2025 (SHL)
Hello fellow degenerates its…
Time for the Annual ‘State of the Union’ Address
One year ago I had made some lofty plans for the year of 2024 – doubling production days, making more films aligned with storytelling like TKJ, overcoming some setbacks and narrowing my focus on characters like Batgirl, Wonder Woman and Supergirl. Well you know what they say about making plans – it gives the devil a little tickle to his ballsack.
The 2024 Trainwreck
Had 2024 worked out how I intended – I would have started out the first 3 months of the year releasing Generation Zod and Ares Rising. But variable factors made sure the train went off the tracks: 1. HeroineMovies new management stopped approving producers new post sometimes weeks after they were submitted 2. Consumer spending plummeted across not just the SHIP market but even Ronald McDonald began to panic from the choke on the marketplace 3. A studio and an actress took my money and ran with no intention of completing said work they were hired for.
I spent the first quarter of the year building this website to give all the new and old producers here a platform that was responsive so we can have a functional newsfeed that was made for us by us and not some company with no interest in the genre. Ares Rising had some production issues that the new marketplace didn’t allow me to toss money at to fix. And of course being robbed by two peers massively delayed my reshoot plans for Ares Rising and by the time I was able to shoot again – the summer of LA had come and made it impossible to shoot in LA at the height of summer.
2024 Revisited and Conclusion
Had things gone my way I would have released at least 6 big films last year (I don’t consider LoFi films big films) minimum. In reality – I released 2 big films. No one is more disappointed about that than me and my bank account, I promise you. But I am no ones victim, so while last year was just short of being a fucking nightmare I am ready to put it behind me and focus on the future. I am humbled by having to try to run a fetish business escaping financial disaster by the skin of my teeth. But that being said – all previous promises and plans about what characters I would focus on and what kind of budgets I would be using etc are cancelled. I am returning to square 1. I am ‘Godzilla minus 1’.
2025
This coming year I want to find the ‘fun’ again. If I am going into a marketplace where spending is down, world wars are on the brink, political climates are rising in tension, the end of the world is here and the sky is falling – then I personally want to ensure my and your escapism is free of it all, free of worrying about cost, free of worrying about what character sells, free of whats come before – I want to return to making fun and exciting superheroine fetish films.
That being said – I do want for ‘SHL’ to be partially more collaborative this year. If half of you are no longer buying films cause you can’t afford it then I would like to talk to those who have a wallet ready and willing. If only 50 of you would buy a Sue Storm film – then let’s get the 50 of you in a chat room and figure it out. If 50 of you are tired of films where the heroine is fucked at the end of the film and you got the money to spend – then I want to get the 50 of you to agree on what kind of film that is, who it stars and what kind of costume is featured and lets work it out.
I will be very honest though – I am practicing a new form of taoism aka ‘If you have no customer history of buying anything from me, I don’t give a fuck about your opinion’. There is a little gang of commenters who come in very hot and heavy with some very critical and pointed dialogue about the kind of work I should make and in my research – all have the same thing in common… no proof they have ever bought a single film from me. And I am sorry but I am shutting the door on ingesting opinions from people who watch my films illegally and then want to bully me into making films that suit their hotdog strangling time. I won’t argue with you and your tantrums this year. I am reserving my goodwill and energy for the the people who matter.
Pending Projects
As of now the only public projects I have done preorders for are my three Black Label films. And while there isn’t much to report regarding them I think its due for me to talk through my plan and where it stands now, progress on the plans and where I am trying to head with the projects.
For context and transparency – not a lot of people preordered the Black Label films (in general, not a lot of people buy preorders, I am guessing thats not obvious from afar) so its not like I am sitting like a dragon on a mound of gold. I used the money that I received to order expensive fabrics, began work on prop building or hiring professional prop builders and began building costumes and working on preproduction work for the three films. As a specific example of what this looks like – I have 6 Batgirl bodysuits and multiple cowls ready to be destroyed for her Black Label film.
That being said – the only way these films are getting made is with big production budgets. I have stated it before but for the sake that some of you haven’t seen it or forgot – my plan has always been to roll the profit of my smaller films into funding the production of these bigger projects. And I plan to spend more money per film in production cost than some of my films make in totality. Which means – I need to make multiple semi decent selling films in order to make every single Black Label film.
Here’s how the math of that works out – last year (2024) I only released 2 big films for the whole year, which means – any profit they made simply was used to keep the studio from closing. My hope is if I am able to make many films in the first half of this year – then I can potentially piggyback their net profit into shooting at least 1 of the Black Label projects in the 2nd half of this year. But I can’t make any promises cause I cannot control whether or not a film sells well. No profit means = no production budget.
So recap – the more films I can shoot this year, the more likely it is we get a Black Label film before the end of the year. If I only release one big project between now and July – then no soup for you.
Whats Next?
Goddamn, this is a wordy post. My apologies.
I have been mulling over a couple specific projects, a variation of actresses I would like to work with and what kind of next projects I want to take on. A lot of my mental energy last year went into building plans for my Black Label projects that to some degree has disarmed my more immediate plans. So I would like to take a head count from the lot of you as to what what things might peak your interest regarding some of the potential projects I might take on as I am currently flexible about what I toss myself into next
Catwoman
I mention it over a year ago an actress had expressed the desire to do a Catwoman film, that actress being Alina Lopez. In previous comments people suggested some ideas and one of the ones that stuck out to me was potentially a story involving both Batman and Bane. Talk about expensive!
If I am doing a film with Batman in it – best believe I am bringing my A game. And I would want to make a Bane unlike anything you have seen in SHIP thus far. But alas, the cost of such a pursuit would be borderline Black Label territory. (Grade A level Batman and Bane is just honestly that expensive)
Here are my concerns – I don’t know enough of you would actually buy a film with Catwoman that would even break even the cost of producing such a film. I also don’t know I could get Alina back for such a film either – so if you have desire to see a Catwoman film you would need to be open to whomever I would cast as I cannot promise miss Lopez.
All those things considered – I am moving the needle on my end. I will begin designing and making a costume for Catwoman even if I don’t end up making this film. The cost alone of acquiring, making or getting Batman and Bane costumes would probably run between 2-4 grand if they are done to my standards. Therefore – if you magically have deep pockets and Catwoman is your kink – reach out and sign up to the Catwoman newsletter.
Unlike other projects, the only way I will see this one through is with a big budget. In my personal opinion Catwoman in costume and her character is kind of boring by itself (all black bodysuit, anti-hero, etc) – she needs window dressing to really stand out (the window dressing in this case being a film quality Batman and Bane) therefore – her project to me will only work if the production does everything possible to sell you the world of Gotham and it not just be ‘girl in a tight costume vs a thug in hoodie’.
Call me cynical but I don’t know I see a reality in which I could secure enough of a budget through generous donations (in trade for specific content) and preorders to make this film. So I really need the audience to raise their hand and bring their wallet regarding this one, otherwise… this one ain’t getting off the ground floor.
(Link for sign up at the bottom of the article)
Spider-Woman
Oh… Jessica Drew.
A few years ago someone in the comments asked if I would ever do a spider-woman film. And I was not game whatsoever. I really historically hate, loathe, Jessica Drews costume when it’s done in real life. That is not an invitation for you to send me cosplay photos of the character either – I have seen them and I hate them. But I do love her costume when it’s drawn in comic form. The commenter challenged me to try it – I said fuck no, costumes are expensive, not worth my time or money… so they sent me money to ‘try’ and make one anyway (it was very nice of them, round of applause please).
I spent some time last year building a pattern from scratch for my IRL version of the Spider-Woman costume and low n behold I think I arrived at something that is really cool. But alas the pursuit was kind of aimless – I was making a costume with no actress in mind, no project that I was aiming for and no budget for a film to aim for.
And with that I want to open it up to you, dear viewer, to sign up to my Spider-Woman newsletter if you are aching to see her brought to a hardcore film for $60 bucks or for a generous donation to ensure she does something on film that you would like to see personally. I am open to casting suggestions and the like.
And in case it needs to be said – I prefer heroines with pantyhose. So if this film is going to get made (with a full bodysuit) then there needs to be a generous interest in seeing it get made. Cause I will not be spending my own personal money to do such a thing when instead I could make another film with a heroine in a leotard who shows more leg.
(Link for sign up at the bottom of the article)
Lucy Westenra
Speaking of legs – I plan on working with Lucy Westenra this year if she will humor it. I don’t know yet what kind of costume or character I would want to feature her in (just that it’s definitely going to feature pantyhose or I will die). If you would like to be kept in the loop about this project – sign up for the newsletter below. Please do be considerate and remember – any depictions of sex in a film with her would be simulated.
(If any of you are confused by the photo, my apologies for my lack of explanation)
Super Remote
I do plan on making more films with both Yellozzy and Anastasia this year. How often I work with them is mostly based on how many of you want it to happen – and preorders can potentially make this happen within the next two months or sooner. Would you like to donate more to ask for specific content? Reach out. I know they would welcome the extra work.
Other actresses
Kira Fox, Kayla Coyote, Coco, Dakota/Alicia Moon, Ophelia, McKenzie – like Ash Ketchum I wanna catch them all. From time to time you get comments, emails, inquiries ‘why don’t you make ______ with ______’ and most of the time the answer is usually the same for me… I just didn’t win the lottery this year.
As a human person, with two arms, one brain and a time limit of roughly 16 hours a day (if you leave out the time I shower, feed myself and walk dogs) I simply don’t have enough time and money to do so.
And when I have to be more selective about the work I choose to make (aka I have 5 grand and I am going to spend it on a supergirl film or whatever, and thats all I can afford right now) because I don’t usually make customs and I usually make my own costumes (which costs me a lot of time away from editing) – I tend to deprioritize the actresses that are actively making great work with my peers.
I know this can cause frustration from time to time cause a rare few of you for whatever reason like my finger prints on a thing – but to me it’s always been an obvious compromise. If everyone else is selling chocolate ice cream then I am going to go for strawberry. Especially from a marketing standpoint – I remember like 4-5 years ago I released a film with an actress and two other films with the same actress came out that week. IMO everyone loses in those situations.
But unlike last year – I do plan to be more active this year (God willing) so… cast your vote via newsletter sign ups. I would love to work with any of these actresses if they are open to the work. And if enough of you are willing to preorder films with one or more of these actresses – then potentially I can make begin green lighting some of these projects sooner than later and be more proactive this year with more concurrent releases.
And as a reminder one last time – do not sign up for any of the newsletters if you don’t buy films. If I get tons of sign ups for a specific actress and when it comes time to preorder – no one commits – then the project will be cancelled. The last poll I did (regarding which film I should release next) 4 times more people voted for Wondergirl than people who bought the film. Casting a vote for a project you have no intention of buying isn’t helpful, it’s stupid.
Submit Your Interest
AMA
I think that covers just about everything… Ask Me Anything in the comment section below. Fingers crossed this year is more smooth sailing than last (as I type this… LA is currently on fire). Also… let me know if the lot of you might want another Ashley Lane SHX film between now and the Black Label film (Adding it to the bottom of the list in the link above). My original intention was to hold off on another Ashley Lane Batgirl project until her Black Label film but I think enough time has passed that maybe a 60 minute adventure might be of interest to some of you. Last year I was still burnt out from TKJ and wasn’t ready to revisit the character. But who knows… technically I have more than enough costumes made, it would simply be a matter of doing it. Customs perhaps? Lesbian scene? I dunno… it’s 5am in Chicago. Goodnight!
Love,
DW
Reminder
Dropped this film roughly 10 days ago… buy it… you know you want too
P.S. Discord
I can’t remember when is the last time we mentioned it here but Ultraheroix runs a Discord group for SHIP. I don’t know how many of you even know what Discord is, but… you are invited
6 batgirl costumes and cowls that must be crazy to pay but it’s they are going destroyed from your own projects and also creating Catwoman flim that would help, hopefully you can doing anything to make it.
P.s. Had Alice Moon in your flims would be nice and amazing.
I made the costumes so the cost is subjective, the cowls are expensive though
well, I’m working on winning that elusive powerball, if I ever do, you’ll be the first one I ever call.
I’ve purchased a few of your films, and I’m hoping my email can pop in your sales registry. I don’t comment much or often;
I admire your work, although the batgirl films are too dark in my opinion, I understand that they might be another’s tastes, and I respect that. I’ve only purchased videos which I find interesting.
I am personally waiting on a Catwoman film, and would like to see a rubber latex clad actress in a high productions value film. I’d wish for a scenario where a heist has gone wrong and her whip gets used against her (some costume destruction there) and antagonist has her way with her. Batman and Bane are not necessary, but I’ll bite whatever has Catwoman in it.
I’m curious how your Zatanna film fared in sales? As it is one of the few films (if not the only film) where a unique heroine is featured, anyone wanting to see her must’ve purchased the film? With that logic, I’m assuming a high production film featuring Catwoman would fare well as well? I am certain there’s a crowd wishing for a latex/pvc suit heroine.
Zatanna for its time sold about half as many copies as any other Wonder Woman / Supergirl film I sold around the same time. I didn’t mind it didn’t do as well, but I think a lot of people missed out as I thought the film was pretty cool
I am squeamish on ‘whipping’ scenes. Early in my fetish career I did a couple whip scenes mostly because HM use to put them in his films and since we worked together on a few projects naturally I ended up shooting them as well but – I had multiple rabid ‘whip’ fans come after me for not doing whipping to their standards. I am not a whip fetishist – so I won’t take an hour on set to try to make convincing whip marks and things of that nature – and since I won’t take the time to do it right I would mostly be inviting a lot of criticism in doing it poorly
I don’t fault you for not having dark taste. Granted, I don’t think my Batgirl films are as dark as people often tell me they are. Must just be the black costume in stark lightning or something!
I don’t think they’re that dark either. I think your choice of actress and her acting abilities create good immersion for the scene and that’s what makes them appear dark. TKJ was probably the darkest I’ve seen your films go with some of the extra scenes that you shot. I loved the additional fun scene that I bought where it was just a wild fun threesome between Joker, Harley and Batgirl. I love seeing a contrast between the dark serious stuff and then seeing a fun scene like that with the same actors and actresses.
I suppose Ashley not pretending she likes it is what people really mean regarding how “dark” they are rating the films. Which to be fair – she is definitely playing it like a real rape scene
Honestly, I think Lucy would be an awesome Spider-Woman based on how flexible she is. I think her posture and movement would fit that character well.
The Spider-Woman film as per the original donating patron is intended to be hardcore, which Lucy does not do.
Ah, I didn’t know that (that it was intended to be hardcore). I could see her playing a non-hardcore version really well either way.
I’ve bought a few of your films and they are always high quality. Kira Fox in a black label film would be an instant preorder for me. She would work for me as any character but would love to see her as Catwoman. Her being forced by Bane after breaking Batman’s back and making him watch would be diabolical
My only resistance to that idea is – Kira is already in an all black outfit in Lee Carls films. It be a little to close to the work he has made with her for me to feel good about it.
Instant buy on Catwoman and Jessica Drew (totally agree with your comment, Jessica looks great in comics but IRL never looks as good for some reason, but I trust you’ll do your usual magic 😊). And more Ashley as Batgirl or Supergirl would be awesome. Also intrigued what you would make with Lucy, she’s so beautiful, thought you did wonderful films with McKenzie, so something similar maybe?
SHL2025 has potential to be fantastic!!
Am absolutely on board for a Catwoman/Bane movie. Can take or leave the Batman element. 1 because I don’t find him particularly interesting (personal opinion) and 2 I feel another main character would take away screen time from Catwoman. That being said, would contribute with or without Batman.
Spiderwoman – Yep am up for this too! Always thought Spiderwoman was hot in the cartoon so would love to see her brought to life.
Would love to see Alina in both roles but trust Damien’s judgement with actress.
Not really interested in Sue Storm….. Isn’t she invisible??
Ashley Lane/ Batgirl – Yes again!
Can’t wait to see what Damien delivers this year. Never disappoints!
IMO Bane only works in a Catwoman film if Batman is his reason to cause trouble. I don’t think I could sell a ‘Bane is aimlessly looking for Catwoman story’ I think she would need a personal crisis and Batman would be a good way into putting her in one
I wish I could get Alina for both roles but I can’t make those promises with someone who actively isn’t looking to be hired.
Sue Storms film – she would be invisible throughout the rape scene. Imagine the invisible man movie…
Hopefully, you don’t end up cancelling an almost finished film because the Batman actor flaked out on you.
Also, isn’t one of the LA fires where the porn industry is mostly located in?
If I were making the film I would try to get it all at once to avoid any hiccups (cough cough ares rising) that I experienced before. Fool me once, fool me twice kind of situation
None of the LA fires have burned anywhere I’ve ever worked when I’ve shot there but – we’ll see what’s left standing by the time if and when I’m making a Catwoman film
I wouldn’t know personally. I’ve just heard the San Fernando Valley is the porn capital of LA. There are a bunch of fires in the area though I suppose LA is a really big place.
“Lesbian scene?” If the time comes where you decide to do a F/F one, I’ll definitely be checking it out. From a production value, your movies seem very crisp and have always intrigued me, but since I only buy F/F ones I have yet to experience one. In either case, here’s to a great 2025!
I tried to get a lesbian film done last year but the actress I made a costume for got pregnant, lol. Its always something
Would love another ashley batgirl film
I’m one of those who pre-ordered both the Supergirl and Wonder Woman Black Label movies, back in ’23.
I was having a lot of fun with The Killing Joke, even though I am NOT a big fan of Batgirl (therefore did not sign up for that newsletter). Which means, I will probably have even more fun with those Blacklabel films where I like the character.
I signed for the Kayla Coyote newsletter because she is one of the few actresses where I’m certain I will enjoy the movie, regardless of the character she plays.
I also wanted to mention that if you ever consider doing a piss scene again (like you did in Lofi Lane #3), I would be on board. I know it was a custom and I think I remember that you disliked filming it (and cleaning the set), but I felt like mentioning it. If there was a “pissing scene newsletter” I would sign lol.
Not so much interested in Spider-Woman or Catwoman that I would assure to buy the movie at this point, I would have to wait for a trailer for that decision.
I hope you will have a better 2025 than 2024.
Unless someone gave a generous donation I don’t see myself doing another piss scene. I don’t personally like it and I don’t know it makes any meaningful impact on sales. It also requires for me to personally clean piss up so I need to account for my misery when I am on my hands and knees wondering if I made the wrong choices in life as I am face first gazing into a pool of human piss.
I could go on but I hope there is some humor there for someone.
And thank you for the Black Label preorders. I know I said it would take at least 2 years to make it happen but I am thankful most people have been patient as I am actively trying to make them.
I get it, probably not the best feeling in the world 😅
Just curious, how much is “a generous donation” for you?
Yeah I was taking that “risk” in regard to the blacklabel movies because I knew they will be great, whenever they will see the light of day
I guess the question really is – how much money will be enough money for me to clean up piss, right? Well that depends doesn’t it? Seeing as most of my films the costumes are torn up until the sex, so realistically are we talking she pisses the costume?
How much would depend on what kind of situation someone is asking for, cause not all piss scenes are equal. I remember reading a comment that was upset I had Ashley piss onto a towel instead of the hotel room floor cause they felt it was cheating the scene.
I would like another Ashley lane batgirl film; I enjoy the sense of continuity
Hell yes to Catwoman! I really hope there is enough intrest in the community to make this one happen. Love the idea of it featuring batman and bane too. I’d buy it twice if that helps lol. How do I sign up for the newsletter? Hopefully Alina is still into it, but im sure there are other awsome actresses that would do great.
The link for all sign ups is on the bottom of the article. But here it is again for the sake of convenience:
http://www.superheroinelimited.com/masterlist
I would like a handful more LOFI films, they rock!, Westenra for sure and Coyote. Since it’s opinion time, I’d prefer straight, nylons are good, oral every time and endings where the heroine almost wins, but doesn’t. It might be interesting to do some more transition where we see the heroine in her real life prior to the heavy stuff. Several of your actresses are bad ass in street clothes too. Im not jazzed by spider woman or cat woman. Bat girl? Hell yes! Lots of ways that could go from villains taking her to her own team abusing her for being a pain in the ass. And yes I’ve bought probably a grand of your stuff and it was worth every penny.
More LoFi is coming as I have a decent backlog of LoFi films that I am actively editing through.
Is there specific kinds of ‘heroine in real life’ scenes you enjoy? Are we just talking them like in their home making coffee kind of stuff? Or like the beginning of Ares Rising?
I hope everything works out for you and the genre this year…we need some fun and fantasy in the ever growing horror of the real world!
How ever, I tried to join the SHIP Discord you mention but when I clicked on the “accept invite” box I read that it was unable to accept my invite!
You might have to reach out to Ultraheroix to figure that one out, as he is admin of the Discord group