Dark Operations: A Dark Odyssey Begins

"How far would you go for your family? How far would you go for the people you love?" — Commander Geordanna "Dan" Derringeri, Played by Ken Hontz

In a far-flung future, Earth has finally united in peace, banned its criminal element to the outer reaches, and spread goodwill outward into the galaxy. After centuries of peace and successful first contacts, the United Earth Alliance is ill suited to encounter a more hostile species… 

The pride of the UEA fleet, the USS Armstrong is a science and exploration vessel with only defensive armament. Captain Royce McGregor (Royce Essig), their jolly leader and his wife Angela (Staci Jones), the ship’s doctor, are looking forward to retirement when they receive a distress call from Gorin (Mitchell Bentley) of the pirate ship Scimitar. 

McGregor's world is turned upside down in the blink of an eye… and he is seen as the perfect choice for a secret mission. He and his crew are recruited by Dark Operations, the ultra-secret military division of the United Earth Alliance charged with the task of protecting the citizens of utopian Earth.

In the series' pilot episode, “A Dark Odyssey Begins," witness the crew of the USS Armstrong set off on their way to an uncertain destiny... Their mission: Destroy the evil race known as The Vrill before they wipe out humanity!

The Ultimate Fight for Survival is About to Begin... One Ship… One Crew… One Destiny.

Atomic Fly Studios provided support services and all product collateral for this film.

Additionally, Bentley served as both a principal actor (Gorin, a pirate of the Dragor) and the Art Director for this film. McCormick served as publicist and still photographer in addition to playing the role of The Quartermaster.

Some Kind of Justice

A serial killer is stalking quiet central Pennsylvania... On the surface the race seems to be on between the F.B.I. and a P.I. to figure out who the killer is... or is it something more sinister than either suspect?

Some Kind of Justice is based in Harrisburg and the film was shot in various areas around the city. The film is a cross-genre psychological thriller/detective story. The film is presented in black and white and is unrated (but would be “R” for violence and adult situations).

Atomic Fly Studios provided all product collateral.

Additionally, Bentley plays multiple support and character roles, including a thug named Ron, an unknown gunman and an orderly in a mental institution.

Penowl Stage Acting and support work

Penowl Productions produced a play entitled Millie D's Bar and Grill for 2006 MLK Day that showed at Penn State Capital Campus and at the Pullo Family Performing Arts Center at Penn State York Campus. Atomic Fly Studios provided services for set design and background presentation materials.

Penowl Productions produced a play in spring of 2005 entitled The Pulse of Morning that was performed on three campuses; two Penn State campuses and Elisibethtown College, all in central PA and for the occasion of Martin Luther King Day. Bentley played the minor character of a southern lawyer who defended a white man in a lynching trial. Atomic Fly Studios provided set design and lighting services.

Also for Penowl and MLK day in 2004, at the Harrisburg Campus of Penn State, the Schuylkill campus, and Elisibethtown College, Bentley played the minor character of TV marathon host (Buck) in the production In War, In Love: A World War I Love Story. McCormick also played a TV marathon hostess alongside Bentley for two of the three performances. Atomic Fly Studios provided set design and lighting services.