Fox Animation releases a new trailer for Blue Sky’s 3D CG adventure comedy, “Epic,” directed by Chris Wedge.

The Jim Henson Company signs new international broadcast deals for “Sid the Science Kid” and “Dinosaur Train.”

MarVista celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2013 and expands its executive team.

Disney announces the full voice cast for “Planes,” which includes Dane Cook, Brad Garrett, Teri Hatcher, and Cedric the Entertainer.

Nelvana will showcase two new properties, “Mike the Knight” and “Zack & Deuce,” at MIPTV.

ALT Systems announces at GDC that they are bringing gaming technology to HP Z Workstations with PNY graphics cards.

Relativity and Reel FX announce that the formerly-titled animated project known as “Turkeys” has officially been titled “Free Birds,” with a release date of November 1, 2013.

Method Studios appoints Christian Kubsch as President; Darin Grant joins Method as Chief Technology Officer.

Game development solutions boost UI design, artificial intelligence, lighting and animation tools with updates to Autodesk Scaleform, Autodesk Navigation, Autodesk Beast and Autodesk HumanIK.

Tricon Films & Television and Mercury Filmworks announce the development of a new animated children 4-7 bridge series, “Go Away Unicorn!” based on the popular children’s book written by author and illustrator Emily Mullock.

Redrover and ToonBox ink a deal with Disney Junior Latin America for the interstitial series “The Beet Party.”

Computer graphics and visual effects software developer Luxology launches MODO 701.

The Academy launches a slate of events focused on the breakthroughs in visual effects, beginning with a special advance screening of “Jurassic Park 3D” on April 2, and concluding with an exploration of the groundbreaking VFX techniques used in “Life of Pi” on May 6.

Autodesk announces the new features of the Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite 2014, which includes updated versions of Autodesk Maya 2014, Autodesk 3ds Max 2014, Autodesk MotionBuilder 2014, Autodesk Mudbox 2014, Autodesk Softimage 2014 and Autodesk Sketchbook Designer 2014.

Remote capabilities and reliable results make render management software the “backbone of BFA program” at NYC’s Fashion Institute of Technology.

VFX company LOOK Effects produces the visual effects for David Mamet’s “Phil Spector” for HBO Films.

HP brings cutting-edge technology to DreamWorks Animation’s comedy-adventure, “The Croods.”

The Academy announces dates for the 86th and 87th Oscar presentations.

LOGAN teams up with 72andSunny and Activision Publishing to create an all new spot for “Skylanders SWAP Force.”

Oculus announces it will provide a custom UDK with all Oculus Rift Developer Kits.