I have added this thread so that users of Startrekfans.net have a regular place on the site to catch up and stay informed with updates on the Star Trek New Voyages productions.

For those who have not heard of Star Trek New Voyages, it is a fan project involved in the creation of episodic film productions focusing on the original crew of the starship Enterprise. Produced by Cow Creek Films the entire crew has been recast and stories are set after the third season of Star Trek, designed as a continuation of the series. Once finished the "webisodes" are available for free download at their site newvoyages.com. The work they turn out is very good indeed and highly recommended, definitely worth a look!

Here is a copy of the teaser poster of their third full producion:

I have seen the first two episodes put out by this group and all I can say is.....WOW! They do a really first-rate job. I would reccomend this site to any and all TOS fans.

Hey all
If you ever get a chance to meet these guys do, there a great bunch of guys taht love star trek. I got to know James Cawley and some of his crew when he was down here in Ms doing his Elvis act at a casino, I love talking to them and spending time with them but I was sad when they left. If you havent check out there stuff go to there web site or check back here to know what's going on.


Brian

Slowly regaining conciousness after the two weeks of filming and getting too little sleep, I thought an update would be good...

Jack Marshall has already begun reviewing footage and even posted some screenshots!

Here are a few samples:





Here is a link our forums board and Jack's post: Jack's Post

I'll try to add a few "behind the scenes" shots as I continue to recoup after lack of sleep...

I have to thank James Cawley for fulfilling one of my dreams...

In our local fan club (USS Tahawus - Lake Placid, NY) my fictional character was an Efrosian (sp?). James promised me that someday we'd work it in.

With his push and Kevin Haney's incredible talents, my wish was granted and I was transformed into an alien for this episode.

I can't thank them enough ...

Is this the same race as the Federation President?

Yeppers... It sure is.

He looks like one tough dude!!

I'm really looking forward to this episode, I still can't get over how great some of the sets look!

Talk about news !!!

We can finally officially announce another BIG name involved with Star Trek New Voyages.

Seems many people have taken a liking to the artwork on the walls in the Briefing Room screen grab.
(In case you're not sure which picure I'm speaking of, it's at the bottom of this post.)

It has been officially released that those pieces of art are actually digitally inserted and they were created by none other than...
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Mike Okuda!!!

In Mike's own words

"I digitized the emblems for the aircraft carrier and the NASA space shuttle test flights for a personal project. The ring ship mission patch was something I worked up on my own time for the bar in "First Flight" (ENT). The registry number for the ring ship, XCV-330, comes from a Rick Sternbach painting that he did for the movie Enterprise rec deck, as seen in ST-TMP."

Just how many more surprises can we come up with?!!!

AHHHHH you are killing me Jlo lol the makeup looks awsome some man I wish I could have come up there and see you guys but with the hurricane hitting and now I will be moving to St.Louis Mo here soon kind of makes it hard to get places you know lol anyway awsome job to you and the rest of the crew. Say Hi to james, tim and the rest of the gang for me.

Brian from Mississippi soon to be in St.Louis

And isnt it the same race as the guy that you saw on the Saratoga in Star Trek IV The Voyage Home? It is a pretty cool race, and I love the TOS style clothes they gave you. Very Sarek-ie!!

It is my great pleasure to announce that members of the fan produced Star Trek New Voyages will be attending this year's United Fan Con in Springfield, MA on Saturday, November 12, 2005.

• New Voyages has produced and released two "webisodes" free of charge via the internet.
• October 2004's, "In Harms Way", the second webisode, has seen over 22 MILLION downloads!
• Our third production was written by D.C. Fontana and stars WALTER KOENIG reprising his role as Chekov, one last time!

Be sure to stop by our table on Saturday to meet the cast and crew on hand.

The following are currently planning on attending:


James Cawley - CAPTAIN KIRK, Executive Producer, Costumer, Props, Sets, ...


Charles Root - SCOTTY, Production Assistant


James Lowe - EFROSIAN AMBASSADOR, Art Director, Set Supervisor


Christian Lunderman - TELLERITE AMBASSADOR, Production Assistant


Linda Cleveland - HUMAN AMBASADOR, Production Assistant, Den Mother


Pat Cleveland - VULCAN AMBASSADOR, Production Assistant


Amanda Root - HUMAN AMBASSADOR, Production Assistant


Jeff Mailhotte - STARFLEET, Production Assistant


Debbie Mailhotte - GOLD SKINNED AMBASSADOR, Production Assistant


Jessica Mailhotte - ALIEN AMBASSADOR, Production Assistant


Timothy Sheffield - ALIEN AMBASSADOR, Production Assistant


Partick Bell - STARFLEET, Production Assistant

Man wish I could have been there but with all that has happen here in Ms and me moving to St.Louis very soon it will be hard for me to do any traveling but one day ONE DAY I tell you I will be back in full swing lol awsome cast you got there. Tell everyone I said Hi.

Brian

James Cawley and Jeff Quinn will be interviewed LIVE on G4's "Attack of the Show" tonight at 7pm. The show will be rebroadcast several times after the live run and on Friday it will be avaialable for download at G4's website.

Cool......thanks!

I get the live east coast feed here so that means 1600. They are finally doing something smart with what they mutated TSS into.

It was great and hope they have more like that if I"m not mistake Micheal Dorn will be on next tuesday on AOTS it was great

Brian

Great! I'll be watching the download!

This was posted at TrekToday.com regarding the interview on G4:

An official response to that particular news piece on Trek Today is coming very soon ... as in TODAY...

A TON of news released in the last few days on Star Trek New Voyages new webiste. Drop in and take a look around. And be sure to read the NEWS!

Hey there JLo
What's up with the website? being redone again lol anyway hope you are doing well.



Brian

I'm really looking forward to the next New Voyages episode! The last one. In Harm's Way, was excellent and it looks like you guys just keep getting better. When veterans like Walter Koenig, George Takei and Grace Lee Whitney want to be on your show you know you got something cookin'! Not to mention D.C. Fontana and David Gerrold writing episodes for you! I hope that New Voyages will live long and prosper!

Kevin

what do I need to watch the episodes? Do I need Bit Torrent, if so, how do I use it? I usually use .wmv files

Can one of you guys please provide a few links were I can download "Come What May", I saw about half of it ages ago but have not been able to find the whole thing.

The episodes are currently released in *.wmv format. They are then archived in *.zip format to try and make the download files a bit smaller and therefore faster to download.

To get the episode, simply log onto http://www.startreknewvoyages.com then:

• click on the left side of the splash screen for 800 x 600 site or click on right side of splash screen for 1024 x 768
  
• click on "Epsodes"
  
• choose site to download from
  

Star Trek New Voyages' pilot, "Come What May" is available via the following link:
COME WHAT MAY

thanks

good stuff, I'm looking forward to the future episodes

Thanks Jorel!

Even though this is prolly a competitor thereof, but has anyone tried out any of Starship Exeter yet?

I've seen the Starship Exeter stuff. While it is entertaining and well worth watching, it is vastly inferior to the quality of the New Voyages bunch.

Personally I prefer New Voyages because of the continuation aspect and of course the involvement of big names from the original series, but I did watch one story from Exeter and thought it was enjoyable. Worth a look at the very least.

New Voyages welcomes Sulu back to the Big E in "Center Seat". The New Voyages team invite you to take a look and let us know what you think!

To download the 5 minute video visit Star Trek New Voyages' Episode Downloads Page.

OH man thanks Jlo lol that was awsome I love hope to see you gays again soon.

Brian

It's been a crazy few months latley with Star Trek New Voyages. We are heavy into post production for our episode "To Serve All My Days" starring Walter Koening; prepping for two more episodes to be shot in September (including "The World Above, The Sky Below" starring George Takei) , getting our new forums/discussion boards up and running and now . . .

Well, let's just copy and paste the newsbit from StarTrekNewVoyages.com News

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James Cawley reports on the latest rumors and reports regarding a new STAR TREK online mini-series:

There have been inaccurate reports on the wire, so to set the record straight, here is the SCOOP!

A fan produced feature-length digital miniseries that starts shooting on July 12 called "Star Trek: Of Gods and Men" will be Produced in part by the team behind "New Voyages." This new webisode — which will be distributed on the Internet in three parts — stars Nichelle Nichols and Walter Koenig reprising their roles as "Uhura" and "Chekov," but in the post-Kirk time of Enterprise-B captain "John Harriman," reprised by Alan Ruck. Tim Russ will direct, and will also appear as a younger "Tuvok." The film will include other performances by Garrett Wang ("Harry Kim"), Chase Masterson ("Leeta"), Grace Lee Whitney ("Janice Rand"), Gary Graham ("Soval") and Crystal Allen (from "Bound"), along with some special "surprise" guests.

"Of Gods and Men" is executive produced by Sky Douglas Conway, head of PlanetXpo and producer of "Lady Magdalene's" and the "Roddenberry on Patrol" short films, and the script was written by Conway along with Jack Trevino and Ethan H. Calk, both of whom contributed to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes. Other behind-the-scenes professionals from the actual show will be involved, such as Doug Knapp as director of photography.

The miniseries will be shot in part on the "New Voyages" set in New York State, but is expected to include locations in Los Angeles. The movie's Web site is www.startrekofgodsandmen.com.

Cawley explains, "While we are thrilled to be helping with this endeavor, please remember that this is A SEPARATE project from "NEW VOYAGES." This project is/was started by Sky Conway. He contacted us, and asked us about the use of our sets, props and volunteers. We here at New Voyages are VOLUNTEERING behind the scenes to help Sky with his Trek dream. This is his project and we are along for what is sure to be a fun ride. NO money is being made. We are not being paid and we are not charging for the use of our sets. We are still abiding by the guidelines given to us by Paramount more than two years ago.

"The fan films are a vital part of Star Trek and it's history. No other franchise on the planet can boast of such a dedicated and vocal fanbase! It is our dream that CBS/Paramount will someday license and support these Fan films. They already license fan fiction thru their pocket books division, this would be the next logical step! At any rate We are grateful to CBS/PARAMOUNT for 40 years of this enduring legacy, called Star Trek. We here at New Voyages support and thank them."

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Crazy, busy world here at New Voyages!

Wow! Thats great news. I can't wait to see the finished product!

Wow! This sounds amazing and awesome. Can't wait to see this!

If you haven't yet seen the product that the New Voyages group puts out, I would urge you to do so. They have finished 2 episodes that are available for download at no cost to you. Check it out.

www.newvoyages.com

New Voyages is still alive and kicking. We've just released our first eMagazine filled with behind the scenes pictures, interviews, preproduction notes and more!

The 35 page, 23M Adobe Acrobat (*.pdf) file can be found HERE!

I'm waiting for their next episode.

Can you burn them for future watching ?

I believe the next episode is the "Sulu" episode. I hope its better than the "Chekov" episode.

The Chekov one was disappointing. The Sulu one has got to be better.
As for burning them onto DVD for future viewing, I am not sure. I've never tried it.

I believe that if you write to them or email them, they will send you a dvd.

There are several programs out there that can assist in conveting the files and burning them to DVD.

"To Serve All My Days" in DVD format should be coming this spring.

Thank you bright eyes

other then burning them
Can we order them from you.
Money helps with production?

They are forbidden by law to profit from the sale of dvds. However, I'm pretty sure that they can take donations in general.

Interesting. But only if they're a non-profit type of organization, right? Wouldn't they have to be in order to accept donations?

They CAN NOT take monetary donations as accepting money of any kind violates their agreement with CBS/Paramount--which outlines their use of the Star Trek francise in an amateur not-for-profit production. They do take gift cards from Home Depot and like places, as well as donations of items for the sets and filming. They have a wish list on their site. They don't send out dvd copies except as acknowlegement to people who donate. Distrubution of dvds violates their agreement. They also can not charge people to see their films at conventions or other venues.

The first episode, In Harm's Way is available from their mirror sites in dvd file format. TSAMD is not yet, and they have promised a special edition, with vintage commercials and a surprise, when they release the dvd formatted files. They prefer you wait for the official dvd version to be released on their site before making a dvd.

However, if you can't wait you can visit their forums there are many good discussions on how to convert the files to a format which will burn on a dvd. Then you miss out on the special edition with the surprise!