Los Angeles-based Sprite Entertainment Studio teams with Japan’s OLM Group to host “The Anime Spirit: From Pokémon and Pac-Man to Live-Action Films” as part of SIGGRAPH 2013’s Production Sessions event.
Gentleman Scholar partners with Whitehouse Editorial to create a spot for the Boston Police Foundation narrated by Donnie Wahlberg.
Cinelicious provides 4K restoration to the Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences’ animation showcase, The Giants' First Steps. Featuring early films of animation luminaries curated by Acme Filmworks, the program will keynote SIGGRAPH 2013.
From July 30 to August 1, Disney XD will be taken over by Disney Fandom, celebrating fans and showcasing programming from Disney, Pixar, Star Wars, Marvel and more.
Curious Pictures welcomes two new executive producers, Gary Giambalvo and Adam Bloom, and new director Daniel Cohen.
Women In Animation, the professional organization for women working in the animation industry, kicks off this year’s SIGGRAPH conference and exhibition with its annual Birds of a Feather meet-and-greet mixer.
The results of a feasibility study aimed toward reducing the impact of foreign tax incentives on the visual effects industry find that international subsidies that injure domestic industries can be challenged in the International Trade Court.
The Ottawa International Animation Festival announces the official selection of films that will compete and be screened at this year’s festival running September 18th-22nd.
Syfy announces its lineup for this year’s Comic-Con, which will include the launch of the network's newest scripted series, Helix.
Martin Sheen, Matthew Modine and George Coe join the English-language voice cast of the Spanish animated film, Wrinkles.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announces the 2013-2014 Board of Governors, with ten first-time governors and eight re-elected incumbents.
Newly organized CG artists ratify a contract negotiated between the Animation Guild, Local 839 IATSE and Nickelodeon Animation Studios.
The new Summer sensation, Under the Dome, and the highly anticipated midseason drama, Intelligence, to be presented in CBS Television Studios panels with first-look video content.
VIZ Media Showcases Digital Manga, Weekly Shonen Jump and Neon Alley Anime Channel, and offers collectable giveaways, fun booth activities, panel discussions and much more at the nation’s largest comics and pop culture convention.
ILM and Guillermo del Toro discuss the latest robot/monster mash.
Practical effects company 32TEN Studios provides a number of practical effects for Guillermo del Toro’s newly-released Pacific Rim.
Hit series Once Upon a Time returns for its third consecutive year; two of Fall’s most anticipated new ABC series, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, will make their Comic-Con debuts.
Fox announces its complete lineup for San Diego Comic-Con 2013, including contests, meet-and-greets, panels, autograph sessions, talent appearances and giveaways.
Over five years in the making, animated short The Café is a work-in-progress with an ever-changing cast of participants from around the world, led by led by husband-and-wife powerhouse animation team Dana (Boadway) Masson and Terrence Masson.
Cinesite announces Adam Bailey as the winner of its annual Inspire internship program.
The UK's LipSync Post appoints Sal Umerji as Head of Visual Effects Production.
Composer Heitor Pereira returns to score Columbia Pictures’ The Smurfs 2, directed by Raja Gosnell.
Japanese director Mami Sunada directs Kingdom of Dreams & Madness, a behind-the-scenes view of Studio Ghibli directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahataas and producer Toshio Suzuki as they complete their forthcoming animated features.
Monsters Inc. and Monsters University stars Billy Crystal and John Goodman, technology visionary Steve Jobs, television icon Dick Clark and other beloved contributors to the Disney legacy to be named and honored as official Disney Legends during the D23 Expo 2013.
Codex provides recording technology for Douglas Trumbull’s 120fps experimental short film, UFOTOG.
