Metro Launches Gay Line: Badlands Pictures

CHATSWORTH, Calif. - Metro Interactive has added a new all-male line to its adult productions. Badlands Pictures' first release, due to hit the streets Oct. 9, is Boys of Badlands. Thereafter, the studio will release one new title weekly over the next two months, for a total of eight titles, according to Metro sales manager Russ Pascale.

Badlands titles focus on twinks. The first eight titles in the line were produced in Eastern Europe and offer eye-catching European men in settings that will appeal to U.S. and international consumers, Pascale said. Boys of Badlands features performances by Czech boy toys Mirislav, Lukas S., Rodek, Martin, Lukas I., Karel, Jan and Michael. In addition to the movie, the DVD offers trailers and a photo gallery.

The gay market is not an entirely new endeavor for Metro. The studio has released a number of gay compilations in the past, but it decided to enter the gay market in a bigger way because the market segment is blooming and consumers are hungry for good gay content, Pascale said.

"We haven't put out gay content in a long, long time," he told GAYVN.com. "But the all-male/gay market is bigger than ever. With hours of new and unreleased footage, our goal is to strike while the iron is hot with some great content."

Metro distributes its own content on all platforms worldwide, including DVD and video-on-demand.