South Korean entertainment and media company JS Communications withdraws its bid to acquire the El Segundo-based visual effects company Rhythm & Hues.

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.”

Universal Pictures releases a new trailer for Illumination Entertainment’s “Despicable Me 2,” in theaters July 3, 2013.

CG and VFX artist Andrew Romatz joins the ranks of award-winning visual effects studio a52.

New workflow features, new platform support and future game lighting technology on display at GDC 2013.

NVIDIA GRID VCA delivers remote GPU acceleration and turnkey simplicity for small and medium-size businesses.

MAXON and Adobe announce strategic alliance to bring creative professionals new levels of digital media content creation.

Two weeks after reports that troubled VFX studio Rhythm & Hues would be establishing operations in Taiwan, the company courts new employees for its facility in the city of Kaohsiung.

Gaumont Animation signs a digital deal with BulkyPix to produce an app for iOS and Android based on the animated series “Calimero.”

Vision Globale provides postproduction for Juan Diego Solanas’ “Upside Down.”

Spanish filmmaker and visual artist César Pesquera joins The Cortez Brothers

Focal Press releases “Face It,” an exploration of human character modeling and animation by Patricia Beckmann-Wells and Senior Character Artist Scott Wells.

Fox releases the third trailer from Blue Sky’s “Epic,” which arrives in theaters in the U.S. on May 24, 2013.

A trailer is unleashed onto the web for the DreamWorks “Monsters vs Aliens” animated series, which premieres on Nickelodeon on Saturday, April 6.

The BFX Festival, a brand-new festival designed to celebrate the UK’s visual effects and animation industry, announces a student competition designed to give participants direct exposure to cutting-edge practices while showcasing their skills.

Creative collective Poetica’s beautifully monochromatic spec film for Trek Bicycles bares the distinct look and feel of a surreal mindscape.

Autodesk announces its GDC 2013 lineup, with plans to showcase a wide range of desktop software and mobile apps that help optimize game development pipelines.

iPi Soft motion capture software plays a key role for The Sequence Group’s work on “Halo 4.”

Alphanim rebrands as Gaumont Animation and unveils a new development and production agreement with France Televisions and DreamWorks Classics for the new 3D CGI-animated series, "Noddy."

Computer graphics and visual effects software developer Luxology announces the forthcoming release of MODO 701.