Our Story
Star
Trek: Lexington (New Beginnings) is a fan
film series taking place in the Star Trek: The Motion Picture era; more
specifically, after the events seen in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (2286-2287),
following the crew of the USS Lexington (NCC-1709-A), a Odysseus-class
starship.
Star
Trek: Lexington was originally
conceived as a series of short stories. The first short story, entitled "A
trip to the past", was written on 15 August 1986, a few months before Star
Trek: The Next Generation aired. The decision to make Lexington a
live-action series was made in August 2004 when Star Trek: New Voyages
premiered with their episode "Come What May".
An original pilot was commissioned and filmed
in 2007-2008 in Birmingham, Alabama but due to a hard drive failure, the
majority of the footage was forever lost.
The producers, after a hiatus to take stock of the situation and train on
new hardware and software coming available, decided to recently restart the series,
as most of the original cast and crew had left the production. To honor their
work, Lexington producers decided to recast and crew, going so far as to
creating a some new characters and use a new ship. The new ship is a semi-canon
Odysseus-class starship, designed by Todd Gunther and James Snaith.
The production is currently based in
Birmingham, Alabama and you can be a part of the
project with us by becoming a supporter on Indiegogo! We are also offering a
variety of really cool rewards, which you can find on the Indiegogo web page to
the right. So welcome aboard the U.S.S.
Lexington and be a part of this exciting Star Trek adventure!
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The
Impact
Many of our volunteers are local to the
Birmingham area and our goal is to have anyone willing to work on a fan film be
given the chance to do so. 100% of any and all donations will go
toward the production; no profit will ever be made from our production.
Paramount/CBS is aware of our
production and that we are following all the rules they have laid down in
regards to using the copyrighted Star Trek names and designs.
What We Need & What You Get
We estimate that the minimum help needed is $10,000
to build the Costumes, Props, and other material to produce our pilot episode.
Here is information on how your donation will be used.
Here are our estimates of some of what is needed for the pilot episode
Uniforms (excluding pins and accessories): $1,000-1,500 (some already donated)
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Uniforms pins and accessories: $500-750 (some already donated)
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Non-duty costumes & Props: $1,000-1,500 (some already donated)
Greenscreening materials: $500-750 (some already donated)
Makeup for cast members: $750-1,200
Craft services
for cast & crew: $750-1,000
Camera Equipment: $2000 - 3000 (some already donated)
Audio Equipment: $2000 – 2,500 (some already donated)
Lighting Equipment: $1,000 – 1,500 (some
already donated)
Our growing group is dedicated to this
project and have been since 2004. We will succeed in our goal to produce
a quality show and share some knowledge that will benefit people that want to
choose this path in life.
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We look forward to achieving our fundraising
goal and share some exciting stories with you!
Thank you for taking the time to read our
story.
You may join us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Star-Trek-Lexington/151400341691102
& https://www.facebook.com/groups/StarTrekLexingtonNewBeginnings
Other Ways You Can Help
If you can't donate we can always use
Volunteers in any capacity! We are based in Birmingham, AL, so if you live in Alabama,
Mississippi, Georgia, northern Florida or southern Tennessee, you are close
enough to help out! Please contact us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/StarTrekLexingtonNewBeginnings
if you would like to help.
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