VARIETY is reporting that Toonz Animation India has opened a distribution arm, Toonz Ent. USA, in Los Angeles.

The annual Tribeca Film Festival in New York City will kick off its ninth year on April 21 with the premier of SHREK FOREVER AFTER, COMINGSOON.NET reports.

Eric Balfour and Donald Faison have signed up to star in SKYLINE, a sci-fi thriller being directed and produced by visual effects artists Greg and Colin Strause, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.

Chinese animator Te Wei died of respiratory failure at the age of 95 in Shanghai, according to WIKINEWS.

VARIETY reports that Fidelite Films will produce ASTERIX CHEZ LES BRETONS (ASTERIX IN BRITAIN).

Shorts International and Magnolia Pictures are once again planning to bring the Oscar-nominated short film program (Live-Action and Animation) to theaters starting Feb. 19, COMINGSOON.NET reports.

REAL STEEL will begin filming in Michigan this June, according to the DETROIT FREE PRESS.

ASIFA-Hollywood is proud to announce the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actor, director, producer and one of pop culture’s most recognizable figures, William Shatner, will host the 37th Annual Annie Awards on Saturday, February 6, 2010, at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles, CA.

According to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, Fox is developing a U.S. version of TORCHWOOD.

Principal photography began today on Let Me In, writer/director Matt Reeves’ adaptation of Let the Right One In, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.