Belgium-based, multi-faceted post-production outfit, GALAXY STUDIOS, announced today that it has finalised a three-picture production agreement with film producer Mark R. Harris (CRASH, GODS AND MONSTERS, CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER WOMEN). The deal also incorporates Auro Technologies, ensuring the revolutionary immersive sound format AURO-3D® is employed across all of the upcoming three pictures.
Mark R. Harris’ was the original producer and developer of Academy® Award-winning MILLION DOLLAR BABY, before he and his partners, including writer/director Paul Haggis, sold it to Clint Eastwood and Warner Bros. Harris’ first film under the Galaxy/AURO-3D® deal will be CUPID, a romantic comedy scripted and co-produced by comedy legend Garry Marshall (NEW YEAR’S EVE, THE PRINCESS DIARIES, PRETTY WOMAN) and co-written and directed by Scott Marshall (BLONDE AMBITION, ALL’S FAIRE IN LOVE). CUPID will start shooting this summer.
CUPID will be the first of Harris’ films to benefit from AURO-3D®, a listening format that delivers the most natural immersive sound experience on the market. It is an exciting move from two-dimensional surround sound formats to three-dimensional sound, achieved by adding the missing and final dimension in sound ‘height’ in front of and all around the viewer. AURO-3D® is the only sound system on the market that has just one file, making it easy for distributors to achieve high-resolution audio on any system in the world. The format is currently on display at the Cannes Film Festival in an AURO-3D® theater specially constructed next to the AURO offices and lounge on the Hotel Majestic Plage.
About working with the new AURO-3D® sound format, Harris said, “As a professional storyteller, I’m always on the lookout for new storytelling tools. The AURO-3D® sound format is a breakthrough that increases the dramatic impact of the stories we are trying to tell, impacting and moving the audience on a deep level.”
Wilfried Van Baelen, Founder and CEO of Galaxy Studios and pioneer behind the AURO-3D® format added, “Mark’s projects draw audiences deep into the heart of the story, and AURO-3D® shares the very same goal: to offer audiences total immersion within the world on-screen. We’re delighted to have his endorsement, and look forward to working closely together over the coming years, exploring new depths and taking his already stellar work to ever greater levels.”
Mark R. Harris and Wilfried Van Baelen will be in Cannes at the Auro Technologies suite located on the Hotel Majestic Plage (near the Palais des Festivals) and available for interviews May 16 -21.