Source: Vivid PR
By: Company Press Release
(HOLLYWOOD, CA) — World of Wonder Productions, Inc., known for its Emmy and Cable Ace award-winning reality shows for HBO, Showtime, Bravo and other networks, will produce a reality series of 13 half hour episodes on the adult entertainment industry by focusing on its top filmmaker, Vivid Entertainment Group.
Production on the series will begin this fall and will cover all aspects of the making of XXX films, beginning with auditions of women to become Vivid Girls through to the finished product.
“We plan to tell the story of the adult film industry by tracking the daily activities of Steven Hirsch, the visionary co-founder and co-chairman of Vivid,” according to World of Wonder executive producer/partner Fenton Bailey, “We’ll watch as potential Vivid Girls are selected, we’ll get to see how new films are planned and made, and really get to know the unique personalities of the people involved in the making the movies.”
“This will be a fly-on-the-wall look at how the most successful company in the industry actually operates,” said Randy Barbato, executive producer/partner of World of Wonder.
Bailey and Barbato are widely acclaimed for their edgy pop culture documentaries and features that include the award-winning “Party Monster,” starring Macaulay Culkin and Chloe Sevigny, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” “Monica in Black and White” and many others. They said the new series has been pre-sold to Britain’s SkyTV and Channel Four and other deals are also in negotiation. The line producer for the show will be Thairin Smothers.
“We’ve been approached by several companies who have wanted to work with us on a reality series, but we were impressed with World of Wonder’s depth of experience and track record of success and we’re delighted to be working with them, said Mr. Hirsch.
About World of Wonder:
World of Wonder Productions was founded in 1991 by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato. Together they have co-directed and co-produced a broad range of documentary films, which often feature controversial subjects and challenge the traditional approach. They have done projects for HBO, Cinemax, VH1, Showtime, Bravo, MTV, CourtTV, and AMC, plus various music videos for recording artists. WoW has won an Emmy, a Cable Ace Award, and film festival honors around the world. Their films such as Party Monster and the Eyes of Tammy Faye have been acclaimed at the Sundance Festival, and the HBO documentary, Monica in Black and White, filmed in cooperation with Ms. Lewinsky was a sensation in 2002. For more information, visit the company’s website: WorldofWonder.net.
About Vivid:
The Vivid Entertainment Group is the world’s leading adult film company. Founded in 1984,Vivid pioneered the “Vivid Girl” concept, under which top adult film stars are signed to exclusive agreements that are styled on the old Hollywood contract star system. Vivid has always placed heavy emphasis on high quality erotic film entertainment for the couples market. It has created wide brand-name awareness with a licensing program that extends to advertising, book publishing through HarperCollins and Avalon, virility supplements, Vivid Condoms, snowboards, calendars, posters, comic books with Avatar press, and a wide variety of other products. The company is known for its innovative technological advances such as full function DVDs and its popular Website, Vivid.com. Vivid is a major supplier of content for pay-per-view networks in North America and internationally. Vivid’s Porn Star Ball Tour featuring costume contests with $1,000 prizes visits 20 U.S. cities in 2003. For further information contact RM@Vivid.com or Ellie Reeve at 800-762-4761.
