to manage your digital assets like character designs, poses, animation, etc.? A member wants to know.