Toon Boom Animation announces the use of Toon Boom Storyboard Pro and Harmony by Japanese animation studio HeARTBIT Digital Creation for its upcoming production, “Francesca.”

Ticket sales open for the Los Angeles Children's Film Festival, which runs from Friday, April 26, through Sunday, May 5, 2013.

The Producers Guild of America honors nine Innovators, Visionaries and Producers (V.I.P.) who have made significant contributions to the advancement of digital entertainment and storytelling in the past year.

“42,” the baseball biopic from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures, scores at the weekend box office, bringing in an estimated $27.3 million for a first place debut, while horror movie parody “Scary Movie 5,” debuts in second place, and DreamWorks Animation’s “The Croods” comes in third.

The Boston Festival of Indie Games opens registration for the 2nd annual festival, which will take place on Saturday, September 14, 2013.

Miranda teams up with Blast Radius Toronto and Nike Canada to create an interactive installation at Sport Chek’s flagship store in Toronto’s Eaton Centre.

Fandango names Sandro Corsaro Vice President of Content and Creative.

Syfy teams up with Fox Television Studios, Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke, Jackie Levine, John Brancato and Michael Ferris to develop “No Place.”

Saints LA contributes to an array of VFX shots for “G.I. Joe: Retaliation.”

Loyalkaspar helps to re-imagine the Fuse brand with a clean, simple yet dynamic identity.

Proof Inc. founder and creative director Ron Frankel is scheduled to speak on the role of Previs in filmmaking at three upcoming industry events, including the “Virtual Production” track at FMX, the inaugural edition of the Production Pipeline Expo, and the Academy’s “Pre and Post Visualization – Today’s Storyboarding” Craft Series panel.

About 150 staffers at the conglomerate's filmed entertainment segment are being laid off.

DreamWorks Animation acquires IP for Trolls with plans to take iconic dolls' brand (and hair) to new heights. American Girl branding vet Shawn Dennis tapped to head Trolls global franchise.

New focus for event explores the ideas, inspirations and technologies that push the boundaries of creative thinking.

LOOK Effects produces seamless visual effects for the Henry-Alex Rubin-directed “Disconnect,” from LD Entertainment and Wonderful Films.

The Foundry announces the release of the latest versions of HIERO and HIEROPLAYER, the company's family of shot management, conform and review tools, at the 2013 NAB Show.

Facilis announces the compatibility of TerraBlock shared storage and SyncBlock archiving solutions with popular tools from Cinedeck, Empress and axle Video.

Bryan Cranston, Mads Mikkelsen, and Rebel Wilson join the cast of DreamWorks Animation’s “Kung Fu Panda 3.”

Pretend announces previews their latest software, Pseudo, and demonstrations of Stereoid v1.1 at NAB 2013.

VFX vet George Murphy joins Reliance MediaWorks as Chief Creative Officer.