{"id":36110,"date":"2014-08-27T11:14:29","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T18:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=36110"},"modified":"2014-08-27T11:14:29","modified_gmt":"2014-08-27T18:14:29","slug":"fan-film-axanar-kickstarter-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2014\/08\/fan-film-axanar-kickstarter-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Fan Film Axanar Kickstarter Success"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thanks in part to the help of George Takei<\/strong> in getting the word out, the Star Trek: Axanar<\/em> Kickstarter<\/em> has far exceeded its original funding goal.<\/p>\n

Takei sent a tweet to his followers on the final day of the fundraising campaign. “Battlestations! RT if you want exciting new Star Trek<\/em> filmmaking. Let’s make this happen–just hours left to help.”<\/p>\n

That tweet evidently was worth around $200,000, according to the Axanar<\/em> filmmakers. In all, they raised $634,471, over six times their original stated goal of $100,000.<\/p>\n

“The response to our Kickstarter<\/em> has been amazing and because of the help of George Takei, we blew through $500,000 and now $600,000,” they said, via their fundraising page. “We never dreamed we would get close to original amount we said we needed.”<\/p>\n

“Well, due to all your generosity,” the filmmakers added, “we have everything we need for the sets and studio and are well on our way to covering most of the budget.”<\/p>\n

Filming on the ninety-minute film is expected to begin in December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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