“Axanar” takes place 21 years before the events of “Where No Man Has Gone Before”, the second pilot of the classic “Star Trek” series, which introduced William Shatner as James T. Kirk.
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“While some may call it a “fan film” as we are not licensed by CBS, Axanar has professionals working in front and behind the camera, with a fully-professional crew-many of whom have worked on Star Trek itself-who ensure Axanar will be the quality of Star Trek that all fans want to see”, the film’s IndieGoGo page reads.
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Axanar, was described as the “first independent” Star Trek film, not a fan film, so that description probably didn’t help. Not only have beleaguered devotees of the iconic sci-fi franchise been forced to endure a Star Trek Beyond trailer that even Simon Pegg admits doesn’t look a thing like Star Trek in recent weeks, now CBS, the network that launched the franchise in 1966, is suing the makers of a crowdfunded Star Trek fan film for ripping off its intellectual property. “Their activity clearly violates our Star Trek copyrights which, of course, we will continue to vigorously protect”. He also noted that he and his team were using three virtually obscure copyright protected characters – Garth of Izar from Star Trek TV series, the Vulcan from Enterprise, and General Chang from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. But the Axanar films seem to have tread too close to the corporations’ own production standards.
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The Hollywood Reporter just revealed that CBS and Paramount filed a lawsuit on Christmas Day seeking an injunction against Axanar in an effort to get the movie scrapped as well as seek damages for “direct, contributory and vicarious copyright infringement”.
Hopefully, this won’t stop them from producing the fan film that a lot of fans supported.
According to Axanar’s website, the film is scheduled to begin shooting in January.
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We’ll keep you posted if anything new develops! For almost 50 years, Star Trek’s devotees have been creating new Star Trek stories to share with fellow fans. “It is the year 2245 and the war with the Klingons ends here”. The story was uncovered ground in CBS’s official Star Trek work in both movies or live-action television.
