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59-501: Star Trek: New Voyages , known from 2008 until 2015 as Star Trek: Phase II , is a fan-created science fiction webseries set in the fictional Star Trek universe. The series was designed as a continuation of the original Star Trek (aka ST:TOS or just TOS ), beginning in the fifth and final year of the starship Enterprise's "five-year mission." The first episode was released in January 2004, with new episodes released at

118-414: A Max Payne fan short in development. MGM has similarly shown hostility to an internet-distributed James Bond fan film. Paramount Pictures actively pursued legal action against Star Trek fan films in the 1980s, such as the animated film series Star Trix , and a never completed fan episode spinoff tentatively titled Yorktown: A Time to Heal starring George Takei and James Shigeta . During

177-459: A live action shot for shot remake of the 1995 animated film, Toy Story , with the toy characters animated through stop motion, puppetry, and live actors for the human characters, while using audio from the film. It received a positive response from critics, and the original filmmakers. Indian-born American filmmaker Adi Shankar started producing a series of satire films based on popular franchises and comic book characters, before evolving into

236-564: A consulting producer. Sam Witwer ( "Crashdown" from Battlestar Galactica , Doomsday in Smallville and Galen Marek from Star Wars: The Force Unleashed ) is the voice of the Guardian of Forever (credited as "Simon Judas Raye"). For the second episode, "To Serve All My Days," written by original series writer D.C. Fontana , original cast member Walter Koenig reprises his role as Pavel Chekov. Mary-Linda Rapelye (Irina Galliulin in

295-417: A fan production, but has since attracted support from several crew and cast members from the different Star Trek series, as well as a wide audience. A similar fan production, Star Trek Continues , produced by Vic Mignogna , have been well received by critics, who praised the quality of the production and stated that the show set a new standard for Star Trek fan films, while highlighting the resemblance of

354-538: A five-episode run beginning with "Blood and Fire" in December 2008 and ending with "Kitumba" in December 2013 the series title was changed to Star Trek: Phase II before reverting to New Voyages . New Voyages creator James Cawley himself portrayed Captain Kirk in the first nine episodes before turning the role over to Brian Gross, choosing to assume a more behind-the-scenes role. Jack Marshall would go on to work on

413-524: A full-fledged entertainment brand. His films includes The Punisher: Dirty Laundry with Thomas Jane reprising his role from The Punisher and Power Rangers: Unauthorized , a dark reimagining of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series. Filmmaker Sandy Collora gained much notoriety in the early 2000s for a series of fan films he produced featuring DC Comics heroes Batman and Superman. Batman: Dead End premiered at

472-557: A more welcoming stance towards fan filmmakers in the 2000s. Unlike many American TV shows, the British series Doctor Who allowed its writers to retain the rights to characters and plot elements that they created - most famously with Terry Nation 's Daleks . While the BBC has never licensed the character of the Doctor for use in fan films, a number of the writers have consented to allow

531-539: A rate of about one per year. Production on new episodes halted in June 2016 following the release of new fan film guidelines by CBS/Paramount after they sued the makers of Star Trek: Axanar , with three episodes in post-production left unreleased. The sets constructed for New Voyages were licensed as a 'Studio Set Tour' beginning in July 2016. The series was the first such show with extensive standing sets, and that attracted

590-461: A series of stories called First Voyages to show "what it’s like to be a 'grunt' on a starship", and with Peter Kirk ( Bobby Rice ) as the center of these stories focusing on a group of friends from the academy. Another character would be Xon, which had been developed for Star Trek: Phase II around 1977. A pilot episode, "Pomp and Circumstance" would be a New Voyages episode that would spin off into its own series.Though eight episodes were charted,

649-560: A webseries based on Nintendo 's Star Fox video game franchise. However, after a cease-and-desist from Nintendo based on the usage of the Star Fox intellectual property, Gafford changed the name of the webseries to A Fox In Space . The first episode of A Fox In Space was released online in April 2016. In June 2014, Godzilla: Heritage , a fan film based on the Godzilla franchise ,

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708-798: Is an executive producer on Star Trek: Discovery , Star Trek: Picard , Star Trek: Lower Decks , Star Trek: Prodigy , and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds . Roddenberry was born in Los Angeles the son of actress Majel Barrett and writer and producer Gene Roddenberry , creator of the American science fiction series Star Trek . Rod went to the John Thomas Dye School in Bel Air and Harvard-Westlake School in North Hollywood and attended Hampshire College in

767-658: Is based on the Our Gang film series; the only known copy resides in the University of South Carolina's Newsfilm Library. Various amateur filmmakers created their own fan films throughout the ensuing decades, including a teenaged Hugh Hefner , but the technology required to make fan films was a limiting factor until relatively recently. In the 1960s UCLA film student Don Glut filmed a series of short black and white "underground films", based on adventure and comic book characters from 1940s and 1950s motion picture serials. Around

826-602: The Los Angeles Times reported that Roddenberry approved of the 2009 Star Trek film by J.J Abrams . He opined that the producers and writers "made Star Trek cool again" with the film. In 2010 Roddenberry, an avid scuba diver since 1993, founded the Roddenberry Dive Team "to embark on undersea experiences and discover the diversity beneath the ocean." He leads the dive team in its exploration of underwater worlds and hopes to inspire stewardship of

885-518: The Battlestar Galactica reboot in 2006. Between January 2004 and May 2016 some 11 full-length episodes and a number of short-form "vignettes" were released (see linked article). Three episodes were scripted by professional Star Trek writers: "To Serve All My Days" by D. C. Fontana ; " World Enough and Time " by Marc Scott Zicree; and the two-part "Blood and Fire" by David Gerrold . Two other episodes were based on unfilmed stories for

944-624: The Sci-Fi-London film festival (respectively) in May 2009 and was released on the internet. Ghostbusters: The Video Game features a small nod to the fan film Return of the Ghostbusters by way of a drawing posted on the wall in the Ghostbusters firehouse headquarters. The child's drawing of a Ghostbuster is signed by a fictional character created in the fan film. On September 27, 2009, Italian fan film Metal Gear Solid: Philanthropy

1003-550: The US . Other films in the trilogy will be released on the internet in 2013. Iowa brothers Morgan and Mason McGrew spent eight years recreating the 2010 film Toy Story 3 in stop motion. Titled Toy Story 3 in Real Life , the film was shot using iPhones and was uploaded to YouTube on January 25, 2020. The shot-for-shot remake uses the film's original audio. According to Screen Crush, Pixar's parent company Walt Disney Studios gave

1062-467: The chilling impact of copyright law, Lessig founded the Creative Commons and proposed the Creative Commons licenses . Rod Roddenberry Eugene Wesley " Rod " Roddenberry Jr. (born February 5, 1974) is an American television producer and the chief executive officer of Roddenberry Entertainment. He is the son of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett and

1121-528: The digital revolution , along with the ease of distribution created by the Internet and Web 2.0 , has prompted several studios to adapt their official policies and programs regarding fan films. The highest profile of these programs has been Lucasfilm 's Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards , launched in 2000. The awards formerly permitted only documentary , mockumentary , and parody entries, while prohibiting serious fan fiction . However, this restriction

1180-553: The " Where No One Has Gone Before " episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation , originally pitched a story to the unproduced Star Trek: Phase II series in which Sulu ages by thirty years, and that story served as the basis for this New Voyages episode. Majel Barrett Roddenberry provided the computer voice in this episode. Like all fan-films, New Voyages existed at the whim of the Star Trek franchise owners CBS (and previously Paramount Pictures ), which previously tolerated

1239-767: The 1981 Indiana Jones adventure film Raiders of the Lost Ark . Using the original film's screenplay and score, it principally starred and was filmed, directed, and produced over a seven-year period by three Mississippi teenagers (Chris Strompolos, Eric Zala, and Jayson Lamb). In 2015, the documentary Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made was released. The film follows three childhood friends, Eric Zala, Chris Strompolos, and Jayson Lamb, from 1982 to 1989 as they set out to make their fan film of Raiders fan film. In 2012, two Arizona-based teenagers, Jonason Pauley and Jesse Perrotta, made

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1298-462: The 2003 San Diego Comic-Con , while World's Finest was prevented from showing in 2004 due to copyright claims from Warner Bros. Some fan film productions achieve significant quantity and or quality. For instance, the series Star Trek: Hidden Frontier produced 50 episodes over seven seasons – compared to only 34 episodes for the 1970s sci-fi series Battlestar Galactica and Galactica 1980 combined. Star Trek: New Voyages started as

1357-500: The 2009 Star Trek film). Production on New Voyages was halted in response, with three episodes in various states of production left unfinished. Following this, the sets for New Voyages were licensed by CBS to serve as the Star Trek: Original Series Set Tour . The pilot episode, "Come What May", begins with the late-1960s NBC "In Living Color" sequence. It ends, as did the 1960s episodes, with

1416-479: The 2016 documentary Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis , the film is lost for the most part. As media scholar Henry Jenkins points out, fan films are shaped by the intersection between contemporary trends toward media convergence and participatory culture . These films are hybrid by nature—neither fully commercial nor fully alternative. Fan films represent a potentially important third space between

1475-584: The Harry Potter "Wizarding World" received the attention of Warner Bros. after both films attempted to raise money through crowdfunding: the 2016 film "Severus Snape and the Marauders" and the 2018 Italian film "Voldemort: Origins of the Heir". After private discussions with Warner Bros., production on both films were allowed to continue with the agreement that they no longer use crowdfunding to raise money for

1534-577: The McGrews permission to release the film online. Due to copyright protection, trademark protection and limited fair use provisions, fan films made without official authorization might exist in a legal grey area. Still, fan films often operate under the radar or IP owners turning a blind eye as long they are non-commercial activities. "We got in touch with Tolkien Enterprises and reached an understanding with them that as long as we are completely non-profit then we're okay. [...] They are supportive of

1593-530: The animated Desilu Productions logo, with no mention of Paramount. Starting with "Enemy: Starfleet", the series uses the late-60s CBS color opening (reflecting the series' current ownership by CBS Television Studios ) and ends with the logo of Cawley Entertainment Company, Cawley's production company. Inspired by the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode " Lower Decks ", James Cawley and Carlos Pedraza had plans in 2007 to develop

1652-547: The distribution of fan-created material as long as no attempt was made to profit from it. This tolerance was tested in early 2012 when New Voyages announced that they would film "He Walked Among Us," an unproduced script that Norman Spinrad had sold to the original series. But when CBS claimed ownership of the material, the plans were canceled. CBS had not protested over the series's use of "Blood and Fire", which had been written for Star Trek: The Next Generation ; "The Child", and "Kitumba", which had been similarly developed in

1711-413: The early 1990s. Rod Roddenberry was not familiar with Star Trek , having never even watched the show. In 1991, when he was 17 years old, his father died, after which he began to examine Star Trek and discover "what made the series special" to its fans. Rod struggled initially with his father's near-legendary stature among Star Trek fans, saying, "A son cannot identify with a mythical figure; my father

1770-531: The episodes with those of the original series. Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning , a Finnish feature-length spoof of both Star Trek and Babylon 5 , attracted over 4 million downloads and has been released on DVD in several countries, making it possibly the most successful Finnish movie-production to date. The Lord of the Rings fan films Born of Hope and The Hunt for Gollum debuted at Ring*Con and

1829-538: The film in 2016, the filmmakers were contacted by Toho , the company which owns the rights to the Godzilla franchise. In order to protect Toho's intellectual property and to avoid confusion in the marketplace, the filmmakers agreed to a number of conditions, including that the film would not have the word "Godzilla" in the title, that the filmmakers would not receive profits from the film, and that no further crowdfunding campaigns could be created. Two fan films based on

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1888-409: The films and that they be non-profit. In August 2018, it was announced that a fan-made short film, based on the 1990 two-episode television miniseries adaptation of Stephen King 's 1986 epic supernatural horror novel It , was being produced under the name Georgie . The short, which stars Tony Dakota who reprises his role as Georgie Denbrough from the miniseries, centers on the idea of how

1947-470: The internet in January 2004. The first episodes were filmed on new sets at a long-shuttered car dealership in Port Henry, New York , but production eventually moved to a former Family Dollar store at 112 Montcalm St. in downtown Ticonderoga, New York . This facility is currently open to the public for tours and is officially licensed by CBS. Tour information is available at www.startrektour.com For

2006-439: The late 1970s for the aborted series Star Trek: Phase II , or Mind-Sifter published by Bantam Books, because they were written before the Star Trek movies directed by JJ Abrams were in production. ("The Child" was produced for "Star Trek: The Next Generation.) CBS wants to keep all material it has previously purchased or licensed in any way as possible work to be drawn on for future licensed films. New Voyages' legal status

2065-497: The late 1990s and early 2000s, Paramount had a more relaxed approach towards Star Trek fan films, with Star Trek actors frequently participating in various fan productions, such as Star Trek: Of Gods and Men . However, following the 2015 controversy surrounding the team behind Prelude to Axanar 's attempts to profit from their unreleased feature film, Paramount tightened its stance on fan productions. From 2010 to 2015, animator Matthew Gafford developed Star Fox: The Animated Series ,

2124-463: The monsters and supporting characters they created to be used in direct-to-video productions (see Doctor Who spin-offs ). The creators of Red Dwarf sponsored a fan film contest of their own in 2005, inspired by an earlier fan film production in 2001 called Red Dwarf - The Other Movie , with a fairly wide remit ranging from fictional stories set in the Red Dwarf universe to documentaries about

2183-510: The more prominent science fiction films and television shows are represented in fan films; these include Star Wars (see Fan films based on Star Wars ), Star Trek (see Star Trek fan productions ), Doctor Who (see Doctor Who spin-offs ), and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (see Unofficial Buffy the Vampire Slayer productions ). Because fan films generally utilize characters and storylines copyrighted and trademarked by

2242-657: The narrative of It may have continued that Georgie had not been killed by Pennywise the Clown . The short also stars Ben Heller who played young Stanley Uris in the miniseries. Georgie premiered at the Boston Underground Film Festival on March 22, 2019 and was released online on June 10, 2019 on the Fangoria Facebook page. Batman Dracula was a fan made movie made by pop artist Andy Warhol . While some scenes were shown in

2301-480: The original filmmakers, they are rarely distributed commercially for legal reasons. They are exhibited by various other methods, including showings at comic book and science fiction conventions, and distribution as homemade videos, ranging from VHS videocassettes to CD-ROMs and DVDs . A notable fan film is also Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation , made as a shot-for-shot remake of

2360-471: The original series episode "The Way to Eden") appears as an ambassador. The third episode, "World Enough and Time," was co-authored by Marc Scott Zicree and Michael Reaves . Zicree, who also directed the episode, contributed the stories for the " First Contact " episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation and " Far Beyond the Stars " for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . Reaves, who co-wrote (with Diane Duane )

2419-446: The role of Captain Kirk to focus solely on production of the show and original series writer David Gerrold taking on the duties of Executive Showrunner in hopes of producing episodes with greater regularity. Gerrold also personally announced that due to an overwhelming backlog, the show would no longer accept script submissions, nor would any episodes based on existing Star Trek books, comics, stories or other published works be adapted to

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2478-573: The same time, artist Andy Warhol produced a film called Batman Dracula which could be described as a fan film. But it wasn't until the 1970s that the popularization of science fiction conventions allowed fans to show their films to the wider fan community. In the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, there were many unofficial foreign remakes of American films that today may be considered fan films, such as Süpermenler ( Superman ), 3 Dev Adam , ( Spider-Man ), Mahakaal ( A Nightmare on Elm Street ), and Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam ( Star Wars ). Most of

2537-458: The series didn't materialize. But some components were incorporated into New Voyages , such as Peter Kirk and Xon in "Blood and Fire" and a CGI-model of a Klingon "Bird of Prey" which was used in "To Serve All My Days". Fan film The earliest known fan film is Anderson 'Our Gang , which was produced in 1926 by a pair of itinerant filmmakers. Shot in Anderson, South Carolina, the short

2596-445: The series – due to a request by CBS legal in the fall of 2011. Rather, all further episodes will come from original works by previous Star Trek writers or crew associated with the series. Several past members of the Star Trek cast and crew have expressed support for the project, and even contributed to it. The first episode, "In Harm's Way," features Eugene "Rod" Roddenberry Jr. , the son of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, as

2655-503: The show and its fandom. The two winning shorts were featured in their entirety as bonus features on the Series VIII DVD release, along with a montage of clips from the runner-up entries and a short intro clip from Red Dwarf - The Other Movie . This made them among the first fan films to be commercially released by a property's original creators. In 2008, a cease and desist letter was issued by Fox Studios to close production on

2714-404: The talents of a number of professional writers and actors associated with official Star Trek productions, including George Takei reprising his role as Sulu in " World Enough and Time ", and Walter Koenig as Chekov in "To Serve All My Days". Eugene Roddenberry Jr. , the son of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry , served as consulting producer. The show's episode "World Enough and Time"

2773-477: The two. Similarly, Stanford Law Professor Lawrence Lessig argued that for the first time in history, creativity by default is subject to regulation due to growing intellectual property rights like copyright and trademark . This trend results in artists (like the fans mentioned in this article) needing the permission of the copyright owner to engage in mashups or acts of remixing. In Lessig's view, this new phenomena limits creativity. To help artists mitigate

2832-453: The unproduced 1978 Star Trek Phase II TV series: "The Child" and "Kitumba", neither with the permission of Star Trek rights-holders. Additionally, the episode "Mind-Sifter" was based on a piece of fan fiction from the 1970s. As of May 2016 several additional episodes were in various stages of pre- or post-production. Origins , a story based on David Gerrold 's original pitch, "The Protracted Man", for Star Trek: The Original Series ,

2891-727: The way fans wish to express their enthusiasm." The Hunt for Gollum , Chris Bouchard (2009) Also, lawmakers strengthened fan activities in recent years by extending fair use cases; for instance, in 2012 Canada 's Copyright Modernization Act explicitly added an exemption which allows non-commercial creation of fan film material. A 2013 US court ruling Lenz v. Universal Music Corp. acknowledged that creative fan activities on copyrighted works might fall under fair use and requested that copyright holders check and respect fair use before doing DMCA take down notices . The popularity of fan productions brought about by affordable consumer equipment and animation programs ( Prosumer equipment) with

2950-763: The world's oceans. He has a Divemaster certification, has led or participated in more than 1,000 dives from exotic locations around the world. In October 2011, the Roddenberry Foundation, which was founded by Rod Roddenberry, made its largest gift of $ 5 million to the J. David Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco to establish the Roddenberry Center for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine. The Roddenberry Foundation believes that "the center's innovative technology that converts adult skin cells into life-changing stem cells will radically advance

3009-491: Was announced (December 29, 2005) that Marshall would leave the series. Marshall had been offered a position with the visual effects team of Battlestar Galactica and moved from Washington DC in February 2006 to Los Angeles California. Max Rem continued his participation for another 6 months of post production and then also left the project. July 2013 saw major announcements for production of the series, with James Cawley leaving

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3068-418: Was announced on Kickstarter . The project, conceived by filmmakers Timothy Schiefer and Greg Graves, was unsuccessful in meeting its initial crowdfunding goal of $ 25,000, receiving only $ 16,025 from 186 backers. On July 18, 2014, a second Kickstarter campaign for the film was created, this time reaching a set goal of $ 10,000, receiving $ 19,554 from 193 backers. Following the release of a teaser trailer for

3127-679: Was lifted for the 2007 awards. Lucasfilm's limited support and sanction of fan creations is a marked contrast to the attitudes of many other copyright holders. Some copyright holders opened up for the idea of fan films: DC Comics was known to actively discourage the creation of fan movies in the 1990s. In 2008, however, DC Comics changed its tune when its president, Paul Levitz, gave provisional permission to fan filmmakers, stating definitively, "We’re against anything that monetizes our assets and our copyrights without our permission. We are not against things where people use our assets if they don't do anything monetarily with them." Similarly, Paramount took

3186-562: Was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form in 2008, alongside episodes of Doctor Who , Torchwood , and Battlestar Galactica , but lost to the Doctor Who episode " Blink ." Star Trek: New Voyages was created by James Cawley and Jack Marshall in April 2003. Jack Marshall came aboard as a producer with the idea to market the series on the internet. The first episode, "Come What May", debuted on

3245-425: Was produced by James Cawley, Jack Marshall, Pearl Marshall, Max Rem, Amanda Stryker, James Lowe, Jeff Quinn, John Muenchrath and Rod Roddenberry (Gene Roddenberry's son). Episode 2 was produced by James Cawley, Jack Marshall, Erik Goodrich, James Lowe, Jeff Quinn, John Muenchrath and Rod Roddenberry. The pilot and the first two episodes were directed by Jack Marshall. However, after filming of "To Serve All My Days" it

3304-463: Was put up on this pedestal throughout my life." However, as he heard many moving stories about his father's flaws and follies, he observed, "That allowed me, as a son, not just to connect with him, but actually love him." In 2001, Rod Roddenberry became chief executive officer of Roddenberry Entertainment, which builds upon his father's work, and develops multimedia science fiction properties including comics, television and film projects. In mid-2009,

3363-438: Was reconceptualized as a Pike-era story featuring the young Cadet James T. Kirk and his father, Commander George Kirk Sr. In January 2021, the incomplete work print for this abandoned episode was rediscovered and uploaded to YouTube (in two sections) by James Cawley. The Star Trek: New Voyages pilot episode was produced by James Cawley, Jack Marshall (series director at the time), Pearl Marshall, Max Rem and Jerry Yuen. Episode 1

3422-549: Was released over the internet, a 10,000 Euro production based on Hideo Kojima 's Metal Gear Solid video game series. Dan Poole's stunt work in his fan film The Green Goblin's Last Stand garnered recognition and an endorsement from Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee . John F. Carroll's Masters of the Universe trilogy began with The Wizard of Stone Mountain in 2011 and has premiered at conventions in Germany and

3481-467: Was ultimately decided in 2016 following the release of new Star Trek fan film guidelines (in response to the Prelude to Axanar controversy) which forbid the production of all Star Trek fan series and any fan productions that included staff who had worked on or appeared in official Star Trek works. This included much of the staff and cast of New Voyages , including creator James Cawley (who cameos in

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