Jewel De'Nyle announced Monday that Platinum X Pictures would be shooting a solo girl video starting April 28 to help some performers supplement their income during the moratorium.
De'Nyle, the co-owner of the company, said that contract director Sean Michaels would be shooting the project, tentatively titled Going Solo. Teagan will be the cover girl in the video and Felecia Fox and Jada Fire have also been cast thus far. There will be 10 girls in all.
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"It's going to be up-close and personal, like talking dirty to the camera and masturbating," De'Nyle said.
De'Nyle said that not only does it help the girls, it also helps Michaels, who is among the "second generation" performers under quarantine.
"Because he's really into female masturbation and because he's not able to perform at the moment, we're having Sean direct it," De'Nyle said. "It gives them some extra money. We might put a few out, like two a year."
De'Nyle said she has been deeply affected by the situation since James has always been one of her favorite performers to shoot and to work with when she performed.
"I think it's sad. It's hard especially when I have friends who are in the first generation," De'Nyle told AVN.com. "Darren was very close to me. He's in all my movies. He's featured with me in my last movie (performing), my going-out movie. It broke my heart. I cried for a couple days. I was beside myself. Hopefully, this will make everybody the wiser. You learn from your mistakes and move on."
De'Nyle said Platinum X today donated $2000 to the newly established Adult Performer Assistance Fund, which was launched last week by Jenna Jameson and her husband, Jay Grdina, to help performers idled by the HIV scare.
"We mailed out our check this morning," De'Nyle said. "I encourage other companies to do the same."
The solo-girl video should be released in August, she added.
