Top mainstream trade magazines Daily Variety and The Hollywood Reporter reported that over the weekend Maleficent became Angelina Jolie's top-grossing picture to date. Wicked Pictures is wishing Adult industry legend Stormy Daniels the same success with today's release of Sleeping Beauty XXX: An Axel Braun Parody, a deluxe, two-disc DVD set that includes both X-rated and non-sex versions of the movie. The SFW trailer can be viewed here.
Shot as the second picture in the Wicked Fairy Tales line by four-time consecutive AVN Director of the Year Axel Braun, the high-budget feature stars Stormy in a malevolent tour-de-force performance, perfectly counterbalanced by Anikka Albrite's delicate portrayal of the doomed princess.
For his part, the director couldn't be happier with the work of his stars. “Stormy was terrifyingly good,” says Braun. “Her screen presence, sexual charge, and charisma pervade the movie and really set the dramatic tone for it, while Anikka brings an intensely nuanced performance to her character. Sleeping Beauty XXX has an even darker, sexier approach to the source material than the one I took with Snow White XXX, and I'm absolutely thrilled with the finished product.”
Ms. Daniels, who is an accomplished director herself and rarely works for other people, was equally galvanized by the experience. "Getting to portray such an iconic character was definitely one of the coolest moments in my career," Stormy reveals. "I've never desired to do a parody before but Maleficent was just the role to make me eager to step into the genre. I'm very excited about this release...so much so that I talked Axel into letting me keep the costume, which I plan to incorporate into a brand new feature dance show!"
With a carefully hand-picked ensemble that also includes Casey Calvert, Claire Robbins, and ABP contract girl Riley Steele as the three fairies, Sleeping Beauty XXX: An Axel Braun Parody is a dark, sensual feature epic with all the amazing costumes, production value, and hot sex that Braun's fans have come to expect from him.
As part of the big-budget release's promotional roll-out, Braun, Albrite and Steele are appearing on the LA Talk Radio program Inside The Industry with host James Bartholet from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Wednesday, June 25th. Inside The Industry can be heard on www.latalkradio.com and www.insidetheindustry.net.
Braun will also be joined by award-winning adult film actor Kurt Lockwood, currently earning raves for his incredible turn as Jack Bauer in 24 XXX: An Axel Braun Parody. Appearing with them will be AVN award-winner Alektra Blue, who plays the film's beautiful but deadly super-villain Nina Myers. Listeners can call in at 323-203-0815 to ask questions during the broadcast and join the conversation in the chat room at www.insidetheindustry.net.
