Nov 21, 2019 star trek beyond kimberley french paramount noah hawley takes the reins of a franchise in search of a next chapter in a postguardians of the galaxy and force awakens world. From 1984 to 1996 dc published two different continuities of trek comics based on the featurefilmera of the original series crew. A chance encounter on the streets of manhattan draws a writer into an illicit love affair with a glamorous french woman. Classic combat mission beyond overlord chance encounter demo. List of fan films highest to lowest rated fan film factor. Kirk, the crew of the starship enterprise delves deep into the far reaches of space to explore new worlds and civilizations. Q was a highly powerful entity from a race of godlike beings also known as q. Nov 02, 2019 miami 35yearold francisco guerreros has been living a new life as a chef after a chance encounter with a killerforhire left the former security guard without his clothes. The series opens with jeanluc picard deep into his retirement. Additionally, nasa astronaut mae jemison played lt.
Since then, raven has generated an impressive k views. Conversely, both scenes are based on picards memories, and they may sound french only because they are tinged by his nostalgia for. Star trek channel has just released a web site for the independently produced series star trek. Now youre back more than a decade later to make a new star trek fan film. Robert ballecer talk about fan films like the star trek new voyages and axanar and how they would be affected by rules put forth by paramount and cbs. How films of the past envisioned the future film dw 17. Making a star trek fan film virtual sets vs physical sets. A couple of really good videos about chance encounter have been posted on youtube today.
For an overview of the whole franchise, see the star trek page. Chance encounter a star trek short film production update 5. Jul 30, 2019 if youre digging through back issues of trek comics, the chances you what youre holding is an old dc star trek comic are pretty high. This portrayal is rather apparent in the series opener, star trek. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Cbs and paramounts guidelines for star trek fan films. The next generation, appearing in the series premiere and finale, and multiple episodes in between, as well as on deep space nine and voyager. Mar 07, 2012 original animated movie set in the star trek universe. Cbs, paramount settle lawsuit over star trek fan film illustration by. They offered him the chance of producing the new series, but he turned them. Jun 18, 2019 gary obrien is raising funds for chance encounter a star trek short film on kickstarter. Around 1984, star trek incidentally provided awkward, youthful, bumbling john with another model.
In order to unshackle itself from the continuity of other star trek properties, the recent film franchise. Chance encounter a star trek short film production update 4. They were successful and immediately began to build their one set the interior of a type15 tngera shuttlepod, create costumes, and hire cast. They discuss a nonspoiler synopsis of chance encounter and the fan film guidelines.
Star trek and all related marks, logos and characters are solely owned by cbs studios inc. The graphics displayed on monitors in the borg slots were referred to as borg spaghetti by the production. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. The first fan film to feature a known star trek professional in their credits was the debut episode of star trek. The fan film community has received some coverage from the mainstream media. Both emily and sartaj knocked it out of the park with their performances, and it was thrill to see th. It is sad that cbs transferred their original film recordings to video tape and sold the film of next generation, ds9, and voyager. Unlike tos, where there are multiple set recreations where fans can film, tng sets are much more.
Amidst ongoing litigation against fan film star trek axanar, today cbs and paramount pictures have issued guidelines to all current and wouldbe star trek fan productions. Mar 02, 2015 a chance encounter official trailer madman films. Star trek beyond kimberley frenchparamount noah hawley takes the reins of a franchise in search of a next chapter in a postguardians of. I watch star trek daily on netflix and have been waiting to own this series for a long time. Phase ii fan series has released its first episode in a year with the child. Both of those assumptions are incorrect by nearly a decade. The original series origins is the type of studio release that really rubs me the wrong way.
Now trek fans can keep up with the daytoday developments of this full cast audio drama series. Renegades, the 90minute first installment of a planned internet series, was released on. Man knocked out by agent 47 starts new life after waking up. Apart from the fan film being a clear derivative work of the famous franchise, the fact that cbs announced in november that its debuting a new star trek series in 2017 and that paramount. Chance encounter 2017 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Cbs might have shut down another star trek fan film. Cbs and paramount announce rules for star trek fan films.
A chance encounter tshirt, a region free bluray copy of the film, and your name credited at the front of the film. Chance encounter trailer a star trek short film youtube. Capturing the giddy thrill and pain of being young and in love, this sizzling romance stars, glenn close fatal attraction, anton yelchin star trek and berenice marlohe skyfall. As groundbreaking as star trek was, the fan base remained fervent but small, and it was cancelled after only three seasons.
With patrick stewart, brent spiner, jonathan frakes, levar burton. Federation rising was going to be the sequel to last februarys fan film star trek. I like how its rikers concern for worf that draws deanna to himi thought that said a lot about rikers character and the loyalty and camaraderie between the old command crew. The next generation episode, the royale, captain picard tells riker about an unsolved mathematical equation, known as fermats last theorem. So i contacted chris, introduced myself turns out he already knew me from that blog i wrote about his first trek fan film, and asked if hed mind answering a few questions. Chance encounter a star trek short film production update 6. Star trek fan film hits warp drive on kickstarter space. A gentle and heart warming science fiction love story, with all original characters, set within the star trek universe. A chance encounter with the old rascal has caused some drastic changes. With patrick stewart, jonathan frakes, brent spiner, levar burton.
Star trek fan productions are productions made by fans using elements of the star trek franchise. A quick look at how our set is progressing, and a recap of our fabulous cast before we head towards our first shoot day next week. New voyages in early 2004, come what may, which featured doug drexler as visual effects artist under the pseudonym max rem while doug was also actively working doing the digital fx for star trek. I have a giant master spreadsheet that notes pretty much every fan production that has released content since the 1970s. Jul 20, 2017 classic combat mission beyond overlord chance encounter demo try. In 1957, a tellarite freighter picked up the distress call of a vulcan ship that had crash landed on earth, near carbon creek.
Nov 27, 2017 other trek fan films were also enteredincluding the excellent chance encounter, starship republic serpent of yesterday, and survivorsand we figured we might have a shotmaybe. Star trek continues feature, part 1 fan film factor. The 2009 star trek film cast will be contributing their voices for the game, including chris pine as kirk and zachary quinto as spock. One such briefing was attended by benjamin sisko in 2367. A year ago, writer director gary obrien and cowriter peter laight released their firstever star trek fan film chance encounterand fans were blown away.
Chance encounter a star trek short film production update 10. Chance encounter a star trek short film by gary obrien. The legendary scifi saga star trek is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and still has a loyal following. The undiscovered country is a 1991 american science fiction film directed by nicholas meyer. The ongoing battle over the legality of star trek fan films took another intriguing turn this week, with paramount and cbs releasing a long list of rules that fanmade projects set in the. A star trek fan production starfleet studios by starfleet studios. Nothing can be onscreen that was purchased unless it was officially licensed. As a consequence, all command level officers in starfleet were briefed on his existence thereafter. Despite the huge ratings this episode received, encounter at farpoint was just one of many bones of contention among the production staff at the time the installment first aired. Q appeared to the crews of several starfleet vessels and outposts during the 2360s and 2370s. I enjoyed this chance encounter between troi and worf. Intrepid is a star trek fan film series chronicling the adventures of the crew of the starship intrepid. Starship republic serpent of yesterday official vignette.
The full story of farragut and stc can be read in this blog post from february the concept of star trek continues as the title would imply was completing the final two years of kirks original 5year mission as though star trek continued without being canceled although star trek. Chance encounter creators announce new star trek fan film. Enterprised on their own mission to go where no one has gone before. Potemkin the night the stars fell from the sky p10 by potemkin1711. The first is a trekzone spotlight interview which is a part of a new series of interviews titled, fan films done right. We had a great time filming our first scenes yesterday. A kickstarter campaign for the trek fan film star trek.
The borg travel back in time intent on preventing earths first contact with an alien species. Its nothing more than a money grab from paramount, looking to dip into the wallets of star trek fans who must absolutely own everything released on highdef related to the series. Encounter at farpoint 1987, with each change of costume usually resulting in a change in attitude and demeanor. The episode was the very first filmed tng installment to air following the june 1989 theatrical release of star trek v. Shes married and can only meet him between the hours of 5pm and 7pm. Right from the start the picture quality is noticeably different to the old dvds. May 01, 2017 in the original 2011 french canadian film starbuck, the brilliant actor who played bretts role was a slightly bigger guy and i thought it really worked. Star trek fan films are most certainly not deadheres whats. Phase ii although each of their episodes has much to recommend it, you might start with world enough and time which is. Romantic pursuits, young love amid the stars, and exploring ones options under the watchful eye of the universe are. Encounter at farpoint which is still one of the best tv pilots out there in my opinion. My fan film just beat axanar in the berlin scifi film. Star trek new voyages 04x09 mindsifter subtitles modern vfx in 5. The motion picture is the only star trek film to have a true overture, using ilias theme later rerecorded, as a lyrical version, by shaun cassidy as a star beyond time with lyrics by larry kusik in this role, most noticeably in the directors edition dvd release.
The individual episodes were chosen by fans voting on. Chance encounter a star trek short film project video thumbnail. Starship farragut the crossing by starshipfarragut. He was delighted to jonathan chris, you made star trek vs batman back in 2006. Tellarites were a warpcapable humanoid species from the planet tellar prime. Many of these cards can still be purchased commercially, or regularly found on resale sites such as ebay, but others are more difficult to track down. Simon pegg on cowriting, as well as starring in, star trek beyond. The actual launch of the probe is in itself a very hopepunk idea, but the way that picard understands its gravity not just of his own personal. I have been buying the box sets of all of the star trek series in blu ray as they are now at a much more reasonable price. It is the sixth feature film based on star trek, and a sequel to the 19661969 star trek television series. There are so many great fan films of star trek it is impossible to pick a favorite. New voyagesphase ii had already been doing essentially the same thing since 2004, vics vision was. Star trek continues e04 the white iris from star trek continues on vimeo. In 2161, their homeworld became a founding member of the united federation of planets.
Mccoy and the rest of the enterprise crew embark on a fiveyear mission of space exploration. Vigilance is in orbit of vita ii, the home world of the vitans. Chance encounter a star trek short film by gary obrien kickstarter. A second fan film from the makers of chance encounter. The original series originally ran for three seasons on television. Based out of dundee, scotland, intrepid is one of the few british star trek fan productions, and to date the only one produced in scotland. Tellarites were warpcapable and involved in interstellar communication by the 20th century. The first fan film to feature a known star trek professional in their credits was the. The two best, who have both great budgets but also former cast and writers including walter koenig, george takai, james doonans son, david gerrald and the list goes on and two nearly perfect duplication of the original sets of tos are star trek continues and star trek new voyages. Auroracomplete official site a star trek fan production. Trailer for chance encounter a fan made star trek short film. The characters from the next generation returned in four films. The second episode, the naked now had fans and critics concerned that the.
The orville pilot an uneven but promising homage to. This new episode was adapted from a script written for the original unproduced star trek. It has a very active fanbase that started from nearly the moment the show. Why star trek 4 is a highstakes game for paramount. Bottom line the orville is an amusing and potentially rewarding scifi show that star trek fans should have a look at. Some fans believe that axanar was the first fan film to use professionals or, at the very least, the first to pay them. The search for spock, she had either taken some extreme liberties with the source material or was working off of information that never made the final cut of the film. Both that and chance encounter were incredible, and in the tng universe too.
Picardeverything you need to know to prepare vanity. This fan production is not endorsed by, sponsored by, nor affiliated with cbs, paramount pictures, or any other star trek franchise, and is a noncommercial fanmade film intended for recreational use. The original 1960s series became known as star trek. A new but unofficial star trek film is out there now for the world to see for free. The spreadsheet includes everything from the obvious continues and horizon to the bizarrely obscure, like the french 1990 filmschool project the judge, and. How the films of the past envisioned the future boldly going for 50 years. Nothing in the fan film can be taken from any actual star trek production. The final frontier in september 1989, and this line of dialogue was very likely written by michael piller as a nod to the events of the mostrecent movie, placing the events of the film in the year 2287 seventynine.
New relationships are forged in the filmscotty and the crew encounter an ally in the form of a kick. Starship farragutthe price of anythingfull episode by michael. What started in 2003 with a few enthusiastic fans has grown as others have joined the production who. As production was underway on the film star trek iv. I bought mine throughout amazon, but the seller lives in uk, there was no indication on the description that the format of the cds were not npsc, that mean made here the usa, but the format was pal, made for watch in ukeurope.
Jul 26, 2010 its time for our first star trek interview conducted using questions provided by you, our readers. Encounter at farpoint, the pilot, was broadcast to nielsen ratings of 15. This movie focuses on the exploits of civilian merchanters, rather than starfleet officers. There were also three star wars fan films one from the uk and another from france, a blade runner fan film out of south africa, and a horror movie spoof. This short fan episode of star trek has a good feel to it. Superb acting, touching story, welldirected, fantastic costumes and vfx, perfect music, and even custombuilt shuttlepod and turbolift setsits a mustsee fan film well worth 20 minutes of. Star trek star trek into darkness star trek beyond cds set, did not play here in the usa. Qless q typically appeared as a humanoid male, though he. Colm meaney was born on may 30, 1953 in dublin, ireland.
He has been married to ines glorian since march 15, 2007. Paramount pictures, cbs, and their licensees are the only organizations legally allowed to create commercial products with the star trek name and trademark. Classic combat mission beyond overlord quick battle french vs germans. The incident occurred last november, as guerreros patrolled the office building that had employed him for the past ten years. Not only are star trek fan films alive and thriving, but were about to be. With philip delancy, sartaj garewal, hayward morse, ayvianna snow. This fan production is not endorsed by, sponsored by, nor affiliated with cbs, paramount pictures, or any other star trek franchise, and is a noncommercial fanmade film intended for recreational. Laemeur a deal comes as the the studios were prepared to head to an unexplored galaxy at trial on jan. Cbs, paramount settle lawsuit over star trek fan film. The two most praised groups of all the star trek fan film producers, are star trek new voyages aka star trek. Check out the video to meet our latest cast member and see how the set is progressing. Set after events of the star trek 2009 reboot, continue the sweeping journey through the new universe with a completely original story. Star trek continues e01 pilgrim of eternity by star trek continues. Enterprise encounters a giant cloud creature that feeds on.
Chance encounter, a star trek short film, begins shooting. Star trek continues, now on its fourth episode, has quickly become a leading star trek fan film. Chance encounter a star trek short film production update 9. Its not easy making a setbased tngera star trek fan film. Set almost 100 years after captain kirks fiveyear mission, a new generation of starfleet officers set off in the u. The official star trek fan film guidelines are here and. Phase ii although each of their episodes has much to recommend it, you might start with world enough and time which is their third episode.