Illumination Entertainment is developing Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! with Pete Candeland set to direct and Universal to handle worldwide distribution.

The Oscar-nominated, Annie Award-winning short film, “Adam and Dog,” by Minkyu Lee, is released online in its full entirety.

Germany’s INDAC hosts a Masterclass, “Producing Independent Animated Film,” with animation producer Max Howard February 14 & 15 at the Games Academy in Berlin.

Autodesk sponsors the award for "Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project" at the 11th annual VES Awards.

For her Super Bowl XLVII halftime show, Beyoncé collaborated with ThinkBreathLive to create an animated backdrop.

Culver City/Vancouver-based visual effects house Zoic Studios bolsters its Gaming Division with the addition of CG Supervisor Derek Crosby.

Vancouver studio continues to build stable of talent with addition of Jason Dowdeswell as VP, Vancouver Production Operations, and Senior Animation Supervisor Steve Nichols.

Director Timothy Reckart launches his own production company, Reckart Productions, with two stop-motion feature projects in development: “Super Special Ed” and “I Lost My Mind.”

Glowfrog's VFX department recruits VES award nominee Hasraf “Haz” Dulull as VFX Supervisor/Producer.

K5 International will begin pre-selling the animation project, which began life at Disney, to buyers at the European Film Market.

HIT Entertainment welcomes Michael Carrington as of Head of Content and Production, HIT Global Brands.

HUSH welcomes the art director and design and concept development artist Andre Salyer.

“The Avengers” cast to reunite at the 2013 Oscars.

The Foundry and partner Luxology announce the addition of Mike Ephraim and Shane Griffith to the Sales and Marketing team.

“Natalis,” created at the Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg and directed by Daniel Brkovic and Jan-Marcel Kuehn, receives a VES Award for “Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project.”

MPC took honors at this year’s VES Awards for its contribution to Ang Lee’s critically acclaimed “Life of Pi,” winning Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Motion Picture, Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in a Feature Motion Picture, and Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture.

Ang Lee’s “Life of Pi” and Pixar’s "Brave" each take home four trophies at the 11th annual VES Awards.

Bardel Entertainment forms a strategic alliance with Frank Saperstein’s Surprise Bag Inc. to produce and distribute animated content for the global market.

Director Timothy Reckart’s Oscar-nominated “Head Over Heels” wins 2013 Annie Award.

The critically acclaimed New York Int’l Children’s Film Festival announces its full slate and jury for the 16th annual edition, which runs March 1-24 at seven Manhattan locations.