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prelude_to_axanar [2018/03/06 09:18] – [Production] Carlos Pedrazaprelude_to_axanar [2018/08/21 19:08] – [Purpose] fixes broken link Carlos Pedraza
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 [{{ :prelude-cast-gossett.jpg?400|**STELLAR CAST** The cast of //Prelude to Axanar//, (from left) Kate Vernon, J.G. Hertzler, Gary Graham, with director Christian Gossett, producer Alec Peters and actor Richard Hatch.}}] [{{ :prelude-cast-gossett.jpg?400|**STELLAR CAST** The cast of //Prelude to Axanar//, (from left) Kate Vernon, J.G. Hertzler, Gary Graham, with director Christian Gossett, producer Alec Peters and actor Richard Hatch.}}]
  
 +==== Purpose ====
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 +//Prelude// was conceived as a "proof of concept" for the //Axanar// feature. The short film's [[#reception|renown]] helped Peters raise nearly $1.2 million on [[axanar_kickstarter_details|Kickstarter]] and [[axanar_indiegogo_details|Indiegogo]] and an estimated $500,000 in direct donations and [[merchandise]] sales.
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 +==== Fate of the Feature ====
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 +The feature project was derailed by a slowdown in crowdfunding donations and a [[copyright infringement]] [[lawsuit]] brought against Peters and [[Axanar Productions]] by Star Trek's owners, [[CBS]] and [[Paramount Pictures]], in 2015. The case was settled out of court in January 2017.
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 +=== Axanar Lite ===
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 +The [[axanar_settles|settlement]] allowed Peters only to produce two 15-minute films, mostly beholden to the fan film [[cbs_guidelines|guidelines]] CBS announced in June 2016. Those films, nicknamed Axanar Lite, were to be produced in the same faux documentary style as //Prelude//.
 ==== Cast ==== ==== Cast ====
  
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 The Houston Press called it a functional example of "demonstration of concept," and urged Star Trek fans to see the film. It praised the cast, writing, "actors (Richard Hatch, Tony Todd, etc.) have some serious chops," and noted that the film's visual effects "are stunning."(([[http://blogs.houstonpress.com/artattack/2014/08/_first_look_at_the.php|"First Look at The Houston Con]]," Houston Press, 8/8/14.)) The Houston Press called it a functional example of "demonstration of concept," and urged Star Trek fans to see the film. It praised the cast, writing, "actors (Richard Hatch, Tony Todd, etc.) have some serious chops," and noted that the film's visual effects "are stunning."(([[http://blogs.houstonpress.com/artattack/2014/08/_first_look_at_the.php|"First Look at The Houston Con]]," Houston Press, 8/8/14.))
  
-Home Media Magazine highlighted "the film’s high production values, cinema-quality special effects and the involvement of actors from the canonical Star Trek series, [elevating]] //Prelude to Axanar// beyond the status of a mere fan film."(([[http://www.homemediamagazine.com/comic-con-2014-kickstarter|"Filmmakers Increasingly Turning to Kickstarter]]," Home Media Magazine, 7/28/14.))+Home Media Magazine highlighted "the film’s high production values, cinema-quality special effects and the involvement of actors from the canonical Star Trek series, [elevating] //Prelude to Axanar// beyond the status of a mere fan film."(([[http://www.homemediamagazine.com/comic-con-2014-kickstarter|"Filmmakers Increasingly Turning to Kickstarter]]," Home Media Magazine, 7/28/14.))
  
 [{{ :david-gerrold-fb.jpg?150|Scifi writer **David Gerrold** <wrap lo> (//Photo/David Gerrold Facebook profile//)</wrap>}}] [{{ :david-gerrold-fb.jpg?150|Scifi writer **David Gerrold** <wrap lo> (//Photo/David Gerrold Facebook profile//)</wrap>}}]
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 ===== Release ===== ===== Release =====
  
-//Prelude to Axanar// itself had a three-minute teaser-trailer, released June 11, 2014. The completed 22-minute short had a private red carpet premiere July 26, 2014 at San Diego's Horton Plaza UA Cinema and its public debut screening at the 2014 Comic-Con. Available through the Axanar Productions [[yout>1W1_8IV8uhA|YouTube page]], //Prelude to Axanar// includes subtitles in eight languages: French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Czech and Portuguese, as well as both American and British English. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}+//Prelude to Axanar// itself had a three-minute teaser-trailer, released June 11, 2014. The completed 22-minute short had a private red carpet premiere July 26, 2014. at San Diego's Horton Plaza UA Cinema and its public debut at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con. Available through the Axanar Productions [[yout>1W1_8IV8uhA|YouTube page]], //Prelude to Axanar// includes subtitles in eight languages: French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Czech and Portuguese, as well as both American and British English. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}
  
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 **Keywords** {{tag>production prelude crowdfunding fan_films}} **Keywords** {{tag>production prelude crowdfunding fan_films}}