LOOK Effects hires visual effects industry veteran Wendy Lanning as executive visual effects producer.

Guillermo del Toro temas with HBO on the development of a new series, “Monster,” based on the manga comic by Naoki Urasawa.

Mirada Studios gives bestselling author Cornelia Funke’s dark, lush worlds a new dimension with an interactive app.

Rhythm & Hues alumni Thom Burkhart is named Senior Producer at Steele Studios.

StudioCanal and Aardman Animations team up for a “Shaun the Sheep” stop-motion feature.

Technical papers are previewed for the SIGGRAPH 2013 Technical Papers program, the premier international forum for disseminating new scholarly work in computer graphics and interactive techniques.

Photographer and film editor Jay Lawton dies at his home in Los Angeles on Tuesday, April 23, after a brief battle with cancer.

Steve Buscemi joins the voice cast of Triggerfish’s 3D Animated feature “Khumba.”

Blacklist director Pistachios launches HeyHeyButton, a new creation which allows users to create sound effect buttons that can be sent, shared or embedded in blogs.

The COLLIDER Conference announces the master class instructors and schedule, which consists of eight career-boosting classes led by animation and visual effects masters from top studios including Weta Digital, Psyop, Blue Sky Studios, and more.