Watch Award-winning documentary THE TABLE now!!! Exclusively on Prescreen...

The award-winning documentary about Hollywood’s hopeful outsiders, geek-hustlers, and the perpetual have-nots  has launched on PreScreen Video On Demand with a special Los Angeles Premiere event on Monday, April 30th 2012 as part of The United Film Festival.

On April 30th The Table premiered at the Los Feliz 3 Cinemas. The screening was followed by a Q&A with the film‘s Director/Producer/Editor Ana Barredo (A Real Job), Producer/Cinematographer/Editor Roger Lay, Jr. (95 Miles to Go, Chrysalis), and Table founder Marc Scott Zicree (The Twilight Zone Companion). Also in attendance were long-time Table members, Playwright James Metropole, Emmy Award-Winning writer Michael Reaves (Star Trek The Next Generation, The Twilight Zone) and Television Director Michael Nankin (Battlestar Galactica, CSI). The Q&A was moderated by Robert Meyer Burnett (Director of Free Enterprise, Femme Fatales).

This special screening celebrated The Table’s Video On Demand release two day later. The Table is one of the first films being offered as a 60-Day Exclusive Preview on the new video-on-demand platform: Prescreen. Prescreen is a curated social discovery video- on-demand platform designed to promote and showcase premium content. With only 60 movies to choose from at any given time, Prescreen makes sure that quality indies like The Table won’t get lost in the shuffle.
Once the 60-Day Exclusive Preview has ended The Table will then be available on other digital platforms such as iTunes, Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and PlayStation Network.

The Table follows the lives of a group of Hollywood hopefuls for one year. They are members of a network support group called The Table that has been meeting together in the backrooms of restaurants every Thursday for nearly 20 years. Entertainment professionals at every level mingle with aspiring amateurs, creative castaways, the diligent and desperate alike - offering whatever advice, support, networking opportunities, and resources they have in hopes of at least maybe one day rising to the... middle. Hollywood can be a lonesome, cruel place for an outsider trying to get that first foot in the door. Even more so for waning stars, struggling to reclaim their former glory. But at The Table, they have built a thriving creative community. A community of talented individuals who aren’t waiting around for chance luck, they’re banding together to produce their own projects.
The Table was founded by a notable figure of the Sci-Fi community, Author/Screenwriter Marc Scott Zicree (The Twilight Zone Companion, Sliders). Every Thursday night for 20 years, Zicree has proven the power of old school social networking. He’s the Grand Poobah of a gigantic social network which includes such notable figures (also appearing in the documentary) as: Guillermo Del Toro (Dir. Pan’s Labyrinth), George Takei (Star Trek), Armin Shimerman (Deep Space Nine), and Chris Wyatt (Prod. Napoleon Dynamite).

Enormously and genuinely compassionate, Zicree is also tirelessly and comically self- aggrandizing, which makes him a lovable foil to his own efforts time and again. As The Table continues to help build the careers of others, will Zicree find the personal success he is looking for?
But one of the most compelling stories in The Table is of Jim Troesh, a quadriplegic Writer/Actor/Director. In the 1980’s, Troesh had a recurring role on Highway To Heaven co-starring alongside TV’s Michael Landon. Troesh was also a scriptwriter for the show. But when it got cancelled, the disabled actor endured a decades long dry spell. With great humility and deadpan humor he recounts his tale of finding his way back, by collaborating with members of The Table. It is a bittersweet coda that only hours after The Table won Best Documentary at the 2011 SoCal Film Festival, Jim Troesh passed away from complications due to his condition. A fan of dark comedy, he would have appreciated the irony...

The Table is represented by United Films, a division of Connell Creations (producers of Holy Rollers), and will be distributed digitally by New Video Group (Best Worst Movie, Being Elmo).
The Table will also be screening in NYC on May 16th, 2012 at 7:00 PM at the Cobble Hill Cinemas as part of The New York United Film Festival.
The Table will be available online as a 60-Day Exclusive Preview starting May 2nd, 2012 - on the new video-on-demand platform: Prescreen. For information, please visit: www.prescreen.com
For more info about the documentary The Table visit: http://www.thetable-movie.com/
Also visit Slice of Sci-Fi for an exclusive interview with the filmmakers.

Roger Lay, Jr is the guest in this week's edition of THE REAL STUFF...

Tune in to this week's episode of THE REAL STUFF for an interview with Producer/Director Roger Lay, Jr. This bi-weekly podcast series focuses on the art of documentary filmmaking featuring interviews with artists working in unscripted programming including reality shows, documentaries, and everything in between. They may not be on the cover of Entertainment Weekly, but they make some of the best shows and movies on television. Listen to the practical side of the business and hear how to get jobs and keep them. In this week's edition Roger talks about his work in such documentary projects as RAY ROMANO'S 95 MILES TO GO (coming to DVD May 22), the award-winning indie doc THE TABLE (Available On Demand May 2) and the upcoming TOY MASTERS, a controversial new doc about the 25 year battle for credit over creating the billion dollar grossing MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE toy line from Mattel. Click here to listen.

Jerry Lewis: The Jazz Singer - Now available on DVD restored and remastered

From the personal archives of Jerry Lewis, the original 1959 tele-film is finally available on DVD from Inception Media Group. The DVD includes an all-new documentary piece which chronicles the restoration and remastering process of the film from original color elements. Urban Archipelago Films' Roger Lay Jr and Ana Barredo co-produced the new piece as part of the special features for the DVD release. You can order your copy now from amazon and all other major retailers.

Critics love Captain Power: The Complete Series DVD Set...

Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future was officially released on DVD on Tuesday December 6 and reviewers have been praising the set as well as the extensive collection of all-new special features including the feature length documentary OUT OF THE ASHES:

"The series holds up as an interesting, intelligent and exciting mix of sci-fi and adventure. It's nice to have the series not just on DVD but in a nice set that includes a wealth of extra features as well".

- DVD Talk

"The complete package is a labor of love from the people most responsible for the series... from top to bottom they have managed to put together one hell of a release that will not only please the diehard fan-base, but blows away the DVD presentation of many of its peers".

- DVD Verdict

"There's a lot to love about this show. It's one of those series that actually works... Captain Power is exactly the sort of show that needed to find its way to DVD, and now it has! It pushed boundaries, advanced the genre, introduced some daring CG effects and defined awesome at the time..."

- IGN

"Captain Power has weathered a quarter century pretty well. A program that revolutionized television production (and) managed to tell solid sci-fi stories in a format accessible to all ages… this is one of those shows you can still watch and enjoy as an adult."

- The Digital Bits

"Can you name another TV series back in 1987 that integrated interactive effects with CGI and live action and also possessed a mature storyline with powerful writing? Believe me when I say that the feature length documentary is worth the price of the set alone, we really had no idea how much work went into the making of the series. It’s an incredibly enlightening behind the scenes look at the show with numerous interviews with the stars as well as the people who bled and sweat to bring it to us."

- The Retroist

"One of the best Science Fiction and superhero stories of the 1980s. It was awesome!"

- Newsarama

"This complete DVD series has been long in coming. Many TV shows fade into the night and become forgotten. A show such as Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future endured because of the acting and writing involved. Here were characters that we could identify with and find compassion for..."

- Mania.com

"Out Of The Ashes is the best retrospective documentary I’ve seen since Never Sleep Again."
- Bloody Disgusting Horror Reviews

Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future The Complete Series on DVD was produced by Roger Lay, Jr. who is also working with the show's creator Gary Goddard on a new version of this cult classic series. Stay tuned to the official Captain Power Returns website for more details.

Captain Power special on This Week in Geek...

Tune into this special interview from THIS WEEK IN GEEK for a chance to meet actor Tim Dungian and Captain Power DVD producer Roger Lay as they talk about what it took to bring Captain Power back from the brink of obscurity! Tim and Roger talk about some of the great experiences reuniting a family of characters and the challenges of the set, plus they share some exciting news about the future of the franchise.

Roger Lay Jr, Gary Goddard, and Tim Dunigan talk Captain Power on this week's Slice of Sci-Fi...

Captain Power creator Gary Goddard, star Tim Dunigan and DVD producer / director, special features Roger Lay, Jr. are the guests on this week's edition of Slice of Sci-Fi on XM and Sirius Satellite radio. Learn more about the show's origins, it's legacy and the work Goddard and Lay have been doing to reintroduce the franchise. The show is now available for streaming on the official slice of sci-fi web page. Fans can also download the show on itunes.



Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future is available on DVD for the first time ever on December 6.

Captain Power and Skeleton Warriors DVD launch...

Fans of Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future as well as Skeleton Warriors will be able to get DVD copies signed by the creators of both shows on December 9, 2011. To celebrate the highly anticipated release of both shows on DVD, Dark Delicacies in North Hollywood will be hosting a one night only reunion of writers, producers, cast and crew members from both shows starting at 7:00 PM. Fans can get their DVD sets signed by the creators including:

- Tim Dunigan ("'Captain Jonathan Power")
- J. Michael Straczynski (Head Writer / Executive Story Consultant, "Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future")
- Larry DiTillio (Writer, Season one "Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future" / Story Editor, Season 2 scripts)
- Robert DeLapp (Special Effects Supervisor "Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future" / Co-Producer "Skeleton Warriors")
- Gary Guttman (Composer, "Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future", "Skeleton Warriors")
- Julia Lewald (Head Writer / Story Editor, "Skeleton Warriors")
- Eric Lewald (Writer, "Skeleton Warriors")
- Dean Stefan (Writer, "Skeleton Warriors")
- Ted King (Sound Design Producer "Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future" and "Skeleton Warriors")
- Roger Lay, Jr. (DVD Producer, "Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future" and Skeleton Warriors" / Producer new "Captain Power" projects including "Out of the Ashes".)

And many more...



You can also pre-order your signed copies at Dark Delicacies' online store.

Both sets include hours of newly created content produced by Urban Archipelago Films including the feature length documentary Out of the Ashes: The Making of Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future and Skeleton Warriors: Bad to the Bone, both directed by Roger Lay, Jr.



Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future and Skeleton Warriors available on DVD on December 6, 2011.