Even Justin Lin, director of the upcoming Star Trek Beyond, and J.J. Abrams went to bat for the Axanar fan film.
But the fan fiction has always been there, with the most notable recent entry being Star Trek: Axanar, a planned feature length film, which raised a whopping $500,000 on crowdfunding site IndieGoGo.
After a review of CBS and Paramount’s announcement of their guidelines for Star Trek fan films, I’m really disappointed that this set of guidelines represents the studios’ best efforts on behalf of fans.
The Star Trek franchise has a long and storied history that goes beyond that of the screens of our TVs and the cinema.