Bree Mills Begins Production on 'Girlcore'

LOS ANGELES—Bree Mills wants to share her love for the 1980s with fans of her story-driven brand of girl/girl porn. So much so the creator of Girlsway and PureTaboo has green-lit production on Girlcore, an anthology drama that pays homage to the colorful time period of her youth. In an effort to offer viewers what she calls “a standalone, premium adult experience,” Mills will roll out the original series this October in six hour-long episodes that each feature unique characters. The shows will be available to purchase as a binge-watch on their own or members of one of Gamma Films’ network of websites will receive access to Girlcore for free. “Think of it as the first season of a television show—with sex!” Mills says. The Head of Production for Gamma Films Group who co-directed the 2018 AVN Award-winning Best Drama, Half His Age: A Teenage Tragedy, with Craven Moorehead tells AVN Girlcore chronicles the stories of various women seduced into lesbianism. Sparing no expense with an all-star cast that includes several of the top girl/girl performers in adult entertainment, Mills’ “dream lesbian project” is being edited in letterbox format and showcases exclusive music by Pilotpriest. In this exclusive interview, Mills discusses her vision for the series, teases some of the opening episodes and also unveils the headlining cast for Season 1. AVN: What is it about the 1980s era that made you want to develop Girlcore around that time period? BM: I’m a child of the 1980s … so I grew up during the era that I’m setting these episodes. My mom taught an aerobics class. The first porn I ever watched was accidentally left in our family’s VHS player, and so many of the iconic looks we pay homage to in this series were inspired by my first crushes. So, I have a lot of personal nostalgia about this decade and I knew I wanted to use this series to create a time capsule as sort of a personal filmmaking challenge. How did lesbian pulp fiction play a part in inspiring you to create an episodic series with similar themes? I’ve collected lesbian pulps for years, because I find them fascinating and an important part of our erotic history. Even though many of the pulps published in the 1950s and 60s were horribly stereotyped and portrayed lesbians in a negative light, they still represented a voice for our culture during a time where gay people were otherwise kept in the shadows and not talked about. I also find it critically interesting to pay homage to these works when you still see so many of the same themes coming up in lesbian porn today. It’s interesting to see how our fantasies about women can been stuck in a time warp, despite social progress. So, I thought I would challenge that a little within this project. What is it about letterbox format that made you want to edit Girlcore in this style? I wanted Girlcore to feel highly cinematic in all aspects of its production, including the way in which it is presented to the audience. You mentioned you’re casting an all-star group of GG performers. Who are some of the girls you’ve chosen for these episodes so far? Who will be the girls in the ‘aerobics class’ episode? The cast of the first season includes Alexis Fawx, April O’Neil, Whitney Wright, Casey Calvert, Sarah Vandella, Kristen Scott, Shyla Jennings, and Jenna Sativa.  Our ‘Aerobics Class,’ at the time of writing, will star Georgia Jones, Scarlett Sage, Carter Cruise, and Abigail Mac (along with a full class of extras.) We also have Kenna James, Cherie DeVille, and Angela White on deck to round out the production in August. Aside from the ‘Aerobics Class’ episode, what are some of the other themes for the other five episodes? A mousy executive assistant is called back to the offices of her lady boss late one Friday night to finish a very important memo. Little does she realize that the power dyke behind the desk is secretly plotting to transform her into a submissive lesbian. A rebellious lesbian teen is forced to spend the weekend at her father’s new girlfriend’s house. She discovers that the woman has two adopted daughters who eerily resemble twins. They look alike, talk alike, dress alike, and are equally susceptible to her queer tricks. A rich valley girl wakes up in the hospital after a nose job and befriends a hip, young nurse. But, after being examined by a creepy doctor, she soon discovers that the entire hospital staff are out to seduce her. The lesbian driver of a high-priced call girl loses her composure after the woman she’s been hired to protect gets roughed up by a male client. A frustrated substitute teacher conspires to get revenge on a class of bratty private school girls. In coming up with the title of Girlcore for this series, what made you want to pay homage to a pulp novel of the same name? Each episode is an original story that I wrote but, since I’m taking so much inspiration from popular lesbian pulp themes, I thought it would be a nice nod to title each episode after an actual novel from the period. It’s a small gesture but will hopefully be a nice Easter egg for other fans of lesbian pulp fiction. Why is Pilotpriest your choice for the soundtrack to Girlcore? How does his music play a part in setting the tone for the stories? I’ve been listening to Pilotpriest for years, especially his album ‘Original Motion Picture Soundtrack’ which has become the unofficial soundtrack to everything I’ve ever written in adult. Coincidentally, he started following me awhile ago because he liked my work and we began to talk about potential collaborations. He is also a filmmaker and we share many of the same inspirations in terms of cinematography, scoring, and storytelling. So, when I began thinking of Girlcore, one of the very first ideas I had was to base each episode around a track from his ‘OMPS” album since it is also ’80s inspired. Luckily, we were able to work something out and now his music plays a huge role in the tone of this series! What has been your biggest challenge so far in shooting Girlcore episodes? I would say the amount of pre-production required for each of these shoots is definitely the biggest challenge, between all of the authentic ’80s props, wardrobe styling, and planning the technical execution of each episode.  What has been the most gratifying part of shooting the Girlcore series so far? The fact that I can break all the constraints that typically hold producers back! Rather than having to shoot a certain volume, I can concentrate on shooting six of the best episodes for lesbian fans. I can build stories around specific performers versus having to cast whoever is available that day because I have a quota to fill. I can devote a lot of time to my pre-production to enhance the overall quality of the finished product. And, quite honestly, it allows me to be fully immersed in and obsessed with each of the series I make while I am making them. It’s a producer’s dream. How do you envision Girlcore ushering in a new era of original adult series? This will be the first of many original adult series I create over the next year, both personally and with other producers. I feel this change in our approach to production will not only be interesting to fans who are eager for a return to higher quality content and innovation, but also for content creators themselves who are eager to break free from some of the roadblocks that our industry has developed in the last few years. I won’t spill all the details yet but stay tuned for some exciting announcements in the coming months!