Over ten years ago, the Star Trek fan film Prelude to Axanar. At that time, nobody of those involved had suspected which waves of crowdfunding-financed short film would make. The publication led to an ongoing Star Trek legal dispute, which still has existed today and has attracted a lot of public attention. We tell you the incredible Success story by a group of fans and her own Star Trek film.
“Star Trek as it should be”: Prelude to Axanar enthusiastic trekkies
Prelude to Axanar and also the announced sequel deal with the Fight for Axanarwhich is only mentioned in a subordinate clause in the series Spaceship Enterprise. It is about the four -year war of the Federation against the Klingon Empire. You can do that entire film for free View youtube or directly here in the article:
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Part of the cast were, among others, Gary Graham as a volcanic Soval and JG Hetzler as Klingone Martok, who also embodied their roles in the Star Trek Canon. Despite the more unusual style than documentation Fans still enthusiastic: “The best Star Trek in a long time” and “Star Trek as it should be” are just a few extracts from the YouTube comments in which trekkies praise the short film.
Axanar was sued by the real Star Trek rights owners
In 2016 it seemed as if the legal dispute was aside. CBS and Paramount dropped their copyright lawsuit and instead published a new set of rules on the official Star Trek homepage, which should now regulate fan productions more. This excludes commercial projects or productions of over 15 minutes.
In 2023, however, it went back to court because the makers: inside of Prelude to Axanar currently the next fan film in production named Star Trek: Axanar. Plagiarism Today reports on violations of the requirements and a new fine that was enforced against the Axanar managers in their second film.
Fans have been waiting for the continuation of Prelude to Axanar for over ten years, for which almost $ 600,000 were collected by crowdfunding. Some see an impressive example of fan productions in production. Others are of the opinion that the team behaved unreasonably and thus caused unnecessary hurdles for fan productions.
Either way: probably no fan product counts like this many prominent supporters Like Star Trek: Axanar. As AV Club reports, none other than Star Trek director JJ Abrams even the film his support. And also George Takeiknown as Sulu from the Enterprise spaceship, the crowdfunding campaign shared on its private side, as Space picks up.
The sequel may still appear this summer
In a video statement, Axanar director Alec Peters reports with news about the production of Axanar. According to him, the project is Deep in post -production And could possibly appear this summer.
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Until then you can catch up with the first part. The 21 minutes tell the historical circumstances of the battle for Axanar in the documentary style and are full of attention to detail. It is obvious that real lovers were at work here.