DreamWorks Animation announces financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2013, with total revenue of $213.4 million, net income of $22.2 million, and earnings per share of $0.26.
Five new pilots join Annebots, Creative Galaxy and Tumbleaf kids shows already in full series production.
Award-winning motion graphics artist Kevin O’Rourke joins hybrid digital media company Utopic’s talent roster.
Level 256 complete work on the new sci-fi short, The Final Moments of Karl Brant, directed by M.F. Wilson and starring Paul Rubens.
Pixeldust Studios welcomes Julie Fischer as its new Senior Visual Effects Producer.
Therapy Studios helps put you in the driver’s seat with a new spy-themed interactive advertising experience, “Only the Name Remains,” created by Burrell Communications and produced by Tool of North America for the 2013 Toyota Avalon.
Red Giant announces that its new BulletProof software for filmmakers is now shipping, as well as the addition of two new suites: The Red Giant Shooter Suite and The Red Giant Color Suite.
A movie version of the popular Dick Figures YouTube series, produced by Ed Skudder and Pixar veteran Zack Keller, is set for online release on September 17.
Directed by MTh’s Grady Hall and featuring visual effects and post-production from Mirada, “Safe and Sound,” the popular music video from indie pop duo Capital Cities, receives nominations for MTV’s 2013 Video Music Awards including Best Art Direction and Best Visual Effects.
New York and Los Angeles-based creative studio and production company LOGAN teamed with Saatchi NY to create Lenovo “Getaway.”
In anticipation of the cartoon’s North American debut, Disney Animation releases two new images from the Mickey Mouse short, Get A Horse!.
Moonscoop LLC announces a partnership with Archie Comics to co-produce the new animated series, It’s Archie.
Toon Goggles expands with a new channel of the streaming platform, Roku.
Ed Ulbrich steps down as CEO; Sun Innovation executive Daniel Seah to lead the company.
VFX industry leaders discuss a proposed plan aimed at addressing subsidies during a panel at the CG conference.
The Walt Disney Studios to develop best-selling Book “Artemis Fowl” with producer Harvey Weinstein and executive producers Robert DeNiro and Jane Rosenthal.
Eric Coleman, Senior Vice President, Original Series, Disney Television Animation, announces that a second season of the hit Disney Channel series Gravity Falls has been ordered.
Visual effects production studio Rodeo FX tackles a comprehensive array of creative and technological challenges in the company’s ninth collaboration with ILM to create and produce 200 visual effects shots for Pacific Rim.
Veteran visual effects team opens boutique shop in Hollywood.
Stop-motion animator Rachel Johnson launches a Kickstarter campaign for her newest short film, Henrietta Bulkowski.
Twentieth Television shops off-network syndication rights to the long-running animated series in the coming year.
Twentieth Century Fox’s Wolverine tops the box office this weekend, opening to $55 million domestically and $86.1 million internationally for a worldwide total of $141.1 million, the strongest opening ever for an X-Men title.
The Academy keynote presentation at SIGGRAPH 2013, “The Giants’ First Steps,” featuring the student works and early careers of animation directors Ron Clements, Pete Docter, Eric Goldberg, Kevin Lima, Mike Mitchell, Chris Sanders, Henry Selick, David Silverman and Kirk Wise, is released online.
Amberwood Entertainment and Big Jump Productions partner with TVOKids to develop a new pre-school series, Shutterbug.
Nickelodeon partners with Activision Publishing to develop video games featuring SpongeBob SquarePants.
