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Hollywood could start by releasing something well done...most of it is shit these days.




Very true...but a shit film with Jennifer Love Hewitt getting her tits out would outgross a shit-to-average film in which she stayed clothed.

I think the whole Tom Cruise canning is the watershed...studios are going to start to look at the bottom line a bit more seriously again and be a bit more ruthless. And dare I say that Vivid have presaged this move in the mainstream somewhat with their new contractual terms specify that anal is now a requirement for Vivid girls, not an option? Again, it's about the studio getting what IT wants, product-wise, and not tolerating or accomodating performer whims to the detriment of the company's bottom line.

What's big now is not stars so much as franchises...who's starring in the upcoming Transformers film? I don't know, and I suspect the core audience for this movie don't give a fuck either. No one goes to see a Harry Potter movie because of who's in it...they go because it's a Harry Potter movie and they are Harry Potter fans.

Regardless of who has the better script or the better director, if I put a movie out wherein Jessica Alba gets naked up against a competitor who has a movie in which Jessica Alba does not get naked, which movie do you think all those horny 15 year old Maxim readers are going to want to see most?

Like I say, I think execs are going to start knuckling down and stop pandering to the stars, and start doing what's best for business. That may not result in better movies, but it should result in better box office. They need to up the sex and gore and violence and get away from this toning down to reach a wider audience fad. Basically, they need to make cinema dangerous (and by extension, cool) again.

And who's to say real sex on screen won't do it?

Speaking of which, check out this little gem from our friends over at AVN

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Private Sets Sights on Mainstream Movies
By: Thomas J. Stanton
Posted: 12:44 pm PDT 9-5-2006



BARCELONA - Private Media Group has announced that it would like to begin making mainstream movies. A representative from the adult entertainment company said it has recently pushed forward on a number of ideas that combine sex and the mainstream.


“The whole world is talking about how porn is going mainstream. There is a wax statue of Jenna Jameson at Madame Tussaud’s and porn stars are appearing in advertisements for super brands,” said Private’s CEO and chairman, Berth Milton.


“It’s time for real-sex to be a real box office hit.”


Milton went on to explain that during the past months, Private has contacted the offices of several mainstream directors, including John Malkovich, Lars Von Trier, Julio Medem and Pedro Almodovar.


“Having a great director is one step, but to produce an award-winning movie you also need a good script and talented actors,” said Gary Thoulouis, Private’s director of marketing.


To get the right actors, Thoulouis explained that Private has decided to offer $1 million to Latoya Jackson to star in one of its future productions and is planning to make the same offer to Sophia Loren, to convince her to co-star in a Private production of an uncensored movie of her life.


“These are not porn films, these are mainstream films produced by accredited directors and production companies,” Thoulouis continued. “We are also planning to make the same or better offers to personalities like Rebecca Romijn, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Yasmine Bleeth."


Erotic images already appear in many varieties and kinds of films shown in cinemas, like art-house films, horror/slasher films, erotic dramas, European films and many mainstream films. Milton explained that Private’s entry into cinema intends to exploit this already established norm as it provides the adult viewer with professionally directed and produced films with popular actors.


For more information on Private Media Group, go to www.private.com.



LaToya Jackson? Someone over at Private must be 24/7!

Why not make Aria Giovanni or someone an offer they can't refuse instead?