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-<wrap lo>Producer Alec Peters sits alone in the studio on which he spent hundreds of thousands of donor dollars. He now describes building the studio as 'a bad call.'</wrap>+<wrap lo>//Producer Alec Peters sits alone in the studio on which he spent hundreds of thousands of donor dollars. He now says building the studio was an error in judgment.// <wrap indent><wrap lo>Image/Axanar Prods.</wrap></wrap></wrap>
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 > [//Axanar//] wouldn’t be as good as we eventually hoped it would be … but it would be good and everyone would’ve loved it and I would’ve gotten to play [[mema>Garth of Izar|Garth]] and we would be working on our next project, which may or may not have been a Star Trek fan film. > [//Axanar//] wouldn’t be as good as we eventually hoped it would be … but it would be good and everyone would’ve loved it and I would’ve gotten to play [[mema>Garth of Izar|Garth]] and we would be working on our next project, which may or may not have been a Star Trek fan film.
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 But, encouraged by his $1.1 million crowdfunding success, Peters went on to do so, seeing an opportunity for revenue by renting out his own commercial studio when he wasn't shooting //Axanar//. That facility, now called [[Industry Studios]] formally began operations in 2016. But, encouraged by his $1.1 million crowdfunding success, Peters went on to do so, seeing an opportunity for revenue by renting out his own commercial studio when he wasn't shooting //Axanar//. That facility, now called [[Industry Studios]] formally began operations in 2016.
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 +<wrap lo>**See also**: //[[studio_move|Alec Peters Strikes Deal with Studio Landlord, Moving Out]]// and //[[luh_studios|Axanar's Abandoned Former Studio Continues to Flail]]//</wrap>
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 As an entrepreneur, Peters said, he realized, "All the innovations are disruptive technologies," citing Uber and cheap high-definition digital cameras. "None of that happens in Hollywood," he said, calling studios' products as "regurgitated bullshit." As an entrepreneur, Peters said, he realized, "All the innovations are disruptive technologies," citing Uber and cheap high-definition digital cameras. "None of that happens in Hollywood," he said, calling studios' products as "regurgitated bullshit."
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 [{{ :captain-peters-1.jpg?nolink&150|Axanar producer **Alec Peters**.}}] [{{ :captain-peters-1.jpg?nolink&150|Axanar producer **Alec Peters**.}}]
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-<wrap lo>**DISCLOSURE** AxaMonitor editor Carlos Pedraza was a co-executive producer and script supervisor for "World Enough and Time," and a writer-producer for //Star Trek: New Voyages//.</wrap>+<wrap lo><wrap em>DISCLOSURE</wrap> AxaMonitor editor Carlos Pedraza was a co-executive producer and script supervisor for "World Enough and Time," and a writer-producer for //Star Trek: New Voyages//.</wrap>
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 And while Lucasfilm generally tolerates longer, more ambitious Star Wars fan films, even Lane pointed out that up until Axanar, CBS and Paramount took the same stance. However, It's difficult to believe Lucasfilm, which [[http://axamonitor.com/doku.php?id=trek_wars_guidelines#non-commercial_status|prohibits crowdfunding]], would ever allow any project to raise more than $1 million as Axanar did. And while Lucasfilm generally tolerates longer, more ambitious Star Wars fan films, even Lane pointed out that up until Axanar, CBS and Paramount took the same stance. However, It's difficult to believe Lucasfilm, which [[http://axamonitor.com/doku.php?id=trek_wars_guidelines#non-commercial_status|prohibits crowdfunding]], would ever allow any project to raise more than $1 million as Axanar did.
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 [{{ ::allyson-gronowitz.jpg?nolink&150|Alec Peters confronted pop culture writer **Allyson Gronowitz** over a "hatchet job" of Axanar by a website she writes for, The Mary Sue.}}] [{{ ::allyson-gronowitz.jpg?nolink&150|Alec Peters confronted pop culture writer **Allyson Gronowitz** over a "hatchet job" of Axanar by a website she writes for, The Mary Sue.}}]