Slated for release in December 2015, DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 3 will see one-third of its production done in China.

NBC greenlights the animated holiday musical special How Murray Saved Christmas, from Simpsons’ writer and executive producer Mike Reiss.

The Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces the selection of five students to participate in its 2013 summer internship program, with placements at the Tech Council, Dolby Laboratories, Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Find out what happens after a project gets the green light at ‘They Said Yes! Now What?’ panel at the Women In Animation general meeting on Thursday, June 27.

Josh Gad, Santino Fontana and Alan Tudyk join comedy adventure.

James L. Brooks, Producer of TV’s The Simpsons, joins AFI Conservatory as Artistic Director.

Evolution is appointed global licensing agent for animated series This One ‘N That One, created by actress, artist, author and designer Jane Seymour and actor, writer, director and producer James Keach.

SIGGRAPH 2013 releases the final lineup of 15 Production Sessions to be featured at this year’s conference.

Prizewinning films are announced at the 2013 edition of the International Animation Film Festival in Annecy, with Brazil’s Uma história de amor e fúria (Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury) taking home the Cristal Award for Best Feature, and Chris Landreth's Subconscious Password taking home the Cristal for Best Short.

Entertainment branding agency loyalkaspar announces a bi-coastal expansion with the addition of Chief Development Officer Robert Blatchford (Los Angeles) and Creative Director Anna Minkkinen (New York).

FlickerLab appoints Jordan Geary its new Head of Production and Development.

Melissa McCarthy signs on to voice star opposite Seth Rogen in DreamWorks Animation’s B.O.O. (Bureau of Otherworldly Operations).

Andrew Z. Davis is named President of Production Administration for Columbia Pictures, where he will supervise all aspects of physical production including post production and visual effects for all Columbia Pictures films as well as live-action portions of films from Sony Pictures Animation.

SIGGRAPH 2013 announces a partnership with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to bring the Marc Davis Lecture Series to Anaheim for its Keynote Session on 22 July 2013.

Multi-hyphenate talent Seth Green expresses his approval of Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, paying his compliments to the director via Twitter.

A hit at the 2013 International Animation Film Festival underway this week in Annecy, France, the documentary feature Persistence of Vision heads to Los Angeles for screenings on June 27 & 29, and July 1 & 2.

Cape Town-based animation training institution The Animation School represents South Africa at the 2013 annual Annecy Festival, with Michael Hlatswayo, one of the school’s top three performing students, selected to attend the event.

The National Film Board of Canada announces that its French Animation and Youth Studio will co-produce the latest film by world-renowned Estonian animation filmmakers Priit and Olga Pärn, entitled Pilots on the Way Home.

The just-concluded COLLIDER Digital Production Conference wraps up its inaugural three-day run in midtown Manhattan this week, including the VFX Town Hall event held on Monday, June 10.

David Silverman, director of The Simpsons animated series and film, is slated to provide the keynote address at the 2013 Toronto Animation Arts Festival International.