MERCENARY EUROPE SET TO OPEN SHOP, MANDY BRIGHT TO DIRECT
CANOGA PARK, Calif. — With consistent praise and accolades from the European market, Mercenary owner Lexington Steele announced the expansion of his company with the formation of Mercenary Europe and the appointment of its executive staff.
Mercenary Europe will produce product within Europe for Mercenary Pictures. Steele named George Akwo, Mercenary Pictures vice president and head of business and legal affairs, as director of Mercenary Europe and
2005 AVN Female Foreign Performer of the Year nominee Mandy Bright as head of production. Bright is also signed to Mercenary Europe as an exclusive director, but she will continue to work as a performer for other companies.
Steele, an award-winning director and performer, said Bright’s work was brought to his attention when she mentioned the difficulty she had in finding a company to host the content for her website. Steele asked to see the scenes Bright shot and described them as “stylized scenarios with gothic overtones,” but added that he was impressed with the over-the-top content.
Bright said what makes her work different are her fantasies and her attention to the details in the scenes. She added she’s hands on with the costuming, the makeup, the music scoring and edits her own work to ensure the scene is of the highest quality and that her vision of the scene is what is on video.
Tentative plans for Bright include a hardcore girl/girl line, a girl/girl strap-on POV series and high-end boy/girl titles. Frank Gunn will assist Bright in her videography, who will perform in the boy/girl line as well.
The first title to be release under Bright’s direction and under Mercenary Europe’s banner will be Hell’s Angels in late January. Steele also plans to perform in Mercenary Europe’s boy/girl productions.
“Mercenary Europe will target the premium adult market and segments of the gonzo market that haven’t been tapped,” Steele said.
Mercenary will sell two cuts of Bright’s productions, an uncut version for sale outside the US, and another edited version for sale domestically. The titles will also carry warning labels on the packaging and following the copyright warning on the title.
“I’m just so happy,” Bright said. “I can’t explain how important this contract is for me. I’m thankful for Lex to let me show my perverted fantasies to the people. I love to do this.”
“Mandy is distinguishable as one of the top female performers in the world,” Steele said. “What she’ll be releasing will make her one of the best directors in the gonzo genre — this is must see TV. The addition of Mercenary Europe to my growing enterprise continues to increase my positing atop the all-sex market.”
