Technicolor appoints Magic Ruby to create a second screen experience for their all new CGI action adventure series, “The Deep.”

A holding company associated with Prana Studios has submitted the winning bid to acquire visual effects studio Rhythm & Hues.

The bankruptcy auction, which kicked off Wednesday morning and proceeded until 2 a.m., started up again Thursday afternoon.

Black & white 3D piece honors early cinematic legends like Georges Melies while cleverly setting the scene for new “Wizard of Oz” prequel.

Creative shop STEELE Studios relocates its offices to Santa Monica and announces four recent projects.

The world’s longest-running and largest animation festival, Annecy, announces short film and TV selections for its 2013 edition, taking place this year June 10-15.

“Life Of Pi” director Ang Lee headlines the bill at the opening of the 3D Creative Summit in London, appearing via satellite to discuss the visual work for the BAFTA and Academy Award-winning 3D feature.

London-headquartered VFX company The Mill reveals plans to close its Mill TV visual effects unit with a possible loss of 25 jobs.

Fox Animation releases a new trailer for Blue Sky’s 3D CG adventure comedy, “Epic,” directed by Chris Wedge.

Markerless motion capture software iPi Motion Capture is now available through the Valve Steam Store, allowing 50 million gaming community members gain access to iPi Soft’s popular and affordable motion capture solution.

Relativity and Reel FX announce that the formerly-titled animated project known as “Turkeys” has officially been titled “Free Birds,” with a release date of November 1, 2013.

Method Studios appoints Christian Kubsch as President; Darin Grant joins Method as Chief Technology Officer.

Game development solutions boost UI design, artificial intelligence, lighting and animation tools with updates to Autodesk Scaleform, Autodesk Navigation, Autodesk Beast and Autodesk HumanIK.

Computer graphics and visual effects software developer Luxology launches MODO 701.

The Academy launches a slate of events focused on the breakthroughs in visual effects, beginning with a special advance screening of “Jurassic Park 3D” on April 2, and concluding with an exploration of the groundbreaking VFX techniques used in “Life of Pi” on May 6.

Autodesk announces the new features of the Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite 2014, which includes updated versions of Autodesk Maya 2014, Autodesk 3ds Max 2014, Autodesk MotionBuilder 2014, Autodesk Mudbox 2014, Autodesk Softimage 2014 and Autodesk Sketchbook Designer 2014.

Remote capabilities and reliable results make render management software the “backbone of BFA program” at NYC’s Fashion Institute of Technology.

VFX company LOOK Effects produces the visual effects for David Mamet’s “Phil Spector” for HBO Films.

HP brings cutting-edge technology to DreamWorks Animation’s comedy-adventure, “The Croods.”

LOGAN teams up with 72andSunny and Activision Publishing to create an all new spot for “Skylanders SWAP Force.”