Press Release
“Star Wars XXX: A Porn Parody” from Axel Braun Productions and Vivid Entertainment, won eight coveted AVN Awards on Saturday, including the best selling and renting movie of the year. Its director Axel Braun was honored as Best Director-Parody for his work on “Star Wars XXX”, and made history by winning for the third consecutive year as Director of the Year-Body of Work. The awards were among a dozen picked up by Vivid and its partners.
The adult film industry has been on the cutting edge of technology for years, but it has only been in the last couple of years, that the industry has realized the potential of tapping into the nerd/fan culture of superheroes in an attempt to boost sales and interest in performers and creative talent. We took a look at the complete AVN Awards 2012 nominations list to see just how many superhero/nerd culture films made the list.
Press Release
Exquisite Films scored huge prestige points in the race for the 2012 AVN Awards, earning 29 nominations across a wide array of categories. The 2012 AVN nominations for Exquisite reflect the company’s commitment to crafting the industry’s hottest and highest-quality parodies, with big-budget features such as Saturday Night Fever XXX, Rezervoir Doggz, and American Dad! XXX grabbing nominations in top categories including Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director – Parody, Best Music Soundtrack, and multiple nods in AVN’s Best Parody categories. The company’s Extreme Comixxx division earned Best New Line and Best Marketing Campaign – Company Image nominations, as well as multiple nods for megahits The Justice League of Porn Star Heroes, Supergirl XXX, and Captain America XXX.