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Trek Geeks #91: The Axanar Settlement

THE LATEST FROM AXAMONITOR With just 11 days before the start of a copyright infringement trial, Axanar Productions and Alec Peters announced they had settled the lawsuit brought against them by CBS and Paramount Pictures. It was a case that had taken many twists and turns, ultimately revealing in court filings that the “Independent Star…

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Trek Geeks #65: The Axanar Rules

THANKS, AXANAR. In this week’s episode, we’ll take an in-depth look at the new Fan Film Guidelines released by CBS last week! These guidelines seem to change fan films as we know them–and they’re all the result of one production’s actions. For months, Axanar Productions has complained that there were no guidelines. Their constant complaining has…

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Trek Geeks #49: Star Trek – Horizon

SPOILER ALERT! The wait is finally over–the long-awaited fan film, Star Trek – Horizon, has been released to the Internet a full two days earlier than announced! Created by a single filmmaker as a personal passion project and love letter to Star Trek: Enterprise, Horizon had a budget of only $50,000. Pre-production on the movie began…

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Trek Geeks #43: To Axanar and Beyond!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! While we were away on our holiday break, there were a few…uh…developments…in the world of Star Trek, too.  The first trailer for Star Trek Beyond was released along with Star Wars: The Force Awakens! We’ll break down what we thought of it–AND why we’re not freaking out yet. We’re also going to take…

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