Exploring the world of Star Trek fan films.
AXANAR needs only two more shooting days and the production phase will be complete. Just…two…more…days. Seems so simple, and yet, because of COVID-19, it’s proven to be just out of reach. And it’s not just Axanar that’s been stopped dead in its tracks. Because of concerns from the various Hollywood trade unions, television and motion … Continue reading “AXANAR schedules shoots in AUGUST and OCTOBER!”
There are about 4 million people living in Los Angeles, 40 million in California, 330 million in the United States, and 7.6 billion in the world. Of those, a few hundred to a few thousand read this blog each day. (I can happily live with that.) Over the years, I’ve met people at Star Trek-related … Continue reading “I met an AXANAR fan at the supermarket … and he reads my blog!”
Okay, so a lot happened over the past few days in Lawrenceville, GA…the home of ARES STUDIOS. If you read yesterday’s blog, you know that the AXANAR project got a jaw-dropping $10,000 donation last Thursday from a very generous and supportive donor…bringing the total for the current private crowd-funding campaign above $20K. The goal was … Continue reading “Why the new ARES STUDIOS Kickstarter is NOT a breach of the AXANAR legal settlement…”
I always leave a tab open on my browser to monitor donation totals when I’m promoting crowd-funding campaigns,. For the past couple of months, I’ve kept a tab for the current AXANAR campaign to fund the major “alien” green screen shoot. Earlier this week, the private fundraising total was at $10,795…although the number hadn’t moved … Continue reading “AXANAR gets a $10,000 donation and adjusts plans due to the pandemic…”
Lately, it seems like every morning we wake up with a choice to make: optimism or pessimism? Either the world is collapsing around our ears or else we’re gonna make it through this pandemic and everything will be fine again. Sometimes it feels like we’re faced with this decision multiple times each day! And that … Continue reading “SQUADRON campaign reaches $8K with the help of AXANAR and INTERLUDE donors!”
A lot was happening in the world of AXANAR just three short weeks ago. After raising $50K to cover 2/3 of the cost of the first two shoots at Ares Studios (ALEC PETERS covered the rest personally), an additional $5K was raised in a new private crowdfunding campaign in February. That allowed a third one-day … Continue reading “The future of AXANAR! (audio interview with ALEC PETERS & PAUL JENKINS)”
The full trailer for AXANAR is finally here! Four months ago, after the first October shoot at Ares Studios, a brief teaser was released with about 30 seconds of actual footage—a combination of a couple of brief VFX sequences and a bunch of quick-cut live-action shots filmed on the USS Ares bridge set. Since then, … Continue reading “AXANAR releases the FULL TRAILER…kicks off fund-raiser for SHOOT #4!”
After raising more than $50,000 to cover the costs for the first two AXANAR shoots back in October and December, ALEC PETERS just reached out to donors on the Axanar mailing list with a request for $3,400 for the third shoot. Initially, Alec had announced that “Phase 2” of the private crowd-funding would try to … Continue reading “AXANAR launches new “tiny” fundraiser for SHOOT #3 with test footage of Chief Engineer LEONOV!”
For the fourth week in a row, I’ve got some AXANAR news that’s significant enough to warrant its own blog. And for anyone thinking, “Oh, you talk about Axanar all the time!”—my last Axanar blog prior to mid-January was three months earlier in mid-October. Anyway, today’s new is actually VERY big, as it deals with … Continue reading “AXANAR tops its $50K phase one crowd-funding goal…and announces phase two in MARCH!”
I love PAUL JENKINS. I just do. Over the past few months, he has become one of my favorite people on the planet…and when you listen to my interview with him, I think you’ll understand why (or at least, I hope you will). When it comes to AXANAR, it always seems to be ALEC PETERS … Continue reading “PAUL JENKINS discusses directing the AXANAR sequels, working with ALEC PETERS, and MUCH MORE! (audio interview)”