A Summer of Sequels

This is my favorite time of the year around here at Maddy G Productions. There's the holiday's and the piles of goodies that pour in from folks like HotMovies (they send the best gifts) and other company's we make a fuck load of money for every year.

But that's not the best part. It's that the release schedule for the Winter Months are all lined up like Rockettes, so we go into pre-production for our Summer Productions.

A lot of people in the 'Porn World' talk about the "Summer Slump", when a big portion of our audience goes on vacation with the wife and kids and the rest of them just go outside. Viewership (and the sales that go along with it) typically takes a nose dive thru June, July and August. Then in September, a whole new crop of College Kids go back to school with high speed internet in their dorm rooms and credit cards in their own names, and well... the whole cycle starts again for us.

So, instead of sitting around all Summer, Maddy G Productions makes our "Big Summer Movies". Well, 'big' by our standards, anyway. It's been a tradition for the last 5 years starting in 2005 with "Fury". Last year, 2009 was the only exception. We developed "Regarding Jenny" and shot the first 2 "Series" of "Inside Marie's Play Place".

This Summer will be the "Summer of Sequels" it looks like, with two of Marie Madison's most beloved (or hated, as the case may be) Characters returning by almost ridiculous demand.

First up... Laney McCoy is back, well rested and with a chip on her shoulder.

If this artwork gives you chills, then you're among the "Fury Devoted". You probably know the rules to the Drinking Game by heart, and are suspect of all women in turtle neck sweaters. You're in good company.

Since the fun of "Fury" has almost nothing to do with the Story Line, I'll tell you that when Laney returns home from being released from the Mental Hospital, she finds among her mail, an invitation to her 20 Year High School Reunion. You already have an idea of how ridiculous this could get.

This news probably freaked out about half our fans. The other half will be freaked out by the news that Lizzy Monroe is coming back to the table.

Shot in the Summer of 2007, "Virgin Pockets" was a stupid little movie we made for no money so we had something to do during the weekdays because "Chasing Darkness" was only shooting on weekends. It seriously, was more or less shot for fun.

Well, it's since become the most popular Mainstream film we've ever done. It became a big hit with Pool Players, including many Pool Leagues who have used it for "Movie Night" fundraisers. It's won a few awards, and now Amazon.com bundles it with "Poolhall Junkies" and Tivo has it on demand.

Wudda fuckin' thunk it.

Well the original team of Marie Madison, Paul Gorman and Jeremy Krukowski are in pre-production on the Sequel that will be bring Lizzy back for another adventure. And I suspect a few other 'favorites' from the first film will appear too.

Last on our 'Big Idea Board' for the summer is a Monster Movie that's been kicking around here for a couple of years. Well, we finally settled on a scenario we think we can actually accomplish, and now "Blood of Ohma" is officialy in Pre-Production.

Marie Madison plays a bad ass Sasquatch hunter, and that's all I'm gonna say about it.

Except that, the same guy's who created a "Big Foot Hoax" so big CNN picked it up as news - are the same one's making 'The Monster' in this film. No kidding.



So yeah.... good times.

Of course, this is only scratching the surface. I'll keep you filled in on all these projects as they develop further.

- Mark



3D Doll Porn, RealTouch and a New ‘Ambassador of Strange’.

So, you say it’s your birthday?

It’s Thanksgiving, and so we’re getting ready to take a couple days off to eat turkey and hopefully not much else. Before I shut down mission control here for some much needed ‘down time’, I’ll fill you in on a couple of new developments here at Maddy G.

We started work on “A Very Jenny Christmas” for December. It’s a new Doll Porn Adventure and we’ve been discussing shooting it in 3D. I had some concerns that all the ‘Reds’ in the costuming would fuck with the Anaglyphic (Red / Blue) Playback. So, I did some test shots, and it turns out not to be the case.

Pretty remarkable, I’d say. There’s actually some science to why the color scheme isn’t a problem. In the Anaglyphic Post Process, the ‘Left Eye’ video has all the Blue and Green levels removed, leaving only the Red. Then, the ‘Right Eye’ video has all the Red Levels removed, leaving the Blue and Greens, so when the two images are overlapped, all three color channels (RGB) are represented.

In this above shot of Jenny, I shot both ‘Eyes’ handheld, rather than using the 3D Camera Mount we built. I’ve been doing a ton of 3D shooting and post lately and I have a pretty good handle on the post process, so I just wanted to see if I could do it by ‘feel’.

“A Very Jenny Christmas” is a short film like “Award Show Fiasco”, so I think it might be a good project to try it on, especially because I can fit both versions on a DVD. We’ll be shooting it right after the break, so I’ll keep you posted on it goes. If it’s a pain in the ass on day one, I’ll probably abandon the 3D on this one, because we only have 4 days to shoot on this before I’ll start running into deadline crunch’s to get it out by Christmas.

In other news… This is a little early, but Maddy G Productions will be part of the re-launch of RealTouch, the virtual sex machine that was so popular, it’s been sold out for many months. The company didn’t anticipate the demand I guess, and quickly sold out of the machines and had to do another manufacturing run.

If you’re not familiar with it, you plug this baby into your computer, then plug yourself into the unit ( you know what I mean) and then watch ‘RealTouch Enabled’ movies that react precisely with the action on the scene. So, what you see – you also feel. And at a price point of around $200, it uhm… blows away any other virtual sex device on the market.

In January, RealTouch will be re-introducing the device with a new marketing campaign and new studio partners, and I’m proud to say we’ll be a part of that. Many of Maddy’s ‘Girlfriend Experience’ movies like “Naughty Bits” and “Oral Servitude” will be available “RealTouch Enabled” as well as a couple of brand new films shot specifically for it. And that’s just skimming the surface, but like I said, it’s still pretty early.

In the fury of bullshit that was going on in the last couple of weeks, with our computers being hacked, and whatnot, I don’t think I mentioned that we have a new Ambassador of Strange, Lewis Adams. Congrats to Hyland Church on his promotion.

Lastly, we have been nominated for 4 AVN Awards this year.
“Best Pro-Am Series” for “Inside Marie’s Play Place”
”Best Specialty Release” for “Lil’ Stella’s Really Short Stories”
”Best Solo Release” for “Alone at Last”
and our 2nd Nomination for “Best Original Song” this time for “What Am I Gonna Do About It” from “Inside Marie’s Play Place 4”. The song was co-written by Hyland Church actually, and performed by Harlow. Last year it was “Kiss The Girl” written by Denny Smith and Performed by Best of Seven, from the “Regarding Jenny” Soundtrack.

Enjoy your thanksgiving, and travel safe.

- Mark