Exploring the world of Star Trek fan films.
Yesterday, I began discussing the explosive news that hit Trek fandom like a warp core breach over this past weekend: SIR PATRICK STEWART will be returning to play Jean-Luc Picard in a brand new Star Trek television project. It’s not known yet if this will be an ongoing series, a mini-series, or just a made-for-TV movie … Continue reading “PICARD TREK…what is CBS thinking???? (editorial, part 2)”
Okay, San Diego Comic Con 2018 is now in the history books, and nearly every Trekker is now talking about Season Two of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY. Fans now know that, in addition to Anson Mount playing Captain Christopher Pike, Rebecca Romijn (who played the shape-shifting Mystique in the early X-Men films) will play Number One, and … Continue reading “A funny thing happened to STAR TREK: DISCOVERY… (editorial)”
It’s amazing how much movie trailers have changed in the last few decades! Three months ago, I shared a link to a fan video from 2016 that featured a modern take on the trailer for STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN. The updated trailer was created by JONATHAN WORMAN, a talented video editor based in Toronto, Canada … Continue reading “How would STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE look with a MODERN TRAILER?”
WARNING! SPOILERS AHEAD! Last time: we took a look at the first three episodes of STAR TREK CONTINUES to be filmed with $126,000 in funds donated from their first “Kirkstarter” campaign in late 2013: “Lolani,” “Fairest of Them All,” and “The White Iris.” The last of these three episodes was filmed in January of 2015, … Continue reading “A history of STAR TREK CONTINUES (feature, part 4)”
You don’t have to be a theoretical physicist to write a Star Trek musical…but it sure helps! BOLDLY GO! – Where No Musical Has Gone Before didn’t start off as a fan film. In fact, it was only performed six times in front of audiences in late February and early March of 2016 in Pasadena, … Continue reading ““BOLDLY GO!” – the Star Trek MUSICAL moves from STAGE to Youtube VIDEO! (feature)”
Last time, we featured the first part of our interview with Brian Matthews, the creator of the hilarious parody STONE TREK, and his amazing voice-over artist, Wally Fields. Stone Trek is one of the most inspired, creative, and well-executed of all the Star Trek fan film mash-ups, a series of nine cartoon shorts created by … Continue reading “STONE TREK (interview with BRIAN MATTHEWS and WALLY FIELDS, part 2)”
When it comes to fan films, Star Trek is no stranger to mash-ups. Fans have taken Star Trek into the Star Wars universe and vice versa. Kirk and Spock have met the 1960s TV Batman and Robin. Heck, the Enterprise has even picked up Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz! (I’ve already done a feature … Continue reading “STONE TREK (interview with BRIAN MATTHEWS and WALLY FIELDS, part 1)”
Submissions for the 2025 Star Trek Fan Film SHOWRUNNER AWARDS are now complete. The window of eligibility to enter this year was any Trek fan film released between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2024—although the majority of our submissions were released last year. This was our first time limiting submissions to only a three-year window instead of our … Continue reading “The 2025 SHOWRUNNER AWARDS now have their final 24 entries!”
Jackets are petty awesome. Wanna make your superhero look more snazzy and cutting-edge? Ditch the tights and cape and give them a cool jacket. And in Star Trek? Jackets dated back to the first pilot, “The Cage,” continued into The Motion Picture, and probably reached their pinnacle with those snazzy maroon bomber jackets worn by … Continue reading “SPARE THE FUTURE, SAVE THE PAST moves fan films into the 25th century… (interview with DAVID CHENG)”
Sometimes a fan filmmaker produces a fan film that inspires a completely different fan filmmaker to produce something—be it a tribute, continuation, or some other expansion of the original—based in whole or in part on the original work. This has come to be known as “a fan film of a fan film.” The term was … Continue reading “Has fan LOVE turned 765874: UNIFICATION into an “OPEN SOURCE” fan film?”