Casting Call For 'behind The Green Door' Remake Set For July 20th By Vivid

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CASTING CALL FOR 'BEHIND THE GREEN DOOR' REMAKE SET FOR JULY 20TH BY VIVID

Press is Invited to Meet McKenna Taylor, Daughter of Marilyn Chambers, Who Will Help Choose Actress to Perform the Lead Female Role

LOS ANGELES – (July 10, 2012) – Vivid Entertainment, the world's leading adult film studio, has scheduled a July 20th casting call to audition male and female talent for the remake of the landmark classic porn movie "Behind the Green Door." McKenna Taylor, the daughter of the famous adult star in the original film Marilyn Chambers, will help choose the actress who will play the lead female role.

Legendary multiple-award winning director Paul Thomas will helm the new original screenplay production titled "The New Behind The Green Door." Press is invited to attend the casting call and meet McKenna Taylor on Friday, July 20 from 1-4pm PDT at the Vivid offices, 3599 Cahuenga Blvd. W, 4th flr., Los Angeles, CA 90068. Press is also invited to attend the call backs for performers which has been scheduled for July 23 for 1-4pm PDT, also at the Vivid offices. Ms Taylor will attend both casting sessions.

"Vivid has already made best-selling movies based on 'Deep Throat,' 'The Devil in Miss Jones' and 'Debbie Does Dallas,' and with 'Behind the Green Door' we will have reprised all four of the iconic early adult films," said Steven Hirsch, the studio's founder/co-chairman. "The 70s are referred to as 'The Golden Age of Porn' and these four titles helped launch the porn business into the mainstream. 'Behind the Green Door' dug deep into the sexual side of human nature and took viewers to a place that no other adult film had gone before. We hope to achieve the same result with our remake."

Released in 1972, "Behind the Green Door" is believed to be the first hardcore adult movie widely distributed in the U.S. and is credited with helping to establish a mainstream market for porn. The original was directed by brothers Artie and Jim Mitchell. It generated headlines when it was revealed that Chambers was the same beautiful blonde model seen smiling and holding a freshly diapered baby on boxes of Ivory Snow laundry detergent that were on the shelves of millions of homes across the country, until they were hurriedly recalled by the manufacturer.

Vivid obtained rights to "Behind the Green Door" earlier this year. Following the selection of a cast, Vivid will start production of the remake of "Behind the Green Door" in September and a release date will be announced.

Media interested in covering the casting calls should contact jackie@vivid.com or call 800-762-4761.

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 SuperXXXHeroes 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.