Robert Baruc to Large Air Galleries

Industry veteran Robert Baruc has became a member of year-old distributor Large Air Galleries as chief creative officer. Baruc has professional created a lot more than 30 films and acquired and promoted a lot more than 500 in to the U.S. marketplace throughout his 25-year career. "Among the top entrepreneurs of independent films, he's distinctively situated to steer Large Air Galleries with the high-level purchases approaching for Large Air within the year,Inch the organization stated. Baruc offered as leader of Screen Media Films from 2001-11. There he oversaw the distribution of Rebecca Miller's "The Non-public Lives of Pippa Lee" with Robin Wright and Keanu Reeves, "Sherrybaby" with Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Ivory's "Town of One Last Destination" with Anthony Hopkins and Laura Linney and "La Mission" with Benjamin Bratt. Large Air touts itself like a full-service distribution company centered on supplying genre-specific game titles using all platforms. Rocket Delivering and Large Air Galleries introduced two days ago that they acquired United States distribution privileges to Darren Bousman's horror-thriller "11-11-11" -- and intend to release the pic on November. 11 in 15 major U.S. marketplaces (Variety, March. 17). Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

'Harry Potter' DVDs Disappearing: Experts Weigh In

All "Harry Potter" DVDs are being pulled from store shelves at the end of the year, heading into Warner Bros.' vault for an as-yet-unknown length of time. Fans are understandably frustrated by the news first, no more new "Potter" movies, and now we can't even buy the old ones anymore? but perhaps there's a silver lining to be found. If there is, there's no one better to identify it than some of the top "Potter" experts and movie commentators floating around the blogosphere. We reached out to NextMovie's Breanne Heldman, Hypable's Andrew Sims and MTV's very own Terri Schwartz for their thoughts on the latest "Potter" news. Initial Reactions » Terri Schwartz: When Warner Bros announced this earlier this month, I was more peeved than anything else. It seems a bit silly to pull the "Potter" DVDs off shelves only a month and a half after the eighth and final film gets released on home video. I think it's hard to see this move as anything other than an attempt to get the "Potter" DVDs selling faster and in higher quantities. » Andrew Sims: I was surprised, and the most interesting part about the decision is that they're being pulled so soon after the holidays. Taking them off shelves just four days after Christmas seems like an impatient move. I think waiting until at least late January or February (to cater to those who may've set a Potter New Years Resolution) would've been better. Exploring The Logic » Breanne Heldman: With all the "Potter" films out of theaters and permanently available for purchase on home video, the cash cow dies, and so does some of the excitement for the franchise. This way, a few years down the road when the movies get re-released, enthusiasm can (and will) reach a fever pitch again, and this will likely effect the sales of more than just Blu-rays. » AS: I think Warner's idea is to make a big deal and pull them so it's a big Holiday gift, and then bring a new collection back next year. They'll announce that they're "reopening the vault" or something to that effect in late 2012 and promise new special features on an updated set. The "Harry Potter Home Entertainment Celebration" next month in Orlando will send a big "goodbye forever!" message to help push the sales. The Fan Response » AS: The fans so far have reacted pretty negatively. I think they've been thinking more about potential new fans who want to go out and buy the films after December 29th. New fans will be left with no options other than digital or on-demand purchases, which seems unfair. It also stings the fans because they hate to see their Harry disappear. No more new films was bad enough, but now we can't even see him in stores! » BH: True fans will run out and buy their copies when they hit shelves on Nov. 11, so this will be a non-issue for them. But, unfortunately, enterprising minds across the web will likely see opportunity for some cold hard cash. Next Steps » TS: Honestly, hearing this news is making me think that fans should wait to buy the big boxed set that will be released of all eight "Potter" films. Since Warner Bros is pulling the "Potter" DVDs off shelves at the end of December, you can rest assured that they're going to come out with an even better Platinum Deluxe Phoenix edition in a year or two that is jam-packed with all the extras they didn't put in this one. If you're the type of person who just wants to see the movie, then sure, buy it now, but if you (like me) prefer the Special Edition to the regular DVD, I'd say hold on to your pennies and wait for the next edition a few years down the road. Or just pick your money tree in the backyard and buy both. Will This Work? » BS: Did the expelliarmus charm ultimately kill Voldemort? How do you feel about the "Potter" news? Tell us in the comments section and on Twitter! Additional reporting by Kevin P. Sullivan.

Arias allies with ABC Daytime

Disney-ABC has named Mirian Arias vice president of communications for daytime. Arias comes from NBCUniversal, where she was communications veep for digital women's brand iVillage. Previously, she has had communications roles for Syfy, Nickelodeon and Oxygen. "Mirian's extensive background in consumer communications combined with her more recent experience heading up digital communications for Syfy and iVillage make her the perfect candidate for this role," said Disney-ABC Television Group global communications EVP Kevin Brockman, to whom Arias will report. Arias will oversee communications for ABC Daytime and ABC Media Prods., as well as for the time being SoapNet, which is being phased out in favor of Disney Junior next year. Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com

From Elton John to The Pixies: 21 Great Movie Music Cues

As Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails have proved in recent weeks, nothing makes a movie look sound as good as a perfectly placed pop song. In honor of the new and improved AOL Radio (powered by Slacker) and its Movie Tracks station -- as well as Cameron's Crowe's recent list of his most treasured movie-music memories -- here are 21 of Moviefone's favorite movie music cues. Feel free to disagree and/or add your own favorites in the comments section below! 21 Favorite Movie Music Cues See All Moviefone Galleries » [Top Photo: Everett Collection] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

Sean Bean: Id Go Back To Wager On Thrones If Asked for

First Launched: October 19, 2011 4:28 PM EDT Credit: Getty Images La, Calif. -- Caption Sean Bean within the 2011 Scream Honours round the Universal Art galleries lot, Hollywood, March. 15, 2011Sean Bean produced a sizable mark on television the 2009 spring, coping with the role from the almighty Eddard Ned Stark in Wager on Thrones, which he'd leap in the opportunity to return for the series. Yeah, I loved it, he told Access Hollywood within the 2011 Scream Honours in the last weekend in La. It absolutely was an amazing time personally also it might be a very ambitious project by Cinemax, and many types of the males involved the producers, the organization company directors, the heavens. It absolutely was a great experience, and hopefully In my opinion I am in flashbacks inside the books. In George R.R. Martins series, A Sound Lesson of Ice and Fire, the littlest Stark Rickon really states have observed his father inside the familys under-Winterfell tomb after King Joffrey beheaded Our god Stark. Because the time for the scene may have already passed, you will discover other moments set to occur inside the approaching continuation in the series (like ones with Jamie Lannister) that could open the entrance for flashbacks with Seans character. However, the actor isn't ready to request his old bosses producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss who apparently have mentioned there won't be flashbacks to make it happen. Ill permit them to showed up at me, he jeered. Sean has another series inside the works this time around around for ABC, with co-star Ashley Judd. Ive been doing another show referred to as Missing in Prague and Croatia, Sean mentioned, in the thriller, prone to air next season round the network. Ive finished that now. Which younger crowd plays Jennifer Aniston husband the King inside the approaching untitled Snow White-colored project, but he recognized the two had little screen time together. I really do, however rarely saw her, he mentioned of barely coping with the actress who plays the Evil Full. I merely mentioned hello to her, shook hands, which involved it, really. Shes a stylish lady. The untitled Snow White-colored film arrives for release on March 16, 2012. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

'Boss' star joins 'Gangster Squad'

Garity"Boss" star Troy Garity has became a member of the cast of Warner Bros./Village Roadshow's period crime pic "The Gangster Squad."Garity will have a 1-eyed hitman sent by gangster Sean Penn to kill figures performed by Ryan Gosling and Josh Brolin.Ruben Fleischer is pointing from the script by Will Beall, and production is presently under means by La.Garity, who had been among Variety's Top Ten New Faces for Fall TV, will quickly be viewed playing an investigative reporter pursuing Kelsey Grammer on Starz's "Boss," that has formally upped him to series regular. He lately performed a vengeful mobster on NBC's canceled series "The Playboy Club."Thesp, whose submit the 2003 telepic "Soldier's Girl" gained him a Golden Globe nomination, will film "Gangster Squad" into December. His previous feature credits include Danny Boyle's "Sunshine," Craig Levinson's "Bandits" and Tim Story's "Barbershop."Garity is repped by CAA and Untitled Entertainment. Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com

Syfy orders 'School Spirits' from Mark Burnett

Syfy has given a six-episode order to docu-series "School Spirits" from Mark Burnett and Seth Jarrett. Production is positioned to begin November. 28. Skein will state the tales of ghost tales that have emerged at schools nationwide. The tales will probably be told in first-person tales using the recommendations of students, teachers, parents and staff who claim they can have observed paranormal activity, with reenactments to help explain the problem. "School hauntings would be the most terrifying first-hands accounts. The tales that have afraid decades of students and teachers aren't for your person with average skills,In . mentioned Syfy topper Mark Stern. Jarrett practical understanding considering the haunted. He's the creator of "Celebrity Ghost Tales," which creates the Bio cabler. Burnett's been busy of course lately. He's developing numerous cable series inside a&E and TNT additionally to some mega work with History in regards to the Bible. More youthful crowd recently pacted to provide content for upstart digital network Youtoo TV. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

Participant Media ups Lindsay Guetschow

Lindsay Guetschow continues to be marketed towards the recently produced of publish of senior director of selling & proper alliances at Participant Media. The promotion was introduced Thursday by Buffy Shutt and Kathy Johnson, Participant's professional VPs of selling. Guetschow offered as Participant's campaign outreach director on "Awaiting Superman." She's accountable for developing and controlling proper alliances for "cause marketing campaigns" and use Participant's Social Action and TakePart teams to get pregnant programs for partner affiliation, funding possibilities and community building. Participant noted that last year, Guetschow assisted community art project Awesome Globes: Hot Suggestions for a Cooler Planet, La. Before joining Awesome Globes, she offered because the director of outreach for StopGlobalWarming.org. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Gener8 Lands Financing For 3 dimensional Conversion

Since the debate over the requirement for 3d continues, conversion company Gener8 Digital Media received a stamp of approval today, announcing a $1.5 million round of financing. Its proprietary technology turns 2D film into 3d in postproduction. Publish conversion can be a process some have mentioned produces inferior results in shooting in native 3d. Here’s the release: VANCOUVER – October 13, 2011 – Gener8 Digital Media Corp., a rapidly growing 3d production company, has elevated $1.5M in private financing with traders Macquarie Private Wealth Corporation., Haywood Opportunities Corporation., Raymond James Ltd., and Leede Property Marketplaces. The funding enables Gener8 to pursue new projects and may further progression of the business’s proprietary 3d technology, which gives filmmakers by getting an completely method of creating movies in stereoscopic 3d. Gener8 might be the only real company that creates an authentic 3d world in publish-production. After geometrically re-developing a 2D scene in 3d, Gener8 projects the film towards the 3d world, giving filmmakers ultimate control to manage, enhance, and refine every part in the viewing experience. A cost-effective, high quality choice to native 3d filming, this proprietary process is unlike almost every other 3d production method available to Hollywood today. Gener8 was founded within the month of the month of january by former Ea Canada and Radical Entertainment professionals. “With our collective pedigree in film, 3d software, and game game titles, we approach 3d filmmaking in the unique way,” states Gener8′s Boss Rory Armes. “We’re excited being coping with traders who share our vision and anticipate their support and collaboration as Gener8 grows.” Just like a west coast company with roots in Vancouver’s celebrated technology sector, Gener8′s services are convenient for Hollywood filmmakers and possibly provide the benefit of Canadian tax incentives. Recent projects are the considerably acclaimed Harry Potter as well as the Deathly Hallows Part 2 as well as the animated online video Luna. Gener8′s current focus might be the arrival Ghost Driver: Spirit of Vengeance, that they are handling the film’s 3d conversion within the whole.

Ashley Tisdale to Star in Semi-Autobiographical Comedy Work for ABC

Ashley Tisdale Ashley Tisdale has offered a semi-autobiographical comedy project to ABC that they would star in and co-executive-produce, Deadline reviews. Being Built follows a youthful lady who must sacrifice her independence and move in together with her family while her father helps you to renovate her "money pit" home, amongst other things in her own existence. Take a look at all of the familiar faces coming back to TV this season David Holden (Accidentally purposely) will write the script and co-executive-produce. My Generation's Warren Littlefield will executive produce. The 26-year-old actress began on the Disney Funnel sitcom The Suite Existence of Zack and Cody, before rising to fame within the Senior High School Musical franchise. She lately executive-created and starred within the Senior High School Musical spin-off TV movie, Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure and starred around the CW's short-resided cheerleading series Hellcats. Would you like to see Ashley Tisdale go back to the little screen?

Ashton Kutchers Alleged One Evening Stand Breaks Her Silence!

First Released: October 12, 2011 5:54 PM EDT Credit: Getty Images La, Calif. -- Caption Ashton Kutcher sports a print jacket in the No Strings Attached photocall in Paris on Feb 9, 2011 The lady at the middle of Ashton Kutchers alleged affair has given her first interviews. Sara Leal, 22, has spoken to both Us Weekly and also the UKs The Sun's Rays newspaper, declaring she'd sex with Demi Moores husband around the stars sixth anniversary. Leal stated to Us Weekly the 2 . 5 Males star lured her as she was hanging out at San Diegos Hard Rock Hotel on September 23. Leal stated that they along with a friend got naked inside a spa with Kutcher, and then, he suggested he was thinking about a threesome. After her visit to the restroom, Leal stated her friend left and she or he had unguaranteed sex with Kutcher. He was good, she told Us. We werent, like, having sex, however it wasnt strange or perverted. After, she stated the 2 spoken about politics. [He] requested basically could title up-and-coming candidates, Leal told the mag. I stated Ron Perry. Leal stated the 2 were intimate again, and then he began to examine her mobile phone texts. She stated she'd texted a buddy and told the friend she was hanging out using the actor. He just stated flat-out, See, this really is stuff I cant have happen. I agreed to remove them, Leal stated, declaring a bodyguard arrived and required her phone away, promising her shed have it fixed when she left. Leal told The Sun's Rays that before she left, Kutcher accented themself. The final factor I recall him saying was he did a great job. We awoke and that i was putting on a robe. He opened up up and that i was like, What's happening? He was like, Just checking. OK, Used to do good! Youre really pretty, she stated towards the tabloid. The lady stated Kutcher initially informed her, before their encounter, he was separated from his wife, and she or he remains unsure if their relationship is real. If theyre happily married i quickly feel below par, she told Us. Kutcher and Moore haven't addressed the accusations. After attending kabbalah services together, the 2 were captured pics of on Sunday, camping outdoors of Santa Barbara within the Yom Kippur holiday, probably the most serious and solemn day within the Jewish religion, referred to as Day's Atonement Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Memphis Beat Designers Sell Drama To NBC, Jamie Tarses Produces Two More Comedies

NBC makes the acquisition-hour drama pitch The Meadows from husband & wife Memphis Beat designers Liz Garcia and Joshua Harto, while Jamie Tarses’ The brand new the new sony TV-based company has offered 2 more comedy pitches, Teresa Strasser’s Mother Teresa to ABC plus an untitled David Lampson/Andrew Leeds project to Fox. Known to love an intricate, high stakes, character-driven drama that occurs within the sixties as well as the present, The Meadows will probably be executive produced by Scott Stuber and also the development executive Quan Phung through Universal Television where Stuber Pictures posseses an overall deal. It makes sense 2 parallel story lines: Inside the 60s, Lucia ‘Lucy’ Cortes, a Mexican-American lady who’s fled an abusive marriage along with her 12 year-old boy Tommy, starts her existence in Las vegas. In present day, Tommy can be a effective, enigmatic casino owner poised being the King of Vegas. The show tales how a outsider within the wrong side in the tracks could rise in to the top and explores the dark mystery that expects to think about everything away from him. Garcia and Harto, repped by CAA and Madhouse Entertainment, will be the designers/executive producers of TNT Memphis Beat, that's round the bubble after finishing its second season. In addition, Garcia is writing the feature French Women Don’t Eat Body body fat for Hillary Swank to produce for Alcon Entertainment. ABC’s single-camera Mother Teresa will probably be put together by Teresa Strasser based on her book Benefiting from My Baby: Because It’s Benefiting from Me. It concentrates on a practical mother whose slightly estranged, hippy mother returns to reside in together to think about proper proper care of the completely new baby. The Lampson/Leeds comedy at Fox is about a larger-than-existence family guy who constantly finds themselves excessively mixed up in lives of people around him to assist them achieve their full potential.

'Ghazal king' Jagjit Singh dies

MUMBAI -- Indian singer Jagjit Singh died March. 10 in Mumbai, India, undertaking a brain hemorrhage lately. He was 70. Singh's crooning voice vitalized the dying talent in the ghazal -- Urdu and Persian poetry set to music -- at the begining of eighties. Typically trained Jagjit Singh Dhiman found Bombay, as Mumbai was known then, searching for be employed in films. Along with his wife, Chitra, he completed in concerts until she outdated carrying out a dying from the boy in 1990. The duo started by helping cover their their concerts in small venues after which it their recognition rose carried out in bigger halls and released several albums including "Chiraag," "Marasim" as well as the technologically advanced "Beyond Time." Singh composed music with distinct flavor for Bollywood, writing the scores for "Prem geet" (1981) and Mahesh Bhatt's autobiographical "Arth" (1982). In films like "Arth," ("Jhuki jhuki si nazar") to "Sarfarosh" ("Hoshwalon ko") and "Prem geet" ("Hotho se chhoo lo tum") his tunes added a classic touch for the soundtrack. Helmer Bhatt tweeted, "My film 'Arth' won't have touched the hearts of enormous amounts of individuals without any contribution of Jagjit Singh." Finding the Bollywood music scene rapidly changing, Singh stuck to his metier -- singing ghazals -- showing being greatly popular inside the entire Indian subcontinent. He ongoing to render the pair of Bollywood tunes that came his way along with his hallmark transparency. Within the senior years he tight on causes for instance getting royalty for entertainers and lyricists when their music was carried out. Presently only composers have the money. His last public performance was on Sept. 20 in Dehradun. The Indian government presented acquiring Padma Bhushan on him. Children include his wife, Chitra. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Fritz Manes dies at 79

Fritz Manes, who had a long association with Clint Eastwood, producing, exec producing or associate producing a dozen of the films Eastwood directed between 1977 and 1986 and serving in a number of other capacities on some of these films, including as an actor, production manager and second assistant director, died of lung and brain cancer on Sept. 27 in Sherman Oaks, Calif. He was 79. Born and raised in Oakland, Calif., Manes first met Eastwood in high school in the late 1940s, and they remained close friends for decades. Manes attended UC Berkeley and earned a B.A. from UCLA. He spent four years in the Marine Corps, serving for 14 months in the Korean War. Manes worked a variety of jobs for several decades, including as a local disk jockey in Oakland and for a newsradio station in San Francisco. In 1973, however, he began to work at Eastwood production company Malpaso. In 1976, Manes was credited as assistant to the producer on Dirty Harry film "The Enforcer" (directed by James Fargo and produced by Robert Daley) and on "The Outlaw Josey Wales," directed by Eastwood and produced by Daley, Fargo and John G. Wilson). For "Josie Wales," Manes scouted locations with lenser Bruce Surtees and Fargo. He was associate producer on Eastwood films "The Gauntlet," "Every Which Way but Loose" "Escape From Alcatraz" and "Bronco Billy," which were made between 1977 and 1980, as well as second a.d. on "Bronco Billy" as well as "Any Which Way You Can." Manes' responsibilities on Eastwood's pics gradually increased: He moved up from associate producer to producer on "Any Which Way You Can"; starting with "Firefox" he would frequently occupy dual roles as exec producer or producer and unit production manager on a number of Eastwood's mid-'80s titles. He even picked up credits for stuntwork on "Sudden Impact" and "City Rider." Manes also had bit parts in a number of Eastwood beginning with "The Enforcer" and ending with "Pale Rider." In 1986 Manes also produced Sondra Locke directorial effort "Ratboy." Manes' relationship with Eastwood, both professional and personal, came to an end amid strife during the production of "Heartbreak Ridge" that same year. Manes also served on the California Film Commission, appointed by then-Gov. George Deukmejian, during the 1980s. He is survived by his wife, Audi. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

Finding Joe

A Balcony Delivering discharge of a Pat and Pat production. Created by Patrick Takaya Solomon. Executive producers, Patricia Frazier, Solomon. Directed, compiled by Patrick Takaya Solomon.With: Deepak Chopra, Mick Fleetwood, Rashida Johnson, Tony Hawk, Catherine Hardwicke, Laird Hamilton, Robert Walter, Akiva Goldsman, Mister Ken Robinson, Robin Sharma, Lynne Kaufman, Alan Cohen, John Manley, Frederick Marshall III, Rebecca Remedy, Chungliang Al Huang, David L. Burns, Gay Hendricks, David Loy, Norman Ollestad."Finding Joe" does not give a biography of or critical perspective on late author, mythologist and speaker Frederick Campbell, rather offering an easily digestible summary of his key ideas. Patrick Takaya Solomon's docu will probably appeal mainly towards the formerly converted in initial theatrical/home-format exposure, then have a lengthy existence like a workshop primer. Moderately interesting pic opened up Sept. 30 in La, along with other U.S. metropolitan areas to follow along with. After an eyeblink summary of Campbell's personal history, the world-trotting docu falls in to the major theme of his life's work, that was the distillation of cultures' essential mythologies into what he called "the hero's journey" -- a universal journey whose primary recognized phases (separation, initiation, return) supply the Everyman protagonist by having an adventure through adversity that she or he emerges changed. A hefty quantity of film clips, recommending whether liberal lent-footage budget or plenty of studio-connected buddies, finds this narrative blueprint converted to popular entertainment in "The Exorcist," "The The almighty from the Rings," "The Wizard of Oz," "The Matrix," "Batman Starts," "Rocky," the "Harry Potter" and "Twilight" movies, et al. Inside a rather precious attempt for further illustration, staged sequences have costumed children play-acting elemental misconceptions on L.A. beaches and roads. But the majority of the docu features a range of government bodies and celebs explaining Campbell's ideas and just how they've personally effected them. (Nearly all individuals questioned were either near to Campbell and/or are authors of recent Age/self-help books, although the film does not point that out.) "Slaying the dragon" of a person's own perceived limits to "get to be the hero of your existence" is really a potent metaphor, and advice regarding how to make that happen by not worrying about rules, status and the other people think is definitely helpful. When you are told to "follow your bliss" by greatly effective stars in rarefied fields, like skateboarding mogul Tony Hawk and surfing legend Laird Hamilton, may strike some as getting a particular let-them-eat-cake hubris. Nobody here mentions such everyday potential roadblocks to recognizing a person's ideal self as, say, requiring to pay for the rent or feed your children it appears assumed anybody can/should transcend such restrictions when they really, actually want to. Are these concepts equally valuable towards the individual that does not possess a world-class talent or infinite ambition? By omitting such discussion, "Finding Joe" indicates regular lives -- that might be the majority of humanity's -- are mere treadmill machines that true "heroes" should ignore and/or escape. Campbell's career and influence encompass much wider fields of great interest than are thought here, regardless of the pic's colorful surface. Thinning its focus towards the easiest inspiring gist, with zero understanding of the guy behind it, "Finding Joe" ends up seeming as an infomercial for any personal-growth program half needs single-800 number to become listed in the finish. Possibly Solomon is really an enthusiast he did not realize he'd made something nonconverts might see like a try to sell you similar to individuals frequently produced by inspirational loudspeakers and compensated celebs with respect to major lizard-oil items. With nearly one fourth-century getting passed since Campbell took part in two documentaries about his work (exactly the same year he died), surely it's the perfect time for brand new motion picture studies less sycophantic than that one. Production values are high.Camera (color, HD-to-35mm), Ezra Migel editor, Paul Forte music, Isaac Sprintis music administrators, Greg Danylyshyn, Lori Vincent seem, Greg Conway. Examined on DVD, Bay Area, August. 14, 2011. Running time: 83 MIN. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com