Gene sez: I got a phone call this afternoon from Harry Weiss making it clear that this press release doesn’t reflect his personal opinions and that he was only doing a job for his client, MSS
Even with that said, I want to give odds on the tenure of Weiss’ new show on KSEX. Wankus and Williams have been pretty close and Black Widow has been distributing the Team Tyler movies.
Chatsworth, CA- According to former clients, it appears that Ric Williams is just another fast talker that is all hustle and no muscle. After Private North America closed its doors, former COO Ric Williams opened a distributorship called Black Widow Productions. When Steve Miller wrote and sang “Take the Money and Run”, he might have been predicting the end of Black Widow Productions. It has been alleged that Ric Williams couldn’t bleed money from his clients fast enough with a Black Widow (old distributorship), so now he is using a RAZOR (new distributorship). Former clients of Black Widow Productions are canceling contracts faster than you can say ripped-off, including one of Black Widow’s biggest clients MSS Interactive Ltd.
Mike Newcombe, Managing Director of MSS said “Unfortunately it just hasn’t worked out with Black Widow. Sales figures are rarely punctual, payments are often overdue, and recently sales have been very poor. I would like to believe Ric, but have finally grown tired of his excuses. I have been left with no option but to seek alternative channels with our new products. Ten new titles are ready for release pending a new distribution agreement that will be announced later this month.”
Newcombe went on to comment “It’s disappointing. It all seemed to be going well, but last September things took a dramatic turn for the worse. I have been contacted by a number of other UK and European producers who seem to be having the same difficulty with Black Widow. Black Widow also sold my product through various VOD channels; however our contract with them did not include those rights. I happened to discover this and, while they have paid me some money, I do not believe it covers all VOD income. I have doubts that had I not found out about the VOD deals; they never would have paid me for the VOD. They have apparently done the same to a number of other producers who tell me they haven’t received a penny.”
Four of Black Widow Productions largest clients; MSS Interactive, Producer of the AVN Nominated Series “Fetish Desires,” jft Media, Producer of AVN Nominated video “Sins of the Flesh,” Hercules Productions, and Marcus Allen Productions, Producer of “Kinky Wrinkly,” officially announce the termination of their distribution agreements with Black Widow Productions.