Big Block hires Randall Smith as CG Supervisor.

Holomatix releases SprayTrace 1.5 for Autodesk Maya on Windows and Mac OS X.

VIMN announces Russia’s TNT as a new broadcaster for the CG-animated “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.”

The Finnish mobile developer behind gaming hit “Angry Birds,” teams up with DreamWorks Animation on a new mobile game based on the upcoming 3D animated feature, “The Croods.”

Motion capture provider OptiTrack launches Motive, a unified software platform designed to eliminate the complexities historically associated with motion capture workflows.

The second theatrical trailer for the upcoming Marvel’s Iron Man 3 is released onto the Internet.

New lineup of Kepler-Based NVIDIA Quadro Professional Graphics delivers unprecedented capabilities to millions of content-creation, design, engineering professionals.

Rodeo FX creates a gold-laden treasure room and builds a digital London for sequences featured within Bryan Singer’s “Jack the Giant Slayer.”

The Fluid family creates an arts and crafts-style campaign in “Breakfast Avalanche” and “Sweet Symphony,” for Pillsbury Toaster Strudel.

Production company Glassworks Amsterdam collaborates with the G-Star in-house creative team to realize the “Art of RAW” campaign film.

Katie Wells joins previsualization house Proof Inc. as Executive Producer to help manage feature film and commercial projects.

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

FMX, Europe's most influential Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Transmedia, announces highlights of the 2013 FMX Conference program.

Sony Pictures Animation has released the first trailer for its upcoming feature, “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2.”

Dane Cook is tapped to voice Dusty in Disney’s “Planes.” High-flying animated comedy adventure soars into theaters August 9, 2013.

Animation Mentor now accepting applications for new VFX fundamentals and teaching new curriculum within its state-of-the-art fully-distributed pipeline.

Soho VFX uses SpeedTree Cinema to build forests and flaming trees for “Jack the Giant Slayer.”

“Miffy the Movie” reaches the status of Golden Film, an award given on behalf of the Dutch Film Festival and the Dutch Film Fund.

e-on software announces their new plant modeling and rendering technology, The Plant Factory.

HIT Entertainment announces sales of their pre-school properties “Mike the Knight,” “Thomas & Friends,” and “Fireman Sam” in Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.