![]() ![]() SAMUEL COCKINGS recently released his trailer for STAR TREK: TEMPORAL ANOMALY, a fan production he has been working on for five years. CBS requested strongly (but politely) that Tommy shut down the project, and he complied.ĬBS has been pretty quiet since then when it comes to fan films, until now. The first time post-lawsuit that CBS contacted a fan filmmaker with concerns was early in 2016 when Tommy Kraft was trying to raise $250,000 for Star Trek: Federation Rising, his sequel to Star Trek: Horizon. In fact, it’s possible that their experience in the Axanar lawsuit has resulted in a new approach to dealing with Star Trek fan films that concern them: Ask questions first, shoot later. Okay, no one panic! CBS isn’t going all lawsuit-happy again. So what’s the good, bad, and shocking news?Ĭontinue reading “TEMPORAL ANOMALY concludes talks with CBS, gets small guideline EXEMPTION and release plans!” Author Jonathan Lane Posted on ApCategories Fan Film Features, News Tags Samuel Cockings, Star Trek: Temporal Anomaly 20 Comments on TEMPORAL ANOMALY concludes talks with CBS, gets small guideline EXEMPTION and release plans! CBS contacts and delays the STAR TREK: TEMPORAL ANOMALY fan film! Although many other fan films liberally use existing Trek background music, Temporal Anomaly had gotten on CBS’s radar, and the studio wasn’t going to ignore the obvious. Granted, Samuel only needed it for a brief intro sequence at the beginning and a short epilogue at the end, but still…not kosher with the suits at CBS.Īnd finally, there was the music, nearly all of which is existing copyrighted scores from various Star Trek TV series. The third problem was that the trailer included footage taken from actual TNG movies with Picard, Riker, Data, Worf, and Troi on the bridge. Of course, Star Trek Continues released five full-hour episodes after the guidelines were announced (four of them having been filmed and produced after the announcement), and STC was never stopped by CBS. The guidelines specify a maximum of two 15-minute separate fan films. The second problem was length, about 50 minutes long. No problem there:” Temporal Anomaly – A Star Trek Fan Film” it is! ![]() The fan film guidelines don’t allow for the name “ Star Trek” to be part of the title. Weeks earlier, Samuel had released this trailer that raised a few red flags with the corporate Star Trek copyright owners. As you might recall from this blog update that I posted last month, CBS had contacted show-runner SAMUEL COCKINGS with some concerns over his soon-to-launch fan film. Well, folks, there’s some good news, some bad news, and some rather shocking news involving the fan production STAR TREK: TEMPORAL ANOMALY. And when it does, I’ve got a great audio interview with His Royal Trekness that you’re all gonna enjoy listening to.īut right now, in anticipation of the impending release of five and a half years of work and dedication, Samuel has posted a special video which takes a look back at the journey…including footage of himself from 2013 and his initial Kickstarter campaign plus comparisons of shots and CGI from back then with what we’ll see in just a couple more weeks. Those CBS changes have required nearly ten months to complete, but now Temporal Anomaly is nearly ready to premiere later this month. So…kudos to CBS for finally taking a chill pill. But rather than shut him down completely, CBS worked with Samuel to find a way that he could release his fan film and not have to toss all of his hard work. His skills and resources were constantly expanding, and his abilities to create a better and better looking fan film around that green screen footage were growing by the day!Įarly last year, however, just as he was finally planning to debut his long-awaited fan film, Samuel released a trailer that included footage of Picard, Riker, Worf, Troi, etc.-who would be in a short 90-second “prologue” to the film-and got the attention of CBS (and not in a good way). To be fair to Samuel, he was doing anything BUT procrastinating during that time. Compared to some of the Trek fan films at the time, this was a “humble” amount, but it was enough to assemble half a dozen actors, get them into Stafleet uniforms, and film them in front of green screens for a nearly hour-long fan video movie. A month later, he’d raised £1,741 (about $2,700) with 27 backers. “There” was 2013 when he launched a Kickstarter to fund his fan film project, STAR TREK: TEMPORAL ANOMALY. For SAMUEL COCKINGS, the Harry Potter of CGI, it has truly been a long road getting from there to here. ![]()
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