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+ | ====== Text-Only 2016 Top 10 Axanar Stories ====== | ||
+ | //No. 10// \\ | ||
+ | **Star Trek–Horizon** \\ | ||
+ | Horizon made headlines throughout 2016 with its heralded premiere, rave reviews and YouTube views that quickly surpassed Prelude to Axanar by August. But CBS put a stop to creator Tommy Kraft' | ||
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+ | //No. 9// \\ | ||
+ | **Actor Tony Todd Departs Axanar** \\ | ||
+ | Tony Todd, who appeared in as Admiral Ramirez in Prelude to Axanar, left Axanar in September 2015, a move not acknowledged by Alec Peters for months while still using Todd's image to help raise money. After the lawsuit was filed, Todd said in a podcast interview that his departure was due in part to a lack of accountability for the money Peters raised from Star Trek fans. Meanwhile, Peters portrayed the departure as a dispute over pay. | ||
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+ | //No. 8// \\ | ||
+ | **Review of Axanar Script** \\ | ||
+ | This review by independent writer-producer Jody Wheeler is based on the August 2015 script producer Alec Peters described as the “fully revised and locked” Axanar screenplay. AxaMonitor obtained the 105-page script from a source who provided it on condition of anonymity. Wheeler compared this version with a series of earlier drafts AxaMonitor had also obtained. Wheeler' | ||
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+ | //No. 7// \\ | ||
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+ | Director Christian Gossett left Axanar in May 2015 for work in New Zealand but once the lawsuit was filed it became clear his departure stemmed from simmering tensions caused by Alec Peters' | ||
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+ | //No. 6// \\ | ||
+ | **Shipping Perks to Donors Poses Problems** \\ | ||
+ | Amid reports from donors of unfulfilled perks from the Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaigns, AxaMonitor examined Axanar Productions’ fulfillment efforts and spending — and discovered clues about heretofore undisclosed income from its other revenue streams. Meanwhile, Axanar struggled with a computerized fulfillment platform that didn't appear to be up to the task of delivering promised patches to Kickstarter donors waiting two years for what perks could be shipped without the movie being made. | ||
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+ | //No. 5// \\ | ||
+ | **Who Really Owns Axanar' | ||
+ | With the formal opening of the for-profit studio Alec Peters built using money supporters donated to produce Axanar, AxaMonitor‘s investigation into the companies behind the studio revealed a complete lack of transparency about who stands to financially benefit from the facility. Despite assurances the studio was being transferred to a secret investor group back when it was still called Ares Studios, there' | ||
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+ | //No. 4// \\ | ||
+ | **Media Misconstrues Abrams-Lin Support** \\ | ||
+ | A vague comment by Star Trek producer J.J. Abrams at an event with director Justin Lin was widely misconstrued as CBS and Paramount backing down on their copyright suit. One business day later, though, Axanar countersued, | ||
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+ | //No. 3// \\ | ||
+ | **Fan Film Guidelines** \\ | ||
+ | In 2016, for the first time, fan productions gained the safety of making films without fear of copyright litigation, thanks to guidelines published by CBS in June 2016. But that safety came at a cost: Restrictions on length, crowdfunding and more. Alec Peters had tried to stave off such restrictions by trying to rally other fan productions behind his own proposed guidelines. That backfired, and most fan productions disavowed Axanar. | ||
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+ | //No. 2// \\ | ||
+ | **Axanar is Broke** \\ | ||
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+ | //No. 1// \\ | ||
+ | **Lawsuit Moves to Trial** \\ | ||
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