We are celebrating 2021 as the year we will finally release Axanar! Liking the concept, and being so personally familiar with the Star Trek universe, he signed on as creative consultant. Copyright (c) 2013-2016 - Axanar Productions, Inc. STAR TREK and all related marks, logos and characters are owned by CBS Studios Inc. What is the status of the next two Axanar films? Glad to hear a solid plan. Why, why, why, why, why are they doing this?! "Axanar" is a web feature that is the story of Garth of Izar and the Battle of Axanar, one of the pivotal events in the history. Until now, CBS and Paramount have tolerated fan productions including Star Trek: New . the long running fan film project, has released its newest episode . Read more (Filed 2/9/19) BETA TESTING has begun, finally giving the troubled Ares Digital 3.0 a launch timeline. Production Update - Axanar Shoots in January! The Axanar Calendar 2021 features the amazing digital artwork of Brendon Goodyear, who has put the USS Ares in famous TOS scenes! Excitement for the project soared upon the release of last year's Prelude to Axanar , a 21 minute short film, presented as a History Channel-style retelling of the events preceding Axanar, complete with . "[13], Author David Gerrold, writer of The Trouble with Tribbles and contributor to both the original Star Trek series and Star Trek: The Next Generation, after reading the Axanar script for the first time, stated "This is Star Trek." California January 3, 2017. A new fan film production appears Star Trek: Axanar about the missions of Captain Garth (later in life "Garth of Izar"). There will be stretch goals at $660,000, $ 990,000 and $1,320,000, with each stretch goal meaning another epsiode. [25], On March 28, 2016, Axanar Productions filed a motion to dismiss or strike Paramount and CBS's claims on the basis that the elements mentioned in the court filing were not protected by copyright and it was seeking premature relief from a work, the Axanar film, that did not exist. "[33] Under the terms of the settlement, the filmmakers will be allowed to release two 15-minute movies, instead of their planned 90-minute feature. In. Though statements by Abrams suggest the suit won't make it that far, Axanar still had to file its response to the amended. How to Manage your Axanar / Ares Studios emails! (But no nudity!) Production Update - Axanar to be Released in 4K! Subscribe to our YouTube channel and never miss another episode, plus catch us on social media on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. So if you have standard HD, your TV will show it in standard HD. Future US, Inc. Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, Last modified: 2020/11/16 18:26 by Carlos Pedraza. Production Update Axanar Shoots in January! In 2019, we had a 3 day shoot of Axanar, followed by a one day shoot in March 2020, the week before the entire film industry was shut down because of Covid 19. 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I know it will be Outstanding.. As director are you not monitoring the takes and assuring the products are in the can and secured afterward. Axanar; Prior to Nov. 17, 2014, Star Trek Axanar Information about viewable films begins below with yellow "Prelude to Axanar". Elizabeth first got interested in space after watching the movie Apollo 13 in 1996, and still wants to be an astronaut someday. To keep fans' interest in Axanar alive, Peters has claimed the Star Trek alumni actors who appeared in Prelude would return, stating as recently as June 25 that actors Gary Graham and J.G. Nice choice, though 6K or 8K would also be stunning! Axanar boasts high quality special effects, differentiating it from other fan work. Photos by Brian Bates. Ramirez oversees the creation of the Ares-class cruisers, Starfleet's first warships, to counter the Klingons' mainstay, the D6 battlecruiser. The lawsuit, filed in December 2015, was settled in January 2017. While that series is scheduled to debut in May of 2017, in the event that the debut changes from May 2017, Defendants will not release the Permitted Axanar Segments within three (3) months before one (1) month after the release of the first episode of Star Trek: Discovery, as long as there is a public announcement about the change to the release [28], On June 23, 2016, Paramount and CBS released new fan film guidelines, which Axanar staff described as "disheartening" and "draconian. When will principal photography start on AXANAR? We then moved our studio to Atlanta to save on costs (as the lawsuit basically bankrupted Axanar anbd almost bankrupted Alec Peters as well, despite getting over $1 million in free legal work from Winston & Strawn). That is the update for now. The first Axanar release was fantastic! Copyright (c) 2013-2016 - Axanar Productions, Inc. STAR TREK and all related marks, logos and characters are owned by CBS Studios Inc. Called "Honor Through Victory," the trailer shows Klingon ships flying through a planetary ring system and features an intense voice-over that sounds like a prebattle pep talk. (exclamation point included). have some serious chops," and noted that the film's visual effects "are stunning. In the trial, the judge made a poor legal ruling, denying a Fair Use argument to Axanar. As CBS stated to us in settlement negotiations, in mediation with a judge, and in depositions, CBS sued Alec and Axanar Productions because Axanar looked too good! [14][15][16][17], Prelude to Axanar released a three-minute teaser-trailer on June 11, 2014. Let me know whats needed for Nov./ Dec shoot and Ill see if I can help. By Alec Peters February 21, 2014 April 29th, . Abrams said he pushed the studio to stop the lawsuit, because "we realized this is not the appropriate way to deal with the fans. Please watch to get your latest Axanar Update! It is like your computer. A veteran entrepreneur and a 2004 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year winner, Alec decided that if he was going to make Axanar, it needed to look like a real film. That lawsuit settled as of 1/20/2017. Axanar Productions. Article by Jonathan Lane. 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. Copyright (c) 2013-2016 - Axanar Productions, Inc. STAR TREK and all related marks, logos and characters are owned by CBS Studios Inc. Her latest book, "Why Am I Taller? The feature-length film, simply called Axanar, was supposed to debut in 2016. They praised the cast, writing "actors (Richard Hatch, Tony Todd, etc.) 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! By Alec Peters August 26, 2021 Axanar News, Axanar Production Notes 24 Comments 3 On Tuesday, August 24th, the Axanar production team had a virtual meeting and discussed the plan to finish principal photography of Axanar. I know how you feel about the footage. "Since the beginning of the lawsuit, over a year ago, we have expressed . [1] [2] Funded through Kickstarter, production sought $10,000 in funding, but raised $101,000. Writers David Gerrold (creative consultant) Alec Peters (screenplay) Stars J.G. The film boasts an impressive cast and crew . After producing Prelude to Axanar, we began work on creating a full length movie of Axanar, but unfortunately, CBS and Paramount found what we were doing too good (yes they said that) and they sued Axanar Productions. Each character will give a different view of the war . No. "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. [11] Approximately $200,000 of the funding happened in the campaign's final 49 hours, after Star Trek alum George Takei shared his interest publicly, bringing production more than six-times the originally sought amount of $100,000. Your TV automatically shows the best resolution it can. In this case, there's an extra challenge. [26], On May 9, 2016, the motion to dismiss the lawsuit was denied. Prelude to Axanar Share Watch on After the success of Prelude to Axanar, Peters launched a new crowdfunding campaign to make a full length Axanar movie. 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. Lets talk about porn. Peters' Axanar video and script, which feature such arguably copyrighted elements as Vulcan ears, the Klingon language and an obscure character from a 1969 episode, sparked a lawsuit in December. )" We storm the gate!". [30] CBS cited crowdfunding as the reason for new and more strict Star Trek fan film guidelines.[31]. I would carefully review what made these hirelings fail you and make sure you dont repeat the mistakes made. Its a long story and will relate it to you at another time. The movie will be released in four episodes, following the act structure of the script, and is set for release sometime in early 2016. 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Great news! Axanar Video Update - December 2022 Please watch our December production video Update! Crowdfunded to the tune of over $1 million, the creators of the would-be film were sued by CBS and Paramount, the rightsholders to the Star Trek franchise, which previously had . Team Axanar, The pathological bullies at the Axanar Hate group seemed particularly upset recently when Axanar promoted, Dana records Haley Leary as Lt. Wagner! Will the cast of PRELUDE TO AXANAR reprise their roles in the AXANAR feature? As it was originally envisioned, Axanar was to be a full-length movie while Prelude to Axanar is a documentary. A still image from a new teaser trailer for the fan-made "Star Trek" film "Axanar." Copyright (c) 2013-2016 - Axanar Productions, Inc. STAR TREK and all related marks, logos and characters are owned by CBS Studios Inc. The movie will tell the story of Garth of Izar, a character featured in the original "Star Trek" TV series. We hoped to have an amicable separation, but Paul chose to release a false and insulting public statement which does a disservice to our great team and all the fans and donors who have supported this project. All of the cast members from PRELUDE TO AXANAR with the exception of Tony Todd (Admiral Ramirez) had agreed to consider reprising their roles in AXANAR. Alec Peters is actually planning to release Axanar bloopers on the Special Edition DVD that will be distributed to donors after the trilogy is completed. Back in 1980, Paramount Pictures released a farcical feature film called Airplane! "Axanar," which was slated to be. The Axanar team is proud to announce that we will be releasing Prelude to Axanar, a very special short. Which, considering Alec Peters history of volunteering for CBS on the CBS Star Trek Archive, and being a licensee at one point, is disappointing. 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