Project Yellow Sphere

The enigmatically titled internet short film Project Yellow Sphere debuts, revealed to be a semi-serious, six-minute live-action-plus-CGI proof-of-concept trailer for a potential Pac-Man movie. Shot and produced entirely at commercial production house Steelehouse Productions in Tulsa, Oklahoma, it’s the closest anyone has gotten to mounting a long-talked about Pac-Man film. Read more Hear about it on the Sci-Fi 5 podcast

Star Trek Phase II: The Child

Star Trek Phase IIThe internet-based fan film Star Trek: Phase II releases its eighth full-length episode, The Child, based on the original version of a Star Trek: Phase II story written in the 1970s (which was eventually hurriedly recycled into TNG’s second season finale after the 1988 Writers’ Guild strike). Jon Povill, the original co-writer of the 1970s script, directs. Read more

Starship Exeter: The Tressaurian Intersection

The Tressaurian IntersectionThe fan-produced Star Trek production Starship Exeter releases its second episode after a delay of several years; though filmed in 2004 (and partially released at the time), the complete episode has not been released until now. The episode is co-written by Dennis Russell Bailey, who also had a hand in writing the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Tin Man. Read more

Prelude To Axanar

Prelude To AxanarThe Star Trek fan production Prelude To Axanar is released to the internet as part of a crowdfunding campaign for a full-length Axanar project. The record-setting amount raised by the crowdfunding effort, as well as later Axanar merchandising efforts and questions about what is done with the funds raised, lead to a lawsuit and, later, CBS setting down much more restrictive rules for fan-generated Star Trek video content. Read more

Star Trek Continues: The White Iris

Star Trek ContinuesThe fourth full-length Star Trek Continues webisode, The White Iris, debuts on YouTube. Guest stars include Colin Baker (Doctor Who) and Adrienne Wilkinson (Xena: Warrior Princess), and the story refers back to the events of numerous episodes of the original Star Trek. Read more