{"id":70947,"date":"2012-08-28T04:21:59","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T04:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/?p=70947"},"modified":"2012-08-28T04:21:59","modified_gmt":"2012-08-28T04:21:59","slug":"lucas-entertainment-wraps-greek-blockbuster-awake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/lucas-entertainment-wraps-greek-blockbuster-awake\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucas Entertainment Wraps Greek Blockbuster AWAKE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AWAKE-Gay-Porn-Movie-Behind-The-Scenes-Lucas-Entertainment.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"AWAKE Gay Porn Movie Behind The Scenes Lucas Entertainment\" width=\"580\" height=\"523\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AWAKE-Gay-Porn-Movie-Behind-The-Scenes-Lucas-Entertainment.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AWAKE-Gay-Porn-Movie-Behind-The-Scenes-Lucas-Entertainment-300x270.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/exclusive-interview-with-marc-macnamara-lucas-entertainment\/\">Marc MacNamara <\/a>, a writer, director and all around nice guy just made an announcement about <a href=\"http:\/\/nats.lucasentertainment.com\/track\/MTIzOTg4LjIuMi4yLjAuMC4wLjAuMA\">Lucas Entertainment<\/a>&#8216;s big-budget movie <strong>AWAKE<\/strong> on Lucas Blog. You can read the press release below.<\/p>\n<p>I was very lucky to be invited to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/tag\/mykonos\/\">Mykonos<\/a>, spent a week on the set and witnessed how Lucas team shot this whole movie \ud83d\ude42 I will share more behind the scenes pictures and videos from Awake in coming weeks. The first scene will be released on <em>September 14th<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/nats.lucasentertainment.com\/track\/MTIzOTg4LjIuMi4yLjAuMC4wLjAuMA\">LUCASENTERTAINMENT.COM<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/nats.lucasentertainment.com\/track\/MTIzOTg4LjIuMi4yLjAuMC4wLjAuMA\">Lucas Entertainment<\/a>, the leader in gay porn epics, is proud to announce it has wrapped production on its big-budget and much-anticipated blockbuster \u201c<strong>AWAKE<\/strong>\u201d. Shot entirely on location in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/tag\/mykonos\/\">Mykonos<\/a>, Greece the film ushers in a new level of sex and action combined with a psychological head game that will have your mind and body at the mercy of temptation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nats.lucasentertainment.com\/track\/MTIzOTg4LjIuMi4yLjAuMC4wLjAuMA\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AWAKE-Gay-Porn-Movie-Behind-The-Scenes-Lucas-Entertainment-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"AWAKE Gay Porn Movie Behind The Scenes Lucas Entertainment 1\" width=\"580\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70959\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AWAKE-Gay-Porn-Movie-Behind-The-Scenes-Lucas-Entertainment-1.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AWAKE-Gay-Porn-Movie-Behind-The-Scenes-Lucas-Entertainment-1-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AWAKE-Gay-Porn-Movie-Behind-The-Scenes-Lucas-Entertainment-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"AWAKE Gay Porn Movie Behind The Scenes Lucas Entertainment 2\" width=\"580\" height=\"373\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70960\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AWAKE-Gay-Porn-Movie-Behind-The-Scenes-Lucas-Entertainment-2.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AWAKE-Gay-Porn-Movie-Behind-The-Scenes-Lucas-Entertainment-2-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The story follows troubled couple <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/tag\/jessy-ares\/\">Jessy Ares<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/tag\/jonathan-agassi\/\">Jonathan Agassi<\/a> as infidelity has made their relationship numb. The men escape to the Mediterranean island and try to regain emotions for each other but as soon as they arrive, a car accident leaves Jonathan in the hospital. Jessy meets local <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/tag\/mitchell-rock\/\">Mitchell Rock<\/a> and they explore the island as Jessy is released into sexual freedom. Jessy uses Mitchell as a mirror to find out who he has become now that he is finally alone without Jonathan. But guilt and temptation start to take over reality and Jessy begins to spin into a dark illusion. It\u2019s man against himself as he tries to escape but he has become his own game. For Jessy, the beautiful disaster begins to rise as seduction and madness collide when he opens his eyes, AWAKE.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside Ares, Rock and Agassi, Awake features performances by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/tag\/alex-marte\/\">Alex Marte<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/tag\/edji-da-silva\/\">Edji Da Silva<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/tag\/mathew-mason\/\">Mathew Mason<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/tag\/trenton-ducati\/\">Trenton Ducati<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/tag\/adam-killian\/\">Adam Killian<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nats.lucasentertainment.com\/track\/MTIzOTg4LjIuMi4yLjAuMC4wLjAuMA\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AWAKE-Gay-Porn-Movie-Behind-The-Scenes-Lucas-Entertainment-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"AWAKE Gay Porn Movie Behind The Scenes Lucas Entertainment 3\" width=\"580\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70961\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AWAKE-Gay-Porn-Movie-Behind-The-Scenes-Lucas-Entertainment-3.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AWAKE-Gay-Porn-Movie-Behind-The-Scenes-Lucas-Entertainment-3-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AWAKE-Gay-Porn-Movie-Behind-The-Scenes-Lucas-Entertainment-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"AWAKE Gay Porn Movie Behind The Scenes Lucas Entertainment 4\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70962\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AWAKE-Gay-Porn-Movie-Behind-The-Scenes-Lucas-Entertainment-4.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AWAKE-Gay-Porn-Movie-Behind-The-Scenes-Lucas-Entertainment-4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cComing off of the great success that <a href=\"http:\/\/nats.lucasentertainment.com\/track\/MTIzOTg4LjIuMi4yLjAuMC4wLjAuMA\/movies\/view\/the-last-day\/\">The Last Day<\/a> had, I wanted to do something completely different. I didn\u2019t want to tell another story where people were killing each other or fighting for their lives. I wanted a clean shower from the blood baths that are going on in porn movies. The Last Day explored man against the world, man against maniac. In Awake I wanted to look inward to a place we all could relate to: man against himself, \u201c says writer and director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/exclusive-interview-with-marc-macnamara-lucas-entertainment\/\">Marc MacNamara<\/a>. \u201cAs it turns out this reflection into ourselves can get quite intense but if we open your eyes, we begin to feel everything. As men we can journey to another side of ourselves to uncover a heightened illusion of sex and passion we never knew.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nats.lucasentertainment.com\/track\/MTIzOTg4LjIuMi4yLjAuMC4wLjAuMA\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AWAKE-Gay-Porn-Movie-Behind-The-Scenes-Lucas-Entertainment-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"AWAKE Gay Porn Movie Behind The Scenes Lucas Entertainment 5\" width=\"580\" height=\"408\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70963\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AWAKE-Gay-Porn-Movie-Behind-The-Scenes-Lucas-Entertainment-5.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AWAKE-Gay-Porn-Movie-Behind-The-Scenes-Lucas-Entertainment-5-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AWAKE-Gay-Porn-Movie-Behind-The-Scenes-Lucas-Entertainment-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"AWAKE Gay Porn Movie Behind The Scenes Lucas Entertainment 6\" width=\"580\" height=\"332\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70964\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AWAKE-Gay-Porn-Movie-Behind-The-Scenes-Lucas-Entertainment-6.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AWAKE-Gay-Porn-Movie-Behind-The-Scenes-Lucas-Entertainment-6-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAWAKE has been my biggest challenge in filming porn, so far,\u201d says star <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/tag\/jessy-ares\/\">Jessy Ares<\/a>. \u201cAt once, all of my abilities had been tested in brand new water. It became my most exciting porn experience and the fact that two of my songs ended up in the movie, ON TOP OF IT just makes me want to scream!! YYEESSSSS!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cast and crew were pushed to our limits on this one, literally as many scenes took place on cliff\u2019s edges,\u201d says production manager Chris Crisco. \u201cWe shot on motorbikes, in abandoned lighthouses, a car accident downtown, in the hospital and every square inch of Mykonos in between. Not only did we come out with breathtaking results but the story and sex will amaze you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nats.lucasentertainment.com\/track\/MTIzOTg4LjIuMi4yLjAuMC4wLjAuMA\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AWAKE-Gay-Porn-Movie-Behind-The-Scenes-Lucas-Entertainment-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"AWAKE Gay Porn Movie Behind The Scenes Lucas Entertainment 7\" width=\"580\" height=\"366\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70965\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AWAKE-Gay-Porn-Movie-Behind-The-Scenes-Lucas-Entertainment-7.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AWAKE-Gay-Porn-Movie-Behind-The-Scenes-Lucas-Entertainment-7-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AWAKE-Gay-Porn-Movie-Behind-The-Scenes-Lucas-Entertainment-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"AWAKE Gay Porn Movie Behind The Scenes Lucas Entertainment 8\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70966\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AWAKE-Gay-Porn-Movie-Behind-The-Scenes-Lucas-Entertainment-8.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.queermenow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/AWAKE-Gay-Porn-Movie-Behind-The-Scenes-Lucas-Entertainment-8-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Part 1 of AWAKE will be released to members of <a href=\"http:\/\/nats.lucasentertainment.com\/track\/MTIzOTg4LjIuMi4yLjAuMC4wLjAuMA\">LucasEntertainment.com<\/a> starting September 14th. A behind-the-scenes production blog will be featured on LucasBlog.com starting next week and will lead up to the DVD release on September 28th!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>+ <a href=\"http:\/\/nats.lucasentertainment.com\/track\/MTIzOTg4LjIuMi4yLjAuMC4wLjAuMA\">LUCAS ENTERTAINMENT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marc MacNamara , a writer, director and all around nice guy just made an announcement about Lucas Entertainment&lsquo;s big-budget movie AWAKE on Lucas Blog. You can read the press release below. 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