Shaffner to guide Art Company directors Council

Shaffner Production designer John Shaffner continues to be chosen to some three-year term as chair from the Art Company directors Council.He replaces Thomas A. Walsh, who continues as leader from the Art Company directors Guild. The ADG works as Local 800 from the Intl. Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and it has four craft local authorities incorporated the Art Company directors Council.Shaffner was formerly vice chair from the ADC, a publish now filled by Corey Kaplan. Jack Fisk seemed to be chosen towards the council.Shaffner lately completed 4 years as chairman and Boss from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and works as production designer on "2 . 5 Males," "The Large Bang Theory" and "Mike and Molly." Fisk was production designer on Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Existence" as well as on Malick's next film, up to now untitled.New people lately chosen towards the other craft local authorities include Ben Nowicki from the Scenic, Title & Graphic Artists Council and James Hewitt from the Set Designers and Model Makers Council. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Pilot Season: The CW Orders Arrow, The Barbara Journals and wonder as well as the Animal

Eco-friendly Arrow, The Barbara Journals The Eco-friendly Arrow, Barbara Bradshaw together with a particular beauty may soon be returning to television. CW has bought aircraft aircraft pilots for Arrow, based on Electricity superhero The Eco-friendly Arrow, the Sex as well as the City prequel The Barbara Journals, together with a modern day update of Beauty as well as the Animal. The CW developing its Beauty as well as the Animal series The hour-extended drama Arrow can be a modern retelling in the legendary hero's adventures. Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg will executive-produce. The legendary archer was recently carried out by Justin Hartley on CW's Smallville. The Barbara Journals, using the novel by Candace Bushnell, follows a far more youthful Barbara Bradshaw who comes old inside the eighties, asking her first queries about love, sex, friendship and family while choosing the cell phone industry's of secondary school and Manhattan. Bushnell is installed on executive-produce alongside Gossip Girl duo Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, Len Goldstein and author Amy Harris. The CW moves ahead with Sex as well as the City prequel Beauty as well as the Animal will probably be loosely using the 1987 CBS series starring Ron Pearlman and Linda Hamilton. The up-to-date version features a procedural twist. Jennifer Levin and Sherri Cooper will write and executive-produce alongside Paul J. Witt and C. Anthony Thomas, Ron Koslow and Bill Haber. ABC may also be developing a Beauty as well as the Animal project, planned like a classical take about Belle being jailed with the Animal within the enchanted castle. Which of individuals aircraft aircraft pilots appear best for you personally?

Vizio rebrands TV apps

Vizio is expanding its TV app offerings and rebranding them Vizio Internet Apps Plus: V.I.A. Plus for short.Vizio's partners on V.I.A. Plus at launch are to include iHeartRadio, the Wall Street Journal and Technicolor's M-GO. The M-GO video-on-demand app helps with content discovery while providing second-screen bonus content to go with music and TV shows.V.I.A. Plus is meant to provide a unified interface for a range of devices, including TVs, tablets and Blu-ray players, with details optimized automatically for each screen size and typical viewing distance. They will be accessible on Vizio's 47-, 55- and 65-inch 3D HDTVs, its VBR430 Blu-ray player and VAP430 Stream Player. The same devices will also feature Google TV.Each V.I.A. Plus device will come with a Bluetooth remote controlwith a full QWERTY keyboard and touchpad. The Blu-ray player will have WiFi and provide access to video, audio and photos on any DLNA-compatible computer on a home network.The VAP430 Stream Player gives any HDTV access to V.I.A. Plus. Contact David S. Cohen at david.cohen@variety.com

Report: True Blood's Evan Rachel Wood Engaged to Billy Elliot Star

Evan Rachel Wood and Jamie Bell Evan Rachel Wood, noted for playing Vampire Full Sophie-Anne Leclerq on HBO's True Bloodstream, is giving the entire engagement factor another try. The actress is apparently engaged to British actor Jamie Bell, based on Us Weekly. Evan Rachel Wood: I date both males and ladies Wood, 24, and Bell, 25, have known one another since 2005 once they met shooting Eco-friendly Day's "Wake Me Up When September Finishes" music video. Wood was engaged once before to shock rocker Marilyn Manson but known as them back this year, after which it she and Bell returned together. Wood was spotted having a causing ring on her behalf finger late Saturday evening in Hollywood. Bell is better noted for playing the title role within the Irish dance movie Billy Elliot. He's also made an appearance in King Kong and voices charge character within the Adventures of Tintin, presently in theaters.