Axanar was already tied up in court. NR 21 min Jul 26th, 2014 War, Science Fiction. Back in 1980, Paramount Pictures released a farcical feature film called Airplane! [20] The original plan was to raise financing "in chunks", with the initial Kickstarter to raise enough money to obtain a warehouse, convert it to a sound stage and build sets. The lawsuit then took over 13 months to get to settlement, and the delay bankrupted Axanar Productions and almost bankrupted Alec Peters, who has put in over $200,000 over the past 6 years to make sure Axanar survives. Axanar would either lose the lawsuit (as CBS intended) and be gone forever, win the lawsuit (NOT what CBS wanted) and the guidelines would be moot, or the case would settle and Axanar be given a specific set of constraints and permission separate from the guidelineswhich is what ultimately happened. While. Ill probably stop by the booth next weekend. Axanar used their fundraiser money to build up a studio infrastructre to be also used on other productions and ran merch store with stuff using proprietary logos and designs. We hope to have the next two episodes released by the end of the year. Release Dates Report Date / Submit Product All All USA UK Report Date / Submit Product Internet 2015Expected TrackingTrack1213 Internet 2015Expected TrackingTrack1213 TRACK12 Buy Now Star Trek: Axanar Movie Internet Copyright (c) 2013-2016 - Axanar Productions, Inc. STAR TREK and all related marks, logos and characters are owned by CBS Studios Inc. [4][5], Set in the Star Trek universe, the film stars Kate Vernon, Tony Todd, Richard Hatch, Gary Graham, and J. G. Hertzler, in a documentary-style film recounting the events surrounding the Battle of Axanar, mentioned without any detail in passing in the original Star Trek series episode Whom Gods Destroy, here depicted as a decisive military engagement between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire. [26], On May 9, 2016, the motion to dismiss the lawsuit was denied. With over 4 million views on YouTube and an unheard of 99% thumbs up rating, Axanar has shown that there is a huge appetite for Star Trek that honors canon, is original, and yet professionally made. . [10] Cast includes Richard Hatch and J. G. Hertzler in principal roles, with Gary Graham reprising his role as Vulcan ambassador Soval. You will hear from Robert April talk about building the Enterprise, Starfleet Admiral Ramirez talk about building the Starfleet, Garth of Izar telling the story of his rise to fame and Kharn, the Klingon Supreme Commander give the Klingon view of the war. The next two episodes of The Four Years War has begun shooting! Prelude to Axanar will debut at Comic-Con on the evening of the 26th. So glad to hear that the kickstarter was successful in raising funds for this project! [1], Houston Press called it a functional example of "demonstration of concept," and urged Star Trek fans to see the film. he said in an email to Space.com. "Axanar" is "the story of Garth and his crew during the Four Years War, the war with the Klingon Empire that almost tore the Federation apart, and whose resolution solidified the Federation and allowed it to become the entity we know in Kirk's time," the website reads. In fact, Axanar Productions executive, Alec Peters, read about the lawsuit onlineafter it was filedthe same day it was published by the trade press. The Vulcan diplomatic delegation under Ambassador Soval (who appeared on Star Trek: Enterprise), overseeing negotiations with the Klingons, are left with little room to maneuver. CBS head of Star Trek licensing John Van Citters and SVP of Consumer Products Bill Burke attended. Copyright (c) 2013-2016 - Axanar Productions, Inc. STAR TREK and all related marks, logos and characters are owned by CBS Studios Inc. We remember the Father of Star Trek who has passed away. The next two episodes of The Four Years War has begun shooting! these usurpers ended up disclosing themselves for what they were but they did damage efforts and schedules. Our image of the day, The Mandalorian season 3 episode 1 review: a breezy set-up for things to come, Watch Venus and Jupiter come close to each other tonight and tomorrow in live webcasts, Venus grade: NASA seeks a lander battery tough enough to survive Earth's evil twin, China launches secretive Horus 1 remote-sensing satellite (video), Your monthly guide to stargazing & space science, Subscribe today and save an extra 5% with code 'LOVE5', Issues delivered straight to your door or device. This website, the promotion thereof and/or any exhibition of material created by the operators of this website are not endorsed or sponsored by or affiliated with CBS/Paramount Pictures or the STAR TREK franchise. Mastodon: https://qoto.org/@howellspace. Elizabeth holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. Want to know why Starfleet crews werent integrated and how this affected the war? And as far as CBS was concerned, there was no reason to apply the guidelines to stop Axanar. #Axanar #StarTrek #StarTrekFanFilmsAll of this work was completed between August through December of 2015 by myself, Robert Meyer Burnett, and Tobias Richter. This footage needs to now be reshot. Its a long story and will relate it to you at another time. Elizabeth is also a post-secondary instructor in communications and science since 2015. Elizabeth's reporting includes multiple exclusives with the White House and Office of the Vice-President of the United States, an exclusive conversation with aspiring space tourist (and NSYNC bassist) Lance Bass, speaking several times with the International Space Station, witnessing five human spaceflight launches on two continents, working inside a spacesuit, and participating in a simulated Mars mission. The first Axanar release was fantastic! If you are interested in learning more, you can read our FAQ or check out our production's Facebook page. You can sign up for the Axanar Newsletter here: Copyright (c) 2013-2016 - Axanar Productions, Inc. STAR TREK and all related marks, logos and characters are owned by CBS Studios Inc. Renegades, however, had recently announced they were planning to do 12 half-hour Star Trek webisodes per year (each year would be a season, they said), and CBS just couldnt allow thatespecially with Tim Russ playing Tuvok and other Star Trek alumni scheduled to reprise their roles (like Walter Koenig as Chekov and Nichelle Nichols as Uhura, Robert Beltran as Chakotay, Aron Eisenberg as Nog, Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko, Hannah Hatae as Molly OBrien, Richard Herd as Admiral Paris, Robert Picardo as Lewis Zimmermanand a few more Im forgetting). Axanar had it's second of three planned shoots this past weekend and it was a January 31, 2023 1 Axanar Video Update - December 2022 By Alec Peters | Axanar News, Axanar Production Notes Please watch our December production video Update! Paramount Pictures Corp. v. Axanar Productions, Inc. USDC, C.D. It wasnt until 2010, after playing Garth in the well known Star Trek: New Voyages fan film, did Alec turn the story into a screenplay. The second of the three Axanar shoots is set for Atlanta in January! [23], In July 2022, Peters released a video on YouTube indicating that principal photography was wrapping up and that the project was proceeding to completion. Everyone who works on Axanar Productions projects is a volunteer; the company does not have any employees. The Vulcan Scene was so good, it prompted CBS and Paramount to sue Axanar to prevent the movie from being made. The Klingons, who did not consider the Federation to be a worthy adversary, maintained the initiative for the first six months of the war, with a number of victories under the leadership of their supreme commander, Kharn. In the end, Like, get a contract on everything, never allow a single point failure situation, and have backs to the backs up, and have a plan c & d to start with so when you get to b you know you need to start looking at plan e., Thats great news Alec along with all the hardships that understanding from the Lost looking forward to seeing the finished product and see you and others at DragonCon Labor Day weekend. In the years since the lawsuit that shut down production on Axanar in 2016, Gary had been an ardent supporter of both the project itself and of show-runner ALEC PETERS. In response, Starfleet begins developing their own next-generation heavy cruiser, the Constitution-class, but construction falls behind schedule. We are planning a 3 day shoot in Los Angeles and a final one day shoot in Atlanta this year, and then we are off to post-production! You just dont get the benefits of 4K while still being able to watch it. Heres to you Alec! Axanar Productions then moved to Atlanta and reestablished itself in a smaller studio space. . We are celebrating 2021 as the year we will finally release Axanar! Abrams said he pushed the studio to stop the lawsuit, because "we realized this is not the appropriate way to deal with the fans. Garth charted more planets than any other captain and was the hero of the Battle of Axanar. Im super pumped to see this movie. Producers list the film, then called Star Trek: Axanar, 6) on the Internet Movie Database with a status of 'pre-production,' meaning it was close to filming, with a scheduled release date of 2014. What has taken so long with AXANAR? There are a couple of long-awaited, major Star Trek fan films that are almost ready to be releasedand I worried that one or the other might grab September 8th. What is the history of Axanar Productions? Subscribe to our YouTube channel and never miss another episode, plus catch us on social media on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. 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Van Citters appeared on the hour-long program, Engage: The Official Star Trek Podcast, which was released June 28, to explain the studios' intent behind the guidelines, why they're guidelines instead of rules and to clarify some of the guidelines' specific restrictions regarding run-times, audio dramas, props and costumes. (Courtesy of Axanar Productions) Paramount and CBS are suing the creators of a Star Trek fan film, Axanar . the long running fan film project, has released its newest episode . Fans are allowed to make their own "Star Trek" fan art and fan fiction, as long as those works follow guidelines set by CBS and Paramount Pictures. Follow Elizabeth Howell@howellspace. In. This allows us to shoot wider shots, but push in as we did in Prelude to Axanar. That was more than CBS could allow. Why Axanar sued Paul Jenkins of Meta X Studios for Copyright Fraud and Defamation. The pandemic had pushed things back for a good year and half. The Axanar team is proud to announce that we will be releasing Prelude to Axanar, a very special short. The reshoot will be a good opportunity to improve on the footage previously shot and provide the quality Axanar fans have come to expect. The Director is in charge of what happens on set, and my job is to stay out of his way. We have been working away on reformatting and filming two more episodes of The Four Years War documentary that Prelude to Axanar was part III. Been with you guys since forever it seems like. Hoping for a great con! We then resumed filming in November 2021 with a one day shoot in Atlanta. What happens for us that do not have 4k tvs? Filmmakers behind the Star Trek fan film Axanar can stand down from red alert status. I just hope that there will be future releases and that the adventure continues! By way of example, the film's inclusion of Richard Hatch of the original TV series Battlestar Galactica would have the "fan-verse" of the two series collide in a positive manner. The "Axanar" filmmakers announced previously that the movie's story will focus on a war between humans and Klingons, so it is presumably humanity that the speaker refers to when he shouts, "At last, the time has come to wipe them from the galaxy. Many thought. Congratulations to all of you who are making this happen and thank you for allowing me to tag along on the journey. By Sean K. Cureton. [28], On June 23, 2016, Paramount and CBS released new fan film guidelines, which Axanar staff described as "disheartening" and "draconian. The 20-minute run time of Prelude to . What is the status of the next two Axanar films? And with Renegades up over $850K in crowd-funding, it wouldnt be long before they passed Axanarand Axanar was being sued. The Axanar team is proud to announce that we will be releasing Prelude to Axanar, a very special short. How long will the visual effects take? 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Things are looking SO amazing for the upcoming movie-eraStar Trekfan filmFARRAGUT FORWARD, from, WARNING THIS BLOG IS RAUNCHY! That timeline puts wheels in motion to begin to raise the $200,000 needed for the Axanar short films fans have been waiting years for. Axanar Animal Rescue saves puppies and cats for Xmas! His exploits are required reading at Starfleet Academy," according to the Kickstarter website where the filmmakers crowdsourced funding for the film. Thanks for sticking to it. The movie Star Trek: Axanar is already released on Internet in the USA and UK. Live long and prosper! Glad to hear a solid plan. [11], Guardian Liberty Voice wrote "The acting is superb, including appealing performances from Gary Graham as a Vulcan ambassador, Richard Hatch as the sweet-eyed Klingon General Kharn and the magnetic Kate Vernon as Starfleet Captain Sonya Alexander," and praised the film, writing "Prelude to Axanar is of the highest Hollywood-style production quality and a must-see for any devotee of the franchise. Did Axanar Productions attempt to settle the lawsuit when initially sued? 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