GALAXY STUDIOS ANNOUNCES 3-PICTURE DEAL WITH MARK R. HARRIS PRODUCER OF ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING FILMS CRASH AND GODS AND MONSTERS

June 24, 2015

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.”