PHILADELPHIA – The latest hardcore project from award-winning producer-director Chi Chi LaRue is not a full-length feature film but a 12-part series that will be broadcast exclusively online.

Little information is available about the storyline for Sentenced, but the trailer for the 30-minute debut episode, “Cruising & Boozing,” offers a hint of darkness as several seedy-looking types pursue a seemingly desperate Mike DeMarko through the woods. In addition to DeMarko, featured performers include Adam Russso, Trenton Ducati, Brock Avery, Billy Santoro, Alessandro Del Toro, Kieron Ryan and JR Bronson.

“Cruising & Boozing” bowed Jan. 1 as the first release of 2014 from LaRue’s Channel 1 Releasing production house. All 12 episodes in the series represent a new beginning, of sorts, for GayHotMovies, which snagged an exclusive relationship with the project.

“Having seen the action between Mike [DeMarko] and Alessandro Del Toro, I know I can’t wait to see the next [episode],” said GayHotMovies spokesman The Otter. “The series, which has been produced exclusively for GayHotMovies.com, is a great way to be starting the new year, but that’s not all that is happening on our ever-evolving site.

“As we continue to bring GayHotMovies.com’s users the best content available, they will be noticing several amazing studios [have been added to our lineup],” he added. “In fact, we are the only [video-on-demand] site where you can find Jet Set International, Jet Set Men and Jet Set Productions.”

Users also will find improved performer biographies, simplified listing pages and an overall freshening of the website’s appearance. According to The Otter, the updates “make it easier to find exactly what you are looking for.”

The site’s affiliate program pays a 20-percent recurring revenue share and provides promotional tools including targeted exit consoles, custom theaters, free hosted galleries and free VOD minutes.