International VFX and design company Smoke & Mirrors names Jeff Stevens to serve as creative director at its New York office, and secures its first-ever representation in the Midwest, signing Matt Bucher and his company, Obsidian Reps.

Walt Disney Pictures confirms release dates for its upcoming slate of animated features from Disney and Pixar.

Comedy pilots Alpha House and Betas, along with kids pilots Annebots, Creative Galaxy and Tumbleaf, are given the greenlight to begin production on a full series of episodes that will air exclusively on Prime Instant Video later this year and in early 2014.

AlphaDogs provides post-production for the comedic/horror film Love In The Time Of Monsters.

Trunk and Peepshow define the functions of ‘Pure,’ the ultimate PC protection software, in a new infomercial for Kaspersky.

Toon Goggles partners with Southern Telecom to release a new app for the Polaroid 7” Kids Tablet.

Nickelodeon draws nearly four million viewers to Sanjay and Craig animated series debut.

Framestore NY provides rendered effects for Alex Gibney's latest documentary, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks.

PGS Entertainment strikes new deals for Robin Hood: Mischief in Sherwood, bringing the show to Quebec, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, and Finland.

Spiral Graphics releases the latest version of their seamless texture, animation, and HDRI environment map editor, Genetica 4.0.

Children’s network The Hub is launching the gender-bending animated series, SheZow, from Moody Street Kids & Kickstart Productions.

Viacom International appoints Layla Lewis as Vice President, Content Acquisitions for Nickelodeon.

Gentleman Scholar creates a Toyota RAV4 display, showcasing the car moving through a stylized red landscape, for LA LIVE.

Digital Producer Christine Cattano joins Framestore NY to serve as production lead on digital and integrated projects.

Comedy director Mike Mitchell And Emmy Award-winning writer Erica Rivinoja are set to bring DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls to the big screen with a release date of November 4, 2016.

Animetropolis and IDA announce the production team and unveil a teaser poster for the animated feature film adaptation of Tad Williams' “Tailchaser’s Song.”

Academy Award-nominated director Darren Aronofsky launches commercial production house Chromista with partners Ted Robbins and Sandy Haddad.

Shapeshifter provides comprehensive finishing services, including final conforming, final color correction and visual effects for new episodes of Netflix series Arrested Development.

Universal’s Fast & Furious 6 tops the Memorial Day box office, while Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios’ Epic places fourth with a $42.6 million opening.

German kids channel Super RTL signs a multi-year deal with DreamWorks Animation that will see the animation studio supply the Cologne-based network with around 1,200 hours of programming through 2020.