Nickelodeon debuts a “SpongeBob SquarePants” Hot Wheels collection that features six character inspired vehicles.

In developing “Wizard Ops Tactics,” Phyken turned to Autodesk Maya 3D animation software for high-quality art, models and other 3D assets.

Producer Tim Dillon joins MPC New York from Nexus Interactive Arts.

3DGarage.com’s new instructional training video for LightWave 11.5 is now available

DHX strikes a new deal for “Johnny Test” with Viacom and Nickelodeon Germany.

Psyop helps to launch Play Fanta’s interactive graphic novel, “Saving the Source.”

Disney and Marvel’s “Iron Man 3” earns a record-breaking $21.5 million in China on Wednesday, topping Marvel’s “The Avengers” as the highest opening day in the country’s box office history.

The Academy hosts the final event in its three-week VFX Convergence craft series, “From Matte Paintings to Full Environments and Set Extensions,” moderated by visual effects branch governor Craig Barron and visual effects branch member Theresa Rygiel.

Director Nico Casavecchia, 1stAveMachine, Ogilvy and the big brains at IBM Research create the world’s smallest stop-motion film, “A Boy and His Atom.”

Spin VFX wins BAFTA award for best visual effects in the Television Craft category for its work in the TV mini-series “Titanic.”

Visual effects company Framestore wins two awards for Best Visual Effects at the Clios, taking silver for Qualcomm Snapdragon “Coming Soon” and bronze for the groundbreaking simulation VFX used to dismantle the Nissan Altima in “Wouldn’t It Be Cool.”

Little Airplane Productions signs Jada Toys as the new Global Master Toy Partner for “Small Potatoes,” further extending the hit preschool series’ licensing reach.

Groundbreaking alliance marks digital content milestone.

Imaginary Forces tackles the MTV Movie Awards with iconic and exhilarating blockbuster homages in 13 category animations.

The Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival issues a call for entries for the fifth edition of the festival, which will take place in October.

Wacom launches the Cintiq 22HD touch, a new addition to its expanding interactive pen display portfolio, which combines multi-touch with Wacom’s renowned pen technology.

“Tom and Jerry’s Giant Adventure,” brand-new, full-length animated adventure from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, heads to disc August 6.

Imira signs new global sales deals in the wake of MIPTV in Cannes.

e-on announces the availability of Vue 11.5 xStream and Infinite.

Rogue State turns to LightWave 11.5 3D software to conquer CG dragons and 220 visual effects shots for “Dracano.”