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 //Prelude to Axanar// (full title: The Four Years War Part III: Prelude to Axanar) is a 2014 fan-made short film, 22 minutes long, directed by [[gossett-subpoena|Christian Gossett]] and written by Christian Gossett and [[Alec Peters]]. Funded through [[crowdfunding_platforms|Kickstarter]], production sought $10,000 in funding, but raised $101,000. It had its public debut July 26, 2014 at San Diego Comic-Con. //Prelude to Axanar// (full title: The Four Years War Part III: Prelude to Axanar) is a 2014 fan-made short film, 22 minutes long, directed by [[gossett-subpoena|Christian Gossett]] and written by Christian Gossett and [[Alec Peters]]. Funded through [[crowdfunding_platforms|Kickstarter]], production sought $10,000 in funding, but raised $101,000. It had its public debut July 26, 2014 at San Diego Comic-Con.
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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//.
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-//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}}