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.

The Weinstein Co. and “Escape from Planet Earth” producers settle a $50 million lawsuit.

DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg says layoffs already have begun and that 350 of the studio’s 2,200 employees will have been let go by year’s end.

New design shop to allow Rhythm & Hues talent to work for other clients, including Ross Bagdasarian, whose company controls “Alvin and the Chipmunks.”

DreamWorks Animation announces financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2012.

The newly-launched game development studio announces plans for an upcoming iOS release.

Technicolor wraps production on Mattel’s latest Barbie DVD/Blu-ray feature, “Barbie in The Pink Shoes,” which marks the first Barbie feature released on Blu-ray disc.

Relativity Media moves its animated film “Turkeys” up by a year with a new release date of November 1, 2013.

MPC VFX Supervisor Guillaume Rocheron is honored at the Academy Awards for the studio's contribution to Ang Lee’s critically acclaimed “Life of Pi.”

Tippett Studio brings Ted, the title character from Universal Pictures’ blockbuster live action/CG-animated comedy, back to life for the 85th Annual Academy Awards telecast.

The visual effects community responds to director Ang Lee’s acceptance speech for the Academy Award for Best Director for “Life of Pi.”

Ang Lee’s stereoscopic 3D feature, “Life of Pi,” takes home the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.

Disney cleans up at the Oscars this year with wins for Pixar feature, “Brave,” and the John Kahrs-directed “Paperman.”

Members of the VFX community are planning a protest to occur on Sunday during the red carpet pre-show for the Oscars in order to raise awareness on the economic problems threatening Hollywood's visual effects houses.

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