Axanar NewsJul 22, 2026FREE TICKETS to Axanar Premiere Sunday 7/26 at San Diego Comic Con!FREE TICKETS to the Axanar Premiere Sunday at San Diego Comic Con!You are all invited…Read Update
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Axanar NewsDec 1, 2024JG Hertzler to Perform "The Night Before Christmas"JG Hertzler will be performing "The Night Before Christmas", originally published by Clement Clark Moore in 1837 as "Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas." in a short film being produced by Alec Peters and the team behind "Axanar" at Ares Studios Dec. 14-15th, 2024. The idea was sent to Alec by Joe …Read Update
Axanar NewsOct 14, 2024Axanar Releases Teaser Trailer!The new Teaser Trailer is live! Check it out!Read Update
Axanar NewsAug 31, 2024Axanar Post-Production Update!Now that we are finished with principal photography and are well into post-production, we want to give our loyal fans an update on the post-production. For all of you not familiar with film making, post-production is everything that happens after you finishing filming all of your actors. This incl…Read Update
Personnel RecordPersonnel RecordDana WagnerAug 16, 2024Two years to finish the setPeters' tenth-anniversary update: Dana Wagner and his crew took two years to finish this set after the cross-country move — from wooden husk to the bridge visible in 2024 updates.Read Update
Personnel RecordPersonnel RecordDale SimpsonJul 30, 2024Axanar After Dark #145 — San Diego Comic-ConAfter Dark #145 joined Peters with Jefferson Kelley and Dale Simpson for Star Trek discussion, an Axanar update, and San Diego Comic-Con coverage.Read Update
Axanar NewsJun 12, 2024First Klingon VFX Shot Pre-VizAxanar VFX is well under way! And this is the very first scene of the Klingon D-7s that the Axanar VFX crews are working on. [video width="2048" height="858" mp4="https://axanar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/VFX-4.1-D7_s-Enter-shot-V2.mp4"][/video] The Axanar team, specifically Axanar creator and …Read Update
Axanar NewsJun 1, 2024Axanar VFX Underway!Axanar VFX are well underway! Our two VFX teams are working away and we are pretty excited about what they are producing! While one team works away on Pre-Viz and shot creation, another is working on finishing those shots. Here is a sneak peak into one of the shots being worked on...the withdrawal…Read Update
Axanar NewsApr 30, 2024The Icarus Maneuver is Back Online!The Icarus Maneuver is back online and you can watch it below! CBS violated the Axanar Settlement Agreement by taking The Icarus Maneuver down by filing a take-down request with YouTube. Fans are rightly pissed off and so one such fan is uploading The Icarus Maneuver all over the place. [embed]https…Read Update
Axanar Legal WatchApr 9, 2024CBS/Paramount Violate Axanar Settlement AgreementCBS/Paramount through their lawyers, specifically David Grossman at the firm Loeb & Loeb, violated the Axanar Settlement Agreement last week by filing a take down notice of The Icarus Maneuver, Mark Edward Lewis's Star Trek fan film. David Grossman in a convoluted rant, claimed that not only was…Read Update
Axanar NewsMar 31, 2024"The Icarus Maneuver" World Premiere Tonight!The first new Axanar film in 8 years! The Axanar short film The Icarus Maneuver by Mark Edward Lewis premieres tonight on the Axanar You Tube channel! Starring Alec Peters, Adrienne Wilkinson and the crew of the USS Ares! This is the first of three short films being produced by fan film makers that …Read Update
Axanar NewsMar 29, 2024Axanar Principal Photography Wrap BTS Video! Check out this short Behind the Scenes video on the final shoot of Axanar! Axanar is in post-production and heading for a Summer release! Team AxanarRead Update
Axanar NewsMar 12, 2024The Icarus Maneuver - Color CorrectionThe Icarus Maneuver is a short film that takes place in the Axanar Universe produced and directed by Mark Edward Lewis. It will be released March 31st and give fans a glimpse of what is to come later this summer with the release of the next two episodes of Axanar. I'm once again amazed at the power …Read Update
Axanar NewsFeb 28, 2024Axanar Confidential Friday Night with Super-Donor Dave Lanyon!Come join us for an hour-long interview with Alec and Axanar Super-Donor Dave Lanyon, who made finishing Axanar a reality! On the Axanar YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKg8b7NFu6U Read Update
Axanar NewsFeb 19, 2024Axanar is Wrapped!Yes, seven years after the CBS/Paramount lawsuit settled, Axanar is wrapped! This past weekend we shot the final two actors from a cast of 19 and it went spectacularly well! I can tell you everyone is happy with the results and we are excited to get to post production. What exactly does being wrapp…Read Update
Axanar NewsJan 23, 2024Gary Graham, Axanar's "Soval", Passes Away at 73We are saddened to report of the passing of Gary Graham due to a heart attack at the age of 73. Gary's ex-wife posted the following on Facebook: Jonathan Lane did an excellent piece on Fan Film Factor this morning which is worth a read. I knew Gary since my time on set with Star Trek Renegades in 2…Read Update
Axanar NewsDec 17, 2023Axanar Full Donor Financials 2014-2016[caption id="attachment_10030" align="aligncenter" width="1795"] The binders containing all of the receipts and financials for 2014 - 2016 when Axanar was in LA.[/caption] This article presents the full 2014-2016 Donor Financials for Axanar Productions Inc., and is meant to dispel the misconceptions…Read Update
Axanar NewsNov 16, 2023Axanar's Final (Almost) Shoot was Epic!Well, not QUITE our final shoot, as we had an actor who couldn't make it. So we have one day left to shoot, but we currently have 15 of 17 actors in the can! Axanar will definitely release in 2024! Here is a quick take on the shoot. And look for Axanar Podcast # 70 this week to catch up on what ha…Read Update
Axanar NewsApr 3, 2023Axanar Makes Screen Rant!Screen Rant recently used an image of the USS Ares in an article on top Star Trek T-shirts. Now, whether this was because someone at Screen Rant is a huge Axanar fan, or whether the person writing this article has no clue about Star Trek (kind of unlikely if you are writing an article on top Star T…Read Update
Axanar NewsMar 2, 2023Axanar Video Update - March 2023Check out our March 2023 Video Update all about the second Axanar Shoot!Read Update
Axanar NewsFeb 1, 2023Axanar Completes Second Film Shoot!Article by Jonathan Lane. Photos by Brian Bates. Back in November of 2021, the first new Axanar shoot since 2019 took place under the supervision of new directors TED BRUNETTI and MARK EDWARD LEWIS. Of course, the 20-month delay before that shoot was due in most part to COVID shutting down not onl…Read Update
Axanar NewsJan 31, 2023Axanar Shoot # 2 a HUGE Success![caption id="attachment_24828" align="alignnone" width="800"] Article by Alec Peters, photos by Brian Bates[/caption] Axanar had it's second of three planned shoots this past weekend and it was a HUGE success! Not only did we shoot one full day on the newly refurbished bridge set (which looked AMAZ…Read Update
Axanar NewsDec 13, 2022Axanar Video Update - December 2022 Please watch our December production video Update!Read Update
Ares StudiosNov 22, 2022Production Update - Axanar Shoots in January!The second of the three Axanar shoots is set for Atlanta in January! Team Axanar has set the date of the second of the three Axanar shoots for January 27-29 at Ares Studios here in Atlanta! Shoot # 1 was a HUGE success! Last year we had our first shoot, a one day shoot that was absolutely AMAZING. …Read Update
Axanar NewsSep 20, 2022The First Duty - Debunking the Myths about AxanarOver the years, a number of lies about Axanar have been promoted by a small but vocal group of detractors who call themselves Axamonitor. This group of toxic fans have bullied, harassed, stalked and even assaulted Alec Peters and Crysstal Hubbard in public. Their leader for a time, Shawn O'Hallora…Read Update
Axanar NewsAug 11, 2022Axanar Video Update - July 2022 Please watch to get your latest Axanar Update! Read Update
Axanar NewsAug 7, 2022OWC Computing Sponsors Axanar! Other World Computing Sponsors Axanar Axanar has had a long history with Other World Computing, one of the top computer makers of external storage systems in the US. Professionals of all types, especially in the film industry, are very familiar with OWC's state of the art storage solutions. And A…Read Update
Axanar NewsAug 2, 2022How to Manage your Axanar / Ares Studios emails!Here at Axanar and Ares Studios, we use Mad Mimi, a powerful email list management service to manage our emails to all of our donors, patrons and fans. And you can choose what emails you want to receive. How to manage your email subscriptions Just go to the bottom of any email you get from Axanar or…Read Update
Axanar NewsJul 20, 2022Axanar L.A. Shoot Casting has Begun!Casting has begun, and Alec is working away, contacting actors who have not been part of Axanar before, in order to fill out the 9 spots we have for the L.A. shoot. We will shoot 3 actors each day (as we have done on most shoots) and this includes: 3 humans 2 Vulcans 2 Klingons 2 Andorians And the …Read Update
Axanar NewsJul 8, 2022Axanar VFX Planning BeginsThis month, Mark Edward Lewis and I started planning the VFX that will go into the next two episodes of Axanar. While I am planning the big 3-day Los Angeles shoot, Mark and I will simultaneously be working on the VFX with the team that will be executing the amazing visuals Axanar fans have come to…Read Update
Axanar Legal WatchJun 16, 2022Why Axanar sued Paul Jenkins of Meta Studios for Copyright Fraud and DefamationWhile we try and keep everyone updated on the production of the next two episodes of Axanar, we also don’t always share the behind the scenes drama that is so common in entertainment, as you are here for great Star Trek, and not a reality TV show. And while Axanar had its share of problems with the…Read Update
Axanar NewsFeb 24, 2022LA Shoot Planning Begins!Planning for the Los Angeles 3-day Axanar shoot has begun! With $50,000 banked to execute the last two film shoots of Axanar, planning has begun for the 3 day Los Angeles shoot which will most likely happen in early May. While we had hoped for a January/February date, Alec wanted to have all the mo…Read Update
Axanar NewsNov 22, 2021Axanar Shoot a HUGE success!This past Saturday, November 20th, 2021, Axanar had its first shoot in 18 months. This shoot marks the first of 5 days of shooting that will not only reshoot the unacceptable and lost footage from the October 2019 shoot, but finish everything we need to release Axanar in 2022. [caption id="attachme…Read Update
Ares StudiosNov 4, 2021The 2022 Axanar Calendar SIGNED by cast & crew (Limited edition of 250)The 2022 Axanar Calendar SIGNED by cast & crew In about 2 1/2 weeks, Axanar is back in production! And you can support it by buying 2022 Axanar calendar signed by the cast and crew for only $29.95! There are only 250 of these signed and numbered limited editions and the sale will totally fun…Read Update
Axanar NewsNov 2, 2021Production Update - The Stage is Set!The November 20th Axanar shoot is all set! The stage is booked (for free mind you!), the uniforms are ready, and travel has been booked! The crew is set with editor/post supervisor Mark Edward Lewis, DP Geoff Lewis, and director Ted Brunetti all confirmed. Josh Irwin of Avalon Universe, will be han…Read Update
Axanar NewsOct 15, 2021Production Update - Lighting & Greenscreen EvaluationOn Wednesday, Axanar Gaffer Jim Ross and I ran over to the High School where we are shooting next month. The Gaffer is the technician responsible for all lighting. This is a critical element of any film shoot, and Jim has been doing it for 20 years. We will have 3 actors on greenscreen, and shoot o…Read Update
Axanar NewsOct 1, 2021Production Update - Director Meeting[caption id="attachment_23758" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Rob Pralgo, Alec Peters, Ted Brunetti[/caption] Last Wednesday, Axanar's new director, Ted Brunetti, was visiting Atlanta, teaching at one of the top private schools in the area. So he and Rob Pralgo, who portrays Robert April, and I …Read Update
Axanar NewsSep 20, 2021Production Update - Studio Tech ScoutThis past Thursday I ran over to Gwinett High School, where Dana Wagner's wife teaches the video production courses to check out their amazing studio. It is a great size, and has lots of equipment. And for the November reshoots, where we have 3 actors on greenscreen, it is perfect . SO WHAT IS A T…Read Update
