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.

The Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film announces the highlights of the 2013 edition of the festival, which runs this year from April 23 to April 28, 2013.

Digital artists worldwide relied on Autodesk Media & Entertainment software to create the best movies of the year.

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment announces the release of “Superman: Unbound” on DVD and Blu-ray combo pack May 7.

Flying Bark Productions announces that Alexs Stadermann has been confirmed as Director, Barbara Stephen will be the movie’s Producer and Alexia Gates-Foale will be Line Producer on the 3D stereoscopic production, “Maya the Bee.”

The visual effects team at Industrial Light and Magic releases a new behind-the-scenes featurette offering viewers a look at how they recreated mid-town Manhattan for Marvel’s “The Avengers.”

The 16th edition of the Holland Animation Film Festival closes on March 24th with the Dutch premiere of the 3D animated feature from DreamWorks, “The Croods.”

Unique hand-crafted props from Academy Award-nominated animated feature “ParaNorman” are to be auctioned beginning Friday, February 22, with the proceeds to benefit Variety – The Children’s Charity of Southern California.

Disney releases a new clip for its upcoming feature, “Oz The Great and Powerful.”

Reel FX announces that Shane Acker will direct their upcoming untitled CG-animated feature based on the comic series “Beasts of Burden.”

Rainmaker’s newest CG-animated feature film follows on the heels of company’s release of the box office hit, “Escape from Planet Earth,” with the Weinstein Co.

CMG announces the initial theatrical results of their film “Adventures of Zambezia.”

The 16th edition of the Holland Animation Film Festival opens with the premiere of the animated feature, “Monty Python: A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman.”

The Weinstein Co.’s animated feature, “Escape From Planet Earth,” lands fourth place, while Bruce Willis' “A Good Day to Die Hard” wins the Presidents Day weekend in a close race with the Nicholas Sparks film adaptation “Safe Haven,” and holdover Melissa McCarthy comedy “Identity Thief.”

“Argo,” “The Silver Linings Playbook” And “Brave” win big at the 63rd annual ACE Eddie Awards recognizing outstanding editing in 2012.

The Sound Mixing Team of Original Dialogue for “Brave” take home the top honors at the 49th Annual CAS Awards in the newly added category of Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Animated.