ArsenalFX creates a new commercial featuring Josh Button for Diet Dr Pepper.

Allegorithmic announces Substance Engine for Xbox One, which allows for faster download time and more customizable assets.

Improved functionality, greater flexibility and accelerated performance roll out in Autodesk Smoke 2013 Extension 1 release.

Argentina-based creative agency Ronda creates a new look and brand identity for popular kids channel Nickelodeon.

JS Communications agrees to a $300,000 break-up fee for its role as stalking horse bidder in the sale of the bankrupt visual effects company.

MPC LA finishes a new spot, Road Trip, for DIRECTV, complete with World War II epic, a medieval fantasy battle, and a bit of science fiction thrown in.

Culver City/Vancouver-based visual effects house Zoic Studios signs veteran VFX Supervisor and Flame artist Robert Moggach.

Blue Sky Studios moves ahead on two new animated feature projects, Anubis and Ferdinand .

DeamWorks Animation moves the release dates for two of its forthcoming features.

Wizart brings “Sheep and Wolves” and the sequel to “The Snow Queen” to Cannes for international pre-sales.

Studio 100 Film, Studio 100 Media’s new film division, launches “Maya the Bee” animated feature.

Gaumont Animation will celebrate the 50th anniversary of “Calimero” by hosting the opening night party of MIFA on June 12.

ILM's Roger Guyett discusses J.J. Abrams' hybrid vision for his latest Star Trek movie.

On Sunday, May 19, ASIFA-East awarded prizes for its 44th annual Animation Festival, with Jacob Kafka's Based on a True Story taking Best in Show.

The Hollywood Post Alliance issues a call for entries for the 8th Annual HPA Awards, taking place November 7th at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, CA.

RODEO FX appoints Audrey Boivin to the position of advertising department producer.

Twentieth Century Fox releases a new teaser trailer for the highly-anticipated “Rio 2.”

Imagineer Systems teams up with CoreMelt to release SliceX powered by mocha, a new Final Cut Pro X masking plug-in.

Psyop partners with David and Goliath to create the imaginative campaign, “More Luck For Your Buck” for the California Lottery’s Fortune 55 Scratchers game.

e-on announces the availability of LumenRT 4.1 Studio, which features extended capabilities for large microstation models and Revit.