Can you feel it in the air? It’s the electricity all around. It’s the anticipation of finally knowing that a long wait is nearly over. FARRAGUT FORWARD is just a couple of weeks away from premiering!
There have been few Star Trek fan film projects as eagerly awaited as Farragut Forward. First announced back in 2016 when its prequel series, STARSHIP FARRAGUT wrapped principal photography on its final episode, fans were looking forward to this planned movie-era fan production set during the time-frame of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Such fan productions were (and still are) very rare in the community due to the challenges of recreating accurate “monster maroon” uniforms and significantly complicated-to-build sets.
But FARRAGUT FILMS has been on the cutting edge of both costuming and set-construction since they created one of the first three Trek fan productions to shoot on recreations of the TOS-era Paramount sets from the 1960s (the other two being STAR TREK: NEW VOYAGES and STARSHIP EXETER). Starship Farragut would go on to release five full-length episodes, two vignettes, two animated-style episodes (one featuring the voices TIM RUSS and CHASE MASTERSON), a comic book, plus a series finale “”HOMECOMING”) that included a cameo by none other than Marvel Comics legend STAN LEE as a Starfleet Admiral. The TOS sets they built even sent on to be used by STAR TREK CONTINUES as well as countless other fan films and series in what eventually became NEUTRAL ZONE STUDIOS.
Despite being announced back in 2016, Farragut Forward didn’t really get going until 2021 when showrunner JOHN BROUGHTON brought on (see what I did there?) director JOHNNY K. of KAOTICA STUDIOS in Washington, DC. From there, things began to move at warp speed as sets were carefully built, costumes meticulously sen together, and footage shot for a PROLOGUE that was released in February pf 2022 and blew fans away!!!
At the same time, Farragut Films launched an Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign with a very ambitious goal of $30K. And to be honest, I didn’t think they’d get there in just two months. Boy, was I wrong! They actually exceeded that goal by more than $3K and earned Indiegogo’s “InDemand” status, meaning they could keep raising more funds. And raise them they did! The campaign was finally officially ended this past weekend with an astounding total of $45,450, less than $5K short of the $50K crowd-funding limit specified by the Star Trek fan film guidelines.
Along the way, the Farragut folks have released numerous behind-the-scenes photos and videos, each more exciting and enticing than the last. You can view three of those videos at the bottom of this blog.
Earlier this evening, Farragut Forward released an exciting short trailer for the full film and announced a premiere date of October 1, 2024. And from what can be seen below, this is one Star Trek fan film that is virtually guaranteed to be considered one of the best of all time. Take a look…