Saban Brands announces Nickelodeon as the U.S. broadcast partner for brand-new “Digimon Fusion” series.
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.”
Focus Features and Laika reunite for October 2014’s “The Boxtrolls,” based on Alan Snow’s bestseller “Here Be Monsters,” and starring the voices of Ben Kingsley, Toni Collette, Elle Fanning, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Jared Harris, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade and Tracy Morgan.
An unspecified reduction in staff is planned in the wake of an expected write-down on the November release "Rise of the Guardians."
The year’s best work in children’s television is singled out and celebrated by the global kids’ entertainment industry at Kidscreen Summit in New York.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment announces the release of “Hats Off to Dr. Seuss Collector’s Edition” on February 19.
Southpaw develops an open-source version of its production asset management system, TACTIC TEAM, for the Mac.
“The Avengers” cast to reunite at the 2013 Oscars.
DreamWorks Animation announces the new release date for “Mr. Peabody & Sherman.”
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” arrives on Digital Download March 12 and on Blu-ray Combo Pack, Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack and 2-Disc DVD Special Edition on March 19.
CBBC orders a second season of the television series, “Strange Hill High” to air in 2014.
“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.
Take a journey down the Yellow Brick Road with the “Find Your Way to Oz” Chrome experiment, developed in collaboration with Disney and UNIT9 in anticipation of the upcoming film, “Oz The Great and Powerful.”
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.
Confab heads back to the desert for insight, conversation and demonstration by industry thought leaders.
Created by Ryan Quincy, two-time Emmy award-winning animation director and producer of “South Park.”
Visual effects company Rhythm & Hues takes an emergency $20 million capital infusion from Universal, Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Bros.
Tim Godsall, Mike Maguire, Noam Murro, Aaron Stoller, Clay Weiner and Andreas Nilsson direct spots for top brands.
Disney gave fans an extended look at “Iron Man 3” during Sunday’s Super Bowl game.
Brickyard animates Adobe “Animals,” a tongue-in-cheek reflection on huge Super Bowl ad spends that premiered exclusively online.
