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The Producers
Three companies take a bow
A new venture for two industry vets, Jim Powers and Ralph Long; an emerging company with a long-
overdue focus on Spanish-speaking consumers; and a conglomeration of seven production entities with big
distribution plans ahead—these are some of the new arrivals who are making noise in the marketplace.
Monarchy Distribution
New kid on the block Monarchy Distribution
started making its moves in 2012, company
executive Mike Kulich told AVN.
“It had been in the works for a while, but
Monarchy officially launched in February with
our first studio, Assence Films, distributed by
Exile, and since then we’ve been rockin’ and
rollin’,” Kulich said. “We just launched our
seventh studio. It’s been pretty exciting.”
Monarchy’s initial offering, Anal Artists, got
some mainstream exposure, including TMZ, and “for a first offering from a new studio
the numbers were really impressive,” Kulich said. Monarchy’s amateur series Fuckbook
Diaries is also “selling really well. We’re putting out one a month, and we’re on number
four right now.” Kulich also has high expectations for OGEE Studios’ upcoming Vote
for Rush, a parody of right-wing radio talker Rush Limbaugh.
In addition, Monarchy’s Tranny Factory titles are distributed by Blue Coyote. And in
May the company began releasing titles with Vantage Distribution from four produc-
tion entities—BrandXXX Productions, Black Storm Pictures, Pajama Party
Entertainment and Double Team Studios—with an average of one title a week from
each.
“I think it’s pretty amazing—with the economy the way it is, and tackling this indus-
try that’s taken a huge hit—that we’ve been this successful in a matter of months,”
Kulich said. “With how many titles we put out, I think we’re a major contender in the
industry now. And that’s just going to grow.”
that’s ever done that.”
The company plans to produce high-end Spanish-language web scenes and features,
including two more TV parodies. One of the parodies is of a reality show, and they are
negotiating with a performer from that show to appear in the parody.
“Our focus is the Spanish-language-speaking community, whether it be in America,
Mexico, Central and South America or Spain,” Tamez said. “We started with parodies
because they are universal. No matter where you are, you know what El Gordo y la
Flaca is. It’s a niche market that we’re in by ourselves right now. From the reaction
we’ve gotten thus far, it looks like a market that will grow and sustain itself.”
Dulce Media
Spanish-language company
Dulce Media started shooting
in fall of 2011, and has made
an impression with its parody
of El Gordo y la Flaca, a
talk/variety show shown on
Univision.
“We got a lot of attention,”
Dulce Media’s Roman Tamez told AVN. “The show is based out of Miami, and it’s
broadcast through Mexico and South America as well. They do interviews of the
biggest Latin celebrities out there, like Shakira and Jennifer Lopez and people from
telenovelas.”
The El Gordo y la Flaca team officially embraced the parody, mentioning the produc-
tion while it was shooting and inviting performers from the video to appear on the
Univision show.
“They were flattered,” Tamez said. “They average eight million viewers a day. The
day our girls went on the show, they had 12 million. I think we’re the first porn movie
Mike Hunt
Oklahoma-based millionaires Mike and
Urick Hunt are the latest in a long line
of wealthy benefactors who have gotten
involved in the adult industry, according
to their adult-industry connection Jim
Powers.
“The Hunt brothers decided they
wanted to start making pornos, so they
gave us money to make porn,” Powers
told AVN. “What they really want to do
is fuck one of the girls per shoot, take
them back to their hotel room and bang
the girl afterwards. We’re making their
dreams come true.
“We’re fine with this, because we
Mike Hunt
believe drugs and hookers belong in
porno.”
Powers’ story (and we’re sticking with it) is that he met the brothers at the annual
AVN Adult Entertainment Expo: “Ralph Long and I were hanging around by the pool,
getting really drunk, and they brought us up to their room to party. They were doing
line after line—very reminiscent of the ’80s—and we were just watching them and they
said they wanted to start doing porn. ‘We want to start banging the girls. We don’t
want to work at it, we want to finance it and fuck all the girls.’
“We were like, ‘Fuck yeah! We’ll do that.’”
Powers said that the brothers have already made 10 movies (“I haven’t counted,
maybe it’s more”), including Latex Moms, Big Titty Massage and White MILF Black
Dick, with more to come.
“Ralph’s been working on his last movie for three, no, four months,” Powers said.
“They said money is no object so he’s put, like, 12 scenes in one movie. They’re basical-
ly paid privates. Now he’s got to make a cohesive story out of it. It could be like Ishtar.
And hopefully it will get the same rave reviews.”
Mike Hunt movies are distributed by Juicy Entertainment.
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