Axel Braun's "the Dark Knight Xxx: A Porn Parody" Rises From Vivid Entertainment

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AXEL BRAUN'S "THE DARK KNIGHT XXX: A PORN PARODY" RISES FROM VIVID ENTERTAINMENT

Eagerly Anticipated Movie, Featuring Aiden Ashley's First-Ever Boy-Girl scene, is Set for July 20th Online Debut.

LOS ANGELES – (July 9, 2012) – With Star Wars XXX: A Porn Parody making history as the highest-selling adult parody ever, and The Avengers XXX: A Porn Parody trailing right behind at the top of the current charts, leading adult film studio Vivid Entertainment and AVN reigning Director Of The Year Axel Braun, have set the online rollout of The Dark Knight XXX: A Porn Parody for July 10th on vivid.com with distribution in stores across the country starting July 24th.

A spicy trailer of the new adult production, featuring an amazingly detailed Batsuit, has created excitement with both adult entertainment audiences and fans who admire Braun for his scrupulous attention to detail in spoofing popular superheroes and in creating highly erotic sex scenes.

"Crafting an interesting story that could be resolved in this format was very important," says Braun, "I wanted to draw certain elements from the Nolan and Arkham City universes, spoof characters like The Joker, Bane, Nightwing, Zatanna, and Catwoman in the same storyline, all while making sure the sex scenes were an integral part of the plot. The goal was to have a spoof with a cohesive story that is filled with sex scenes and entertaining, and I believe we totally succeeded. At the risk of sounding conceited, I have to admit that The Dark Knight XXX: A Porn Parody is by far the most awesomest movie I've ever made."

The Dark Knight XXX: A Porn Parody tells the sex filled story of an embittered and betrayed Batman, who has fled the city and is living as a hermit in the wilderness, crippled by the haunting memories of his past life. When Catwoman finds him and after a wild sex scene tells him that a terrorist named Bane is wreaking havoc on Gotham, and has kidnapped his former fiancée Kathy Kane, the caped crusader decides to dust off his costume one last time and confront the monstrous villain. This decision could cost him his life.

"axel is the best at what he does, and his genuine enthusiasm for these parody movies is obvious," says Steven Hirsch, CEO and co-founder of Vivid Entertainment. "The fact that both the critics and the fans love his movies really says it all."

The movie has already attracted mainstream attention, such as a story on popular website Ain't It Cool that noted, "We've had some fun covering Axel Braun productions lately. His recent 'Avengers' and 'Star Wars' porn parodies proved without a doubt that...whatever one may think of 'porn' on the whole...Axel is 1) an uber-Geek with both an understanding of/respect for the source material he lampoons; and 2) cares enough to bring surprisingly high quality design and production value to his projects."

The sensational cast of the parody, headlined by charismatic newcomer Giovanni Francesco as Batman/Bruce Wayne, includes Axel Braun's contract girl Aiden Ashley as Catwoman, performing in her first ever boy-girl scene, Andy San Dimas as Kathy Kane, Penny Pax as Batgirl, Dani Jensen as Poison Ivy, and Christy Mack as Zatanna. Their male adversaries and partners include Brendon Miller in a brilliant turn as The Joker, Derrick Pierce as the villainous Bane, Brian Street Team as Nightwing, and Clarke Kent as Constantine, with porn-legend Tom Byron in a cameo as Commissioner Gordon.

DISCLAIMER: THE DARK KNIGHT XXX: A PORN PARODY IS A PARODY MOVIE. All characters and related materials are trademarks, copyrights and/or registered trademarks of their respective license holders and/or owners. The parody movie is not sponsored, endorsed by, or affiliated with Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Comics or their partners, affiliates and/or parent companies or any other company owning the trademarks of characters seen therein.

About Axel Braun:The son of legendary porn-pioneer Lasse Braun and grandson of a diplomat, Axel Braun was born and raised in Italy, where he received a privileged upper-class upbringing. Fluent in five languages, a member of MENSA, a film-school graduate, and the bearer of a Ph.D. in psychology, Axel has a unique cultural background that definitely sets him apart from the many other directors in the adult industry. A second-generation AVN Hall-of-Famer, over the span of his career he has won many awards all over the world for Directing, Producing, Screenwriting, and Editing. For more information visit www.axelbraun.net.

About Vivid: Founded in 1984, Vivid has always placed heavy emphasis on high quality erotic film entertainment and has created wide brand-name awareness through its films and the www.vivid.com website, an innovative marketing and a licensing program that extends to advertising, apparel, book publishing and a range of other products. Co-founder and CEO Steven Hirsch was honored in 2012 with the first AVN Visionary Award as a leader who "has propelled innovation and taken his company and the business as a whole to new heights." In addition to its Vivid-Celeb imprint famous for celebrity sex tapes, the company is known for its Vivid Super XXXHeroes parodies and award-winning feature films. Vivid maintains the single largest studio archive of adult films. For more on Vivid visit Twitter.com/VividCorp or Facebook.com/vividgirls.