[NEohioPAL]Out of Darkness begins 5 week nationwide run on Dish Network

[alexcine at aol.com]

Emmy winning writer dishes out New TV Series

  This Saturday August 27th, 2005 at 12:30 am on Dish Network Channel 
216, ?Out of Darkness? begins its five week national run. The half hour 
dramatic TV Series is a sexy, cop sci-fi drama from Prelude2Cinema and 
Emmy winning writer Alex P. Michaels. While the show is targeted to 
fans of ?Cops,? ?The X-files? and ?Law & Order,? the show has a lot of 
unique elements.

  ?Out of Darkness? is about a female Spanish homicide detective named 
Teresa Maria de los Angeles a.k.a. Angie (Ada Carolina Ortiz) who works 
out of a fictional regional police depart in Cleveland, Ohio. She deals 
with a partner, Detective Drew Avon (Joseph Primes), who doesn?t trust 
her because Angie?s father is an alleged head of a drug cartel. Angie 
also has two bosses: an overly religious Police Lieutenant (Marvin L. 
Mallory) and an ?ethically challenged? Special Prosecutor (Alex P. 
Michaels) who is very friendly with Philip Magnos (George V. Fiderio). 
Magnos is a businessman who may be behind all the criminal activity in 
the city. Yet with all that going on, the most disturbing element in 
Angie?s life, is a mysterious shadow like creature that takes over her 
body and literally devours criminals.

  The TV Series is the first dramatic production in Cleveland, Ohio and 
besides shining a light on the very talented actors and technicians; 
the show brings businesses into the spotlight. Prelude2Cinema is 
funding the series using ?branded entertainment,? a form of product 
placement where sponsors are woven into the series. In episode one, 
there are no commercials, but Cleveland sponsor Lucy?s Sweet Surrender 
at 12516 Buckeye road shows up as the bakery where Angie and Drew hang 
out. In the second episode Massimo da Milano at 1400 West 25th Street 
shows up as the restaurant for a press conference from Mayor Carolyn 
Rockwell (played by JaNiece Walters, who is also one of the show?s 
producers).

  Prelude2Cinema intends to keep the show ?commercial free,? but adds 
there may be some spots for sponsors woven into the fictional Internet 
News show the Cleveland Breaking News. ?When Natalie Morningstar 
(Elizabeth Wenzel) says, we?ll be right back after a word from our 
sponsors, we can show our real sponsors, ? says Alex. He believes that 
with the invention of TiVO and Digital Video Recorders, the traditional 
commercial will be phased out. ?We want to entertain people and by 
making sponsors part of the show, we can involve the fans in the show 
and make our sponsors happy as well. Most people leave the room when 
commercials come on and sometimes commercials can go on for so long, 
you forget what you are watching.?

  ?Out of Darkness? has a website at 
http://www.prelude2cinema.com/dark.htm which features a Yahoo group 
with ?Oddies,? which is what the fans of the show call themselves. 
Prelude2Cinema has also had a few fan parties at another sponsors 
place, the Velvet Dog at 1280 West 6th street.

  Alex admits the show is a lot of work, but he is hoping it can bring a 
lot of positive things to Cleveland. He also believes its important to 
keep the fans happy. ?Having fans for a TV Series that hasn?t 
officially premiered is a good sign. Already one of the Oddies from 
Canada has asked, can he get the show up there. Well, not yet I told 
him, but we?re working on it.?


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