Star Trek: Axanar [KickStarter]

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Axanar is the independent Star Trek film which proves that a feature-quality Star Trek film can be made on a small budget.

(PLEASE NOTE: Kickstarter will not charge your pledge till the end of the campaign on August 22. So you have that much time to save up!)

Our 20-minute short film, Prelude to Axanar, premiered Saturday, July 26th, 2014, at San Diego Comic Con and features Richard Hatch, Tony Todd, Kate Vernon, JG Hertzler and Gary Graham, who reprises his role of Soval from "Enterprise". The makeup was done by Academy Award winner Kevin Haney and Star Trek veteran Brad Look and Make Up Effects Lab. Top that off with the amazing visual effects of Tobias Richter and The Light Works, and sound by Academy Award winner Frank Serafine, and the result is Prelude to Axanar: something unlike anything you have ever seen before. We have our loyal donors to thank for this!

This Kickstarter is for the full-length feature Axanar. Unlike the short film, which we shot in two days and cost $75,000, the 90-minute Axanar feature will take about 20 days and cost about $650,000. So we are breaking up our costs into discreet sections which should allow us to reach significant milestones, as we don't expect to raise all $650,000 at once. This first Kickstarter will be for the sound stage and set construction. Anything over what we need for that will be applied to the feature production costs. Full details are below.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/194429923/star-trek-axanar

I just watched Prelude to Axanar and it looks excellent for low budget independent film.

Check it out:

[video=youtube_share;1W1_8IV8uhA]http://youtu.be/1W1_8IV8uhA[/video]
 
Looks pretty good. Will definitely be contributing.
 
Looks amazing! :D I am more excited about this film then I was for Star Trek into the darkness. This feels more like Star Trek and less like the new Star Trek films with all the lens flares effects. I did enjoyed into the darkness, but this looks better.
 
I remember tobias richter from my amiga days in the 80's & 90's
 
Helpful CBS Lawyers Explain the Many, Many Ways a Star Trek Fan Film Is a rip off

Helpful CBS Lawyers Explain the Many, Many Ways a Star Trek Fan Film Is Ripping Them Off

Remember how CBS is suing to prevent the crowdfunded fan film Axanar from being completed? Now the channel is suing the filmmakers even harder. CBS’s lawyer have submitted 28 pages of documents detailing every possible thing that they claim Axanar infringed on, alleging basically every type of copyright infringement known to man.

After CBS originally filed its motion last December, the defendants—the makers of Axanar—asked for more specificity. Which of the many, many copyrighted parts of Star Trek material were they being accused of infringing on?

Since lawyers love nothing more than responding to those kinds of queries by throwing a giant pile of documents straight into your face, that’s exactly what happened. Twenty-eight pages show original the Star Trek on one side and Axanar on the other, so that even a judge who has managed to never even heard of Star Trek could understand their claim....

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http://io9.gizmodo.com/helpful-cbs-lawyers-explain-the-many-many-ways-a-star-1764797458
 
J.J. Abrams Responds To Lawsuit Against Fan Made Star Trek Film

Looks like the lawsuit is going away....

The Star Trek franchise has been pretty busy lately. Just last night there was a Star Trek Fan Event with executive producer J.J. Abrams, with Star Trek Beyond director Justin Lin in attendance, as well as some of the cast. A new and improved trailer for the third film in the rebooted franchise was premiered, which hit the internet soon afterward. A lot of positive energy was floating around the room, so Abrams took the time to address a darker note: Paramount’s lawsuit against one Star Trek fan film. Thankfully, Abrams had good news to share, and the lawsuit will be called off in the upcoming weeks.

A few months back it was announced that Paramount and CBS were filing a lawsuit against Axanar, a Star Trek fan film that raised over $1 million on Kickstarter and Indiegogo. Paramount lawyers claimed that the unofficial film was copyright infringement and sued the production team for damages. At the Star Trek Fan Event, Abrams was able to clear the air and credited director Justin Lin for helping to put an end to it all.

Justin was sort of outraged by this as a longtime fan. We started talking about it and realized this wasn’t an appropriate way to deal with the fans. The fans of Star Trek are part of this world. [Justin] went to the studio and pushed them to stop this lawsuit, and now, within the next few weeks, it will be announced that this is going away and that fans would be able to continue working on their project.

Full Article...
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/J-J-...t-Against-Fan-Made-Star-Trek-Film-132397.html
 
Court: Fan-Funded Star Trek Film is Not ‘Fair Use’

The lawsuit between Paramount Pictures and the crowdfunded Star Trek spin-off "Prelude to Axanar" is gearing up for a trial. This week the court ruled on motions for summary judgment from both parties. While the case could still go both ways, the court has decided that the fan-film is not entitled to a fair use defense.

axanarLast year, Paramount Pictures and CBS Studios filed a lawsuit against the makers of a Star Trek inspired fan film, accusing them of copyright infringement.

The dispute centers around the well-received short film Star Trek: Prelude to Axanar and the planned follow-up feature film Axanar.

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https://torrentfreak.com/court-fan-funded-star-trek-film-is-not-fair-use-170105/
 
Why not absorb the filmmakers and use them to do the movie under the studios umbrella? It's obviously popular.
 
Why not absorb the filmmakers and use them to do the movie under the studios umbrella? It's obviously popular.

Because they will want to be paid then! :D

Do you think they gonna work for free??? :crylaugh:
 
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