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 [{{ :bill-hunt.jpg?direct&100|Axanar co-writer **Bill Hunt**}}] [{{ :bill-hunt.jpg?direct&100|Axanar co-writer **Bill Hunt**}}]
  
-Hunt was one of the Axanar team deposed during [[discovery]] in the [[copyright infringement]] lawsuit the studios are pursing against Peters and his company [[Axanar Productions]]. Hunt is listed as co-writer, along with Peters, of the film's screenplay pictured in Peters' August 2015 Facebook post declaring the script was "locked" and ready for production. That post has since been deleted from Facebook but is part of the plaintiffs' case against Axanar.+Hunt was one of the Axanar team deposed during [[discovery]] in the [[copyright infringement]] lawsuit the studios are pursuing against Peters and his company [[Axanar Productions]]. Hunt is listed as co-writer, along with Peters, of the film's screenplay pictured in Peters' August 2015 Facebook post declaring the script was "locked" and ready for production. That post has since been deleted from Facebook but is part of the plaintiffs' case against Axanar.
  
 Hunt's deposition chronicles behind-the-scenes struggles about the script between //Axanar// director [[Robert Meyer Burnett]] and Peters, with Hunt "kind of in the middle between the two of them," he described in his deposition.((Transcript, Confidential Videotaped Deposition of Bill Hunt (10/25/16), Docket 181.1, p. 87, 1/6/17.)) Hunt's deposition chronicles behind-the-scenes struggles about the script between //Axanar// director [[Robert Meyer Burnett]] and Peters, with Hunt "kind of in the middle between the two of them," he described in his deposition.((Transcript, Confidential Videotaped Deposition of Bill Hunt (10/25/16), Docket 181.1, p. 87, 1/6/17.))
  
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 //**__« [Alec] had an idea what a film producer did, but it wasn’t an experienced idea of what a film producer did. »__**// — //'Axanar' co-writer Bill Hunt// //**__« [Alec] had an idea what a film producer did, but it wasn’t an experienced idea of what a film producer did. »__**// — //'Axanar' co-writer Bill Hunt//
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 ==== Peters' Inexperience ==== ==== Peters' Inexperience ====
  
-At the heart of the trouble trying to improve the script, Hunt cited Peters' inexperience as both a screenwriter and producer as a constant obstacle to his more experienced creative team:+At the heart of the trouble trying to improve the script, Hunt cited Peters' inexperience, as both a screenwriter and producer, as a constant obstacle to his more experienced creative team:
  
 > Everybody on the production who was creative was falling into those traditional film roles, and [Peters] wasn't familiar with how that process worked. … It was just -- Alec didn't really know what a film producer -- he had an idea what a film producer did, but it wasn't an experienced idea of what a film producer did. So it caused some conflict all throughout the project.((Transcript, Confidential Videotaped Deposition of Bill Hunt (10/25/16), Docket 181.1, p. 87, 1/6/17.)) > Everybody on the production who was creative was falling into those traditional film roles, and [Peters] wasn't familiar with how that process worked. … It was just -- Alec didn't really know what a film producer -- he had an idea what a film producer did, but it wasn't an experienced idea of what a film producer did. So it caused some conflict all throughout the project.((Transcript, Confidential Videotaped Deposition of Bill Hunt (10/25/16), Docket 181.1, p. 87, 1/6/17.))
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 === Peters Detaches === === Peters Detaches ===
  
-In fact, one of the lawyers in the deposition pointed to an email from Burnett to Peters indicating just how little Peters eventually became with completing the script for production. In that email, Burnett chided Peters:+In fact, one of the lawyers in the deposition pointed to an email from Burnett to Peters indicating just how little Peters eventually became involved with completing the script for production. In that email, Burnett chided Peters:
  
 > Alec, are you kidding me right now?  You've been sent multiple drafts of the script and HAVE NOT RESPONDED.((Transcript, Confidential Videotaped Deposition of Bill Hunt (10/25/16), Docket 181.1, p. 88, 1/6/17.)) > Alec, are you kidding me right now?  You've been sent multiple drafts of the script and HAVE NOT RESPONDED.((Transcript, Confidential Videotaped Deposition of Bill Hunt (10/25/16), Docket 181.1, p. 88, 1/6/17.))
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 ===== Self-Admission ===== ===== Self-Admission =====
  
-Ironically, Hunt's deposition, so critical of Peters, was filed by the defendants' own lawyers. Hunt was scheduled to testify at the trial as a [[witness_list#defense's witnesses|witness]] for the defense. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}+Ironically, Hunt's deposition — so critical of Peters — was filed by the defendants' own lawyers. Hunt was scheduled to testify at the trial as a [[witness_list#defense's witnesses|witness]] for the defense. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}
  
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 **Keywords** {{tag>defendants script production}} **Keywords** {{tag>defendants script production}}