Deal will bring new “Star Wars” games to fans across the most popular gaming genres and platforms.

Henson Independent Properties, The Jim Henson Company’s third party media distribution and consumer products banner, acquires YouTube sensation “I Love Egg” from Korea’s D&H Inc.

Thomas Newman, the composer of the musical scores for “Finding Nemo” and “WALL-E,” reveals that he will be collaborating on the upcoming Pixar feature, “The Good Dinosaur.”

Independent character animation and design studio Persistent Peril directs a music video for The Leisure Society’s “Fight for Everyone.”

The first episode of “Angry Birds Toons” premieres on March 16 on its official webpage, with new episodes debuting weekly.

Animation production studio Beakus produces a series of stings and short animations to be incorporated into the new CBBC art-based kids’ TV show, “Totally Rubbish.”

In the first book-to-screen transfer for Random House joint venture RHCSE, the UK’s Milkshake! commissions children’s favourite, “Wanda and the Alien,” for broadcast in 2013/14.

“Samurai! Daycare,” a new animated series from Pipsqueak Films, has generated over 250,000 views on YouTube in less than a week.

Horror icon Larry Fessenden directs film slated for spring 2013 premiere.

Adobe powers “Krishna aur Kans,” India’s first stereoscopic 3D animated feature film Set for release on August 3, 2012.

Studio AKA’s David Prosser has just completed a beautiful 3 ½ minute film for the Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival (SICAF).

E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo

June 5-7, 2012 Los Angeles Convention Center

E3 is the world's premier trade show for computer and video games and related products. The show is owned by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the U.S. association dedicated to serving the business and public affairs needs of the companies, publishing interactive games for video game consoles, handheld devices, personal computers, and the Internet.

The E3 Expo draws tens of thousands of professionals to experience the future of interactive entertainment. The most influential people leading the most innovative companies in the business attend E3 to see groundbreaking new technologies and never-before-seen products for computers, video game consoles, handheld systems, mobile, and the Internet.

2012 will welcome software developers, buyers and retailers, programmers, distributors, entertainment industry representatives, financiers and venture capitalists, importers and exporters, manufacturers, resellers, researchers, educators, financial and industry analysts and worldwide electronic and print media.

HOW TO WRITE FOR ANIMATION by Jeffrey Scott is available again at Amazon.com

Larry the Cable Guy has always been an animated character. Mark describes the production of an animated version of Larry for his latest movie Tooth Fairy 2.

SHAKTIMAAN WINS 2012 FICCI BAF AWARD FOR "BEST ANIMATED TV EPISODE"

The NFB’s latest nominated short proves once again that there’s more to like about the Great White North than maple syrup pie and Molson’s.

Razzies shake up movie awards calendar with April Fools’ Day announcement of 2011 Winners; nominations to be Unveiled on Oscar eve.

The folks at Buzzco Associates have taken on big business and the pervasive economic and political dissatisfaction spilling over on Wall Street with a set of 7 animated shorts. In the time-tested spirit of political humor, where one can only laugh when faced with daunting issues that are anything but funny, each short is based on a traditional nursery rhyme, spinning topical issues together with little childhood ditties we all know and love. The latest film, Itsy Bitsy Spider, was just released last week.

CCI Entertainment has signed on for the worldwide distribution of the recently green-lit animated comedy series, “Teenage Fairytale Dropouts”.

StoryCorps has released the new, original animated short, MISS DEVINE, online.