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timeline [2016/07/19 01:07] – [Significant Dates in Axanar History] formatting correction Carlos Pedrazatimeline [2024/04/26 22:57] (current) – [Significant Dates in Axanar History] Corrected broken link to Axanar e-presscenter PDF by linking to archive.org Carlos Pedraza
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-{{::memory_alpha.png?nolink&75  |}}<wrap lo><wrap em>RECENT UPDATES</wrap> **June 23** — CBS, Paramount issue fan film guidelines || **June 18** — Axanar releases, then takes down full-length trailer after criticism || **June 16** — Axanar releases 51-second teaser-trailer</wrap>+{{::memory_alpha.png?nolink&75  |}}<wrap lo><wrap em>RECENT UPDATES</wrap> **January 20, 2017** Axanar settles lawsuit with CBS/Paramount.</wrap>
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 ==== Significant Dates in Axanar History ==== ==== Significant Dates in Axanar History ====
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-[[Alec Peters]], inspired by the [[FASA]] Star Trek game, writes a story(([[http://axanar.e-presscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/AXANAR-EPK-07-Jul-15.pdf|Axanar e-Press Center: Electronic Press Kit [PDF]]], p. 4, 7/15/15)) about Capt. [[mema>Garth of Izar]], a character in the Star Trek episode [[mema>Whom Gods Destroy|"Whom Gods Destroy"]] and the Battle of Axanar, part of the {!non-canon:not part of the established in-universe history of Star Trek}} Four Years War between the Federation and the Klingon Empire.+[[Alec Peters]], inspired by the [[FASA]] Star Trek game, writes a story(([[https://web.archive.org/web/20150813024046/http://axanar.e-presscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/AXANAR-EPK-07-Jul-15.pdf|Now on archive.org: Axanar e-Press Center: Electronic Press Kit [PDF]]], p. 4, 7/15/15)) about Capt. [[mema>Garth of Izar]], a character in the Star Trek episode [[mema>Whom Gods Destroy|"Whom Gods Destroy"]] and the Battle of Axanar, part of the non-canon((i.e., not part of the established in-universe history of Star Trek)) Four Years War between the Federation and the Klingon Empire.
  
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 --> July 10: 'Vulcan Scene' Released# --> July 10: 'Vulcan Scene' Released#
 A three-minute scene from the feature film, still titled //Star Trek: Axanar// at that point, featuring Vulcan Ambassador [[Soval]] ([[Gary Graham]]), is publicly released.(([[http://axanar.e-presscenter.com/2015/07/axanar-crowdfunding-campaign-goes-public/|Axanar e-press Center: Axanar Crowdfunding Campaign Goes Public]], 7/10/15.)) The scene is removed from public view in 2016 after the [[lawsuit]] is filed. A three-minute scene from the feature film, still titled //Star Trek: Axanar// at that point, featuring Vulcan Ambassador [[Soval]] ([[Gary Graham]]), is publicly released.(([[http://axanar.e-presscenter.com/2015/07/axanar-crowdfunding-campaign-goes-public/|Axanar e-press Center: Axanar Crowdfunding Campaign Goes Public]], 7/10/15.)) The scene is removed from public view in 2016 after the [[lawsuit]] is filed.
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 +--> July 15: Annual Report "of Sorts" Released#
 +Producer [[Alec Peters]] publishes a blog titled "Axanar Annual Report" showing a $9,000+ deficit in producing [[Prelude to Axanar]] and outlining how money raised from its [[axanar_kickstarter_details|second Kickstarter]] campaign was to be spent. He calls Axanar a "fully professional production" in which full-time employees get salaries. Later, Axanar claims it [[http://axamonitor.com/doku.php?id=axanar_website_faq#history_of_axanar_productions|never had employees]]. Alec Peters goes on to release a [[annual_report|flawed "revised" version]] of the report five months later, on December 15, 2015.
  
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 --> July 31: 'Axanar' Indiegogo Campaign# --> July 31: 'Axanar' Indiegogo Campaign#
 The third crowdfunding campaign, now moved to to the [[crowdfunding platforms#Indiegogo]] platform reaches its initial $330,000 goal, just 20 days since the campaign launched.(([[http://axanar.e-presscenter.com/2015/07/axanar-hits-first-target-confirms-shooting-to-begin-early-2016/|Axanar e-Press Center: AXANAR Hits First Target, Confirms Shooting To Begin Early 2016]], 7/31/15.)) The third crowdfunding campaign, now moved to to the [[crowdfunding platforms#Indiegogo]] platform reaches its initial $330,000 goal, just 20 days since the campaign launched.(([[http://axanar.e-presscenter.com/2015/07/axanar-hits-first-target-confirms-shooting-to-begin-early-2016/|Axanar e-Press Center: AXANAR Hits First Target, Confirms Shooting To Begin Early 2016]], 7/31/15.))
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 +--> August 6-9: 'Axanar' Producer Meets with CBS Officials#
 +//Axanar// producer [[Alec Peters]] meets with [[CBS Officials]] during the Star Trek Las Vegas event to seek parameters within which he can continue to operate Axanar. His version: They refused to tell me anything. Their version: We're not authorizing, sanctioning or licensing this project in any way. CBS goes on to issue a formal statement describing Axanar as a "professional commercial [venture] trading off our property rights."(([[http://www.thewrap.com/how-1-1-million-star-trek-fan-movie-has-escaped-studio-shutdown-so-far/|The Wrap, "How $1.1 Million ‘Star Trek’ Fan Movie Has Escaped Studio Shutdown (So Far)]], 8/25/15.))
  
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 --> August 11: 'Axanar' Indiegogo Campaign Extended# --> August 11: 'Axanar' Indiegogo Campaign Extended#
 [[crowdfunding platforms|Indiegogo]] moves Axanar to its "In Demand" category, which allows ongoing fundraising beyond the initial campaign. Producers raise their goal to $1.32 million to fund four episodes of //Axanar//, comprising the feature-length film.(([[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/axanar#/story|Indiegogo 'Axanar' Campaign page]], retrieved 2/29/16.)) [[crowdfunding platforms|Indiegogo]] moves Axanar to its "In Demand" category, which allows ongoing fundraising beyond the initial campaign. Producers raise their goal to $1.32 million to fund four episodes of //Axanar//, comprising the feature-length film.(([[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/axanar#/story|Indiegogo 'Axanar' Campaign page]], retrieved 2/29/16.))
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 +--> August 25: CBS Hints at Legal Action#
 +Following a fruitless meeting between producer [[Alec Peters]] and two [[CBS officials]], the industry news site, The Wrap, asks of //Axanar//, "[Its] seven-figure bankroll raises questions about just how "fan" the project is and at what point it poses a threat to the authorized franchise." CBS issues this statement: \\ \\ “CBS has not authorized, sanctioned or licensed this project in any way, and <wrap hi>this has been communicated to those involved</wrap>. We continue to object to <wrap hi>professional commercial ventures</wrap> trading off our property rights and are <wrap hi>considering further options to protect these rights</wrap>.”(([[http://www.thewrap.com/how-1-1-million-star-trek-fan-movie-has-escaped-studio-shutdown-so-far/|The Wrap, "How $1.1 Million ‘Star Trek’ Fan Movie Has Escaped Studio Shutdown (So Far)]], 8/25/15.))
  
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 --> December 15: Axanar Annual Report Released# --> December 15: Axanar Annual Report Released#
-[[Axanar Productions]] releases to donors only a revised 23-page annual report outlining spending through July 31, 2015, from its two [[crowdfunding platforms|Kickstarter campaigns]].(([[http://www.axanarproductions.com/revised-axanar-annual-report-released/]], retrieved 3/2/16.)) Paramount and CBS file a [[lawsuit|copyright lawsuit]] two weeks later.+[[Axanar Productions]] releases to donors only a revised 23-page [[annual report]] outlining spending through July 31, 2015, from its two [[crowdfunding platforms|Kickstarter campaigns]].(([[http://www.axanarproductions.com/revised-axanar-annual-report-released/]], retrieved 3/2/16.)) Paramount and CBS file a [[lawsuit|copyright lawsuit]] two weeks later.
  
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 --> July 22: 'Star Trek Beyond' premieres# --> July 22: 'Star Trek Beyond' premieres#
 //Star Trek Beyond//, the third of the J.J. Abrams-produced Star Trek feature films, directed by Justin Lin, opens nationwide. //Star Trek Beyond//, the third of the J.J. Abrams-produced Star Trek feature films, directed by Justin Lin, opens nationwide.
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 +--> August 23: 'Prelude' overtaken by 'Star Trek–Horizon' #
 +Producer Alec Peters and director Robert Meyer Burnett had long touted //Prelude to Axanar// as the most successful Star Trek fan film — "by any metric," Burnett said. On this date, however, the feature-length //Star Trek–Horizon// [[horizon-matters|overtook Prelude]] in YouTube views. Meanwhile, Peters accuses //Horizon// of [[axanar-accusation|buying YouTube views]].
  
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---> January: New 'Star Trek' Series Premieres# +--> January 20: Settlement Announced# 
-The new Star Trek series is due to premiere on CBS television, then move to the network's new streaming service, CBS All Access.+Alec Peters reaches an [[axanar_settles|accord]] with CBS/Paramount that allows him to produce a 30-minute short film, //Axanar//. He also admits overstepping boundaries regarding the studios' Star Trek copyright, and agrees to seek no further public funding to make //Axanar//. [[settlement_aftermath|Other obstacles]] remain, however.
  
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---> January 31: Trial Begins# +--> September 24: 'Star Trek: Discovery' Series Premieres# 
-A 10-15 day trial is scheduled to begin in Central California Federal District Court in Los Angeles before [[judge_r._gary_klausner|Judge R. Gary Klausner]].+The new series, //Star Trek: Discovery//, is due to premiere on CBS television, then move to the network's new streaming service, CBS All Access, to complete a 15-episode first season..
  
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