“Pleasure,” Ninja Thyberg’s film about a Swedish starlet’s rise in the Los Angeles adult industry, will be released in New York and Los Angeles on May 13, according to distributor Neon.
Retired performer Zelda Morrison has been nominated for a prestigious Independent Spirit award for “Best Supporting Actress” for her role in the mainstream drama “Pleasure.”
After the initial public reaction by some industry figures to an advance screening of “Pleasure,” Ninja Thyberg’s mainstream indie movie set in the porn world, co-star Evelyn Claire, who also attended the Hollywood screening, spoke to XBIZ to explain why she believes this is “an important film” that could prove “good for the adult industry.”
The distributor of “Pleasure,” Swedish director Ninja Thyberg’s mainstream movie set in the porn industry which debuted digitally at Sundance earlier this year, held a screening yesterday in Hollywood for “cast and crew,” including several prominent adult industry actors and directors who agreed to help with the project.
A24 has picked up filmmaker Sean Baker's next film "Red Rocket," described as "a comedic drama about a washed-up porn star who returns to his small Texas hometown."
