Vincent J. Roth of Surge, Making Cinema’s First Out Gay Superhero Page 1 of 8 ADVERTISE YOUR PRODUCTS & SERVICES Go HERE Search … Home News Indies Reviews Interviews Filmmaking Case Study Vlogs Download Google Chrome Chrome is a fast, secure and free browser for all your devices. Google Chrome DOWNLOAD Vincent J Roth of Surge, Making Cinema’s First Out Gay Superhero Eric Roberts in Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel Hi! I’m Vincent J Roth, Executive Producer at Surge of Power Enterprises, LLC, a small California based production company that creates fun superhero media with lots of celebrity cameos, featuring cinema’s first Cookies help us serve our publications and services. By reading our publications and using our servces, you agree to our use of cookies. Accept out gay superhero, Surge! We have 2 “Surge of Power” feature films in distribution, a web series in its 4th season called “Big City Chronicles,” and 2 new short films now screening.Read More We recently conducted our first https://www.indieactivity.com/vincent-j-roth-of-surge-making-cinemas-first-out-gay-super... 6/24/2020 Vincent J. Roth of Surge, Making Cinema’s First Out Gay Superhero Page 2 of 8 virtual screening of a new movie, “Surge of Power: Doctor Who Tribute,” a short parody celebrating over 50 years of the Doctor Who TV show, poking light-hearted fun at some of the most charming tropes of the program, with cameo appearances from over 25 Doctor Who actors, these are: Peter Davison (The 5th Doctor), Colin Baker (The 6th Doctor), Sylvester McCoy (The 7th Doctor), Paul McGann (The 8th Doctor), David Bradley (The 1st Doctor), John Barrowman (Captain Jack Harkness), Pearl Mackie (Bill Potts), Eric Roberts (The Master), Michelle Gomez (The Master – “Missy”), Geoffrey Beevers (The Master), Carole Ann Ford (Susan Foreman), Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon), Katy Manning (Jo Grant), Louise Jameson (Leela), John Lesson (K-9), Janet Fielding (Tegan Jovanka), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Mark Strickson (Turlough), Nicola Bryant (Peri Brown), Richard Franklin (Captain Mike Yates), Emma Campbell-Jones (Cass), Ian McElhinney (Ko Sharmus), Mark Dexter (Charles Babbage), Richard Ashton (Friday, the Ice Warrior), Sarah Louise Madison (the Weeping Angel), Jon Davey (Dalek and alien actor) and Nick Frost (Santa Claus). The movie also features a special guest appearance by Nichelle Nichols (the iconic Lt. Uhura from “Star Trek”) reprising her continuing role as Omen in the “Surge of Power” movies. MORE STORIES FOR YOU Drifting by Hanxiong Bo delves into 1-Child Policy, China Gender Bias Nichelle Nichols in Surge of Power-Big City Chronicles (2017) Coming right off the heels of the feature film, Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel, Surge has only a quiet moment with MAVIS, the artificial intelligence of the Surgemobile (played by Shannon Farnon, Wonder Woman from the “Super Friends”), when Surge hears a news report from reporter Will E. Bee (played by Michael Gray, Billy Batson from the “SHAZAM!” TV show) about events that lead to the next Surge of Power Mogul Partners with movie, Surge of Dawn, but before Surge can do anything, he is distracted by the sudden appearance of a wormhole that whisks Surge away to London in an alternate reality where Earth is being invaded by Daleks, Canadian Film Festival the most fearsome Doctor Who villains. No time to get his balance in this strange, unexpected world, Surge supporting BIPOC must immediately launch into action with the planet in danger. creators Can Surge defend Earth from a Dalek invasion? Will any of the Doctor Who actors help Surge? Find out. indieactivity : What is your experience working on the story, the screenplay, the production, premiere and the marketing? Vincent J Roth : I’m the Executive Producer. I conceived the story, wrote the script, assembled the crew, recruited the talent. The “Doctor Who Tribute” started as a 5-minute episode of our “Big City Chronicles” web series with just 3 Doctor Who cameos. As we came across Doctor Who actors at various conventions, Cookies help us serve our publications and services. By reading our publications and using our servces, you agree to our use of cookies. Accept we invited them to join the party, wrote extra scenes to expand the story and now have 27 Doctor Who Hudson Hughes Read More Debuts Wednesday in https://www.indieactivity.com/vincent-j-roth-of-surge-making-cinemas-first-out-gay-super... 6/24/2020 Vincent J. Roth of Surge, Making Cinema’s First Out Gay Superhero Page 3 of 8 actors in an 18-minute short-film. Earlier versions of the “Doctor Who Tribute” screened at comic Space, an Indie Sci-fi conventions and Doctor Who conventions to packed audiences. Comedy This new version was ready in March. With the COVID-19 pandemic sequestering people at home, we decided to do a virtual screening and play our little comedy for free to help lift people’s spirits and provide some laughter. Two crew members and I introduced the movie on the Surge of Power Facebook page via Facebook live, then directed the audience to a link on Vimeo and provided viewers a password to watch the movie. Then we invited the audience back to Facebook live after viewing where we conducted Q&A and asked questions of the audience so they could win Surge of Power and Doctor Who prizes. We had a great turnout. It was a lot of fun, and we will likely do a virtual screening of another new movie, “Surge of Dawn” that follows the story from “Revenge of the Sequel” and chronologically happens in Surge’s timeline right Brianna Seamster wins after events in the “Doctor Who Tribute.” “Surge of Dawn” is a 46-minute short film. the 2020 CTWR with her script Homebound The Haunted City Series by Director Chris R. Notarile Moves to CHPT3 indieactivity : How did you put the crew and cast together? Did you start writing with a known cast? Vincent J Roth : The “Doctor Who Tribute” is our 4th Surge of Power movie. The first movie, “Surge of Power: The Stuff of Heroes” is an 85-minute feature film with a cast and crew of 125 including 20 celebrity cameos, the likes of Nichelle Nichols (Uhura from “Star Trek”), Lou Ferrigno (“The Incredible Hulk”), and Noel Neill (Lois Lane from “The Adventures of Superman”). The second movie, “Surge of Power: Revenge of NIGHTFIRE: Watch The the Sequel,” is a 90-minute feature film with a cast and crew of 272 including over 50 stars the likes of Linda Extended Making Of Blair (“The Exorcist” movies), Gil Gerard (Buck Rogers from “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century”), Eric Roberts Nightfire Movie. Go (“The Dark Knight,” “Doctor Who”). Our 3rd movie, “Surge of Dawn” continues the story from the Sequel with BTS some of our prominent stars returning to reprise their roles. So, we have a track record of hiring celebrities to play roles in our movie. The “Doctor Who Tribute” started as a fun little incidental project during one of our runs at a comic convention where we were interviewing celebrities for our “Big City Chronicles” web series and the director and I happened upon a set of the Doctor Who console room of the TARDIS, the time and space machine in the TV show. We asked to use the set, developed some lines, and shot some footage that later became the “Doctor Who Tribute” episode. At that time, we had not thought of making such a big deal of it, but as we recruited more and more Doctor The Cypher by Letia Who actors, it became apparent that we should go all out. So, now we have actors representing every era of Solomon focuses on The Doctor, the lead in the TV show. The Doctor Who TV show debuted in the UK in November 1963 and is Black Masculinity in the longest running science fiction show, with over 13 actors who have played The Doctor, and we have Hip Hop actors from every era in our “Doctor Who Tribute” short film – 5 actors who have played The Doctor, 3 actors Cookies help us serve our publications and services. By reading our publications and using our servces, you agree to our use of cookies. Accept who have played The Master, the arch-nemesis of The Doctor, over a dozen actors who have played Read More companions traveling in the TARDIS with The Doctor, plus some special guest star actors. We wanted this https://www.indieactivity.com/vincent-j-roth-of-surge-making-cinemas-first-out-gay-super... 6/24/2020 Vincent J. Roth of Surge, Making Cinema’s First Out Gay Superhero Page 4 of 8 little parody to celebrate the show and pay tribute to it. I think we even expanded on some Doctor Who mythology in ways the TV has not yet explored. The 24H Play Company: Here We Go’s Zoom Fest Site Specific Plays Written for and Performed on ZOOM indieactivity : What and how long did it take to complete the script? (Was it a team effort or solo?) Vincent J Roth : I typically write with input from more than one crew member. In this case it was my director, another producer and another crew member who helped me refine dialogue. The movie has evolved over time, with dialogue being written to incorporate new Doctor Who actors, so it wasn’t quite like sitting down and writing one script. It evolved over time. indieactivity : When did you form your production company – and what was the original motivation for its formation? Vincent J Roth : Surge of Power Enterprises, LLC was organized in 2003 to bring back comedy to the superhero genre (long before the “Deadpool” and “SHAZAM!” movies) and to put cinema’s first out gay superhero on the big screen.