New York-based director and puppet designer Robin Frohardt creates Fitzcardboardaldo, an animated tribute to Werner Herzog’s celebrated live-action film Fitzcarraldo, entirely from cardboard.

Roddy McManus steps down from his position as Executive Producer of the National Film Board of Canada’s Academy Award-winning English-language animation studio.

John Fragomeni is appointed President of the creative studio, Mirada.

Psyop adds interactive design, game development to its service offerings and welcomes Brian Kehrer and Will Adams as Creative Technologist and Interactive Creative Director respectively.

Evolution will unveil the licensing program for Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return at the Licensing Expo in Las Vegas.

TAAFI announces the festival lineup which features VIP guest speakers, feature film premieres, student film competitions, master classes and more.

A new featurette from Sony Pictures Imageworks goes behind-the-scenes of Disney’s Oz The Great and Powerful.

GKIDS and Cinedigm announce new multi-platform home distribution label for select GKIDS animated films. Label launches with Studio Ghibli’s From Up on Poppy Hill scheduled to be released September 3, 2013, On DVD, Blu-ray and cable VOD.

My Little Pony Equestria Girls in cinemas nationwide beginning June 16.

Springfield, hometown to America’s favorite animated family, The Simpsons, comes to life at Universal Orlando Resort this summer.

International VFX and design company Smoke & Mirrors names Jeff Stevens to serve as creative director at its New York office, and secures its first-ever representation in the Midwest, signing Matt Bucher and his company, Obsidian Reps.

Walt Disney Pictures confirms release dates for its upcoming slate of animated features from Disney and Pixar.

Denise Greenawalt, a longtime publicity executive for Walt Disney Studios, dies at the age of 52 following a long illness.

Comedy pilots Alpha House and Betas, along with kids pilots Annebots, Creative Galaxy and Tumbleaf, are given the greenlight to begin production on a full series of episodes that will air exclusively on Prime Instant Video later this year and in early 2014.

LIMA announces the Licensing University program set to take place Monday, June 17-Thursday, June 20, 2013 at the Licensing International Expo.

AlphaDogs provides post-production for the comedic/horror film Love In The Time Of Monsters.

Toon Goggles partners with Southern Telecom to release a new app for the Polaroid 7” Kids Tablet.

Nickelodeon draws nearly four million viewers to Sanjay and Craig animated series debut.

Framestore NY provides rendered effects for Alex Gibney's latest documentary, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks.

Highlighting all forms of electronic and digital media art created in the last two years, the SIGGRAPH 2013 Art Gallery demonstrates pieces that explore an idea, tell a story, or create an experience in a novel and engaging way.