In a week that saw five major new releases, Sylvester Stallone's THE EXPENDABLES remained at the top of the U.S. box office for the weekend of August 20-23, 2010.

Vulture reports that Fox is down to two directors for the coveted job of helming the WOLVERINE sequel.

DreamWorks Animation has hired the married screenwriting duo of Joe Syracuse and Lisa Addario to pen its IMAGINARY ENEMIES, reports Risky Business.

Framestore goes photoreal with its creatures and whips up a magic harvest.

Zoic Studios was honored with Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series during the Creative Arts Emmy awards held in Los Angeles on Saturday, August 21st 2010. The award honors the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "Family Affair".

The director of the latest Disney short discusses animating like clockwork.

Seth Rogen will be lending his voice to another DreamWorks Animation project, this time BOO U, reports HEAT VISION.

VARIETY reports that many vfx artists who worked for Montreal's Fake Studio on PIRANHA 3D have not been paid.

Director John Woo will team with Creative Artists Agency and IMAX to bring his next film FLYING TIGERS to the giant IMAX screen, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.

A Houdini artist test drives the latest edition from Side Effects for efficiency and other improvements.

Jeffrey James Varab, the director of TUGGER: THE JEEP 4 X 4 WHO WANTED TO FLY, has been arrested in Osceola County, Florida on charges of securities fraud, reports ORLANDO SENTINEL.

January Jones has officially signed on for the role of Emma Frost in Matthew Vaughn's X-MEN ORIGINS: FIRST CLASS, reports VARIETY.

LATINO REVIEW reports that Victoria Secret and Sports Illustrated model Brooklyn Decker has joined the cast of Universal's BATTLESHIP.

Read about the latest DreamWorks initiative to expand its artistic potential and collectability.

The Jim Henson Company announced today that it is beginning production on the second season of WILSON & DITCH: DIGGING AMERICA the online destination for PBSKIDSGO.org about two comical gophers on a cross-country adventure as they explore America’s most famous (and perhaps not-so-famous) destinations.

Oliver Platt is the latest actor to join the cast of Matthew Vaughn's X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, reports Deadline.com.

Syfy will premiere Beast Legends, a new six-part series which journeys around the world using scientific data to reconstruct what mythological monsters, from Krakens and Griffins to Fire Dragons, would have looked like.

Screen Gems has moved UNDERWORLD 4 to 2012, reports ComingSoon.net.

Animation Dynamics Inc. (ADi) announced today that Nick Nakadate, an animator with extensive feature film and TV commercial experience, has joined the company as 3D Technical Director.

Double Negative and Mr. X describe the vfx vibe of Edgar Wright's action romance.