1. Ex-Axanar Directors Raising $75,000 for 9-Part Documentary to Expose Peters

• Toxic Über-Fan. The proposed documentary is a collaboration by the three directors who were once part of Axanar producer Alec Peters' inner circle. They witnessed firsthand how people "intoxicated by the things they love can fall victim to 'toxic über-fans' who prey on their passions while picking their pockets." Case in point: Alec Peters.

• Paul Jenkins, a New York Time best-selling writer, is currently being sued by Peters for defamation over Jenkins' public departure from the project after a series of Peters' troubling behavior, including financial mismanagement.
• Robert Meyer Burnett, a writer and film editor with long-held ties to Star Trek, stuck with Peters through the arduous copyright lawsuit eventually settled with CBS and Paramount Pictures, only to be unsuccessfully sued himself by Peters, who accused him of stealing from the production.
• Christian Gossett, director of the wildly successful short, Prelude to Axanar, now a steadily working Hollywood director, left the project after Peters, who had very little experience in film production, stepped in to grab complete control of what eventually became nearly $2 million in donations for film he never made.

Peters is featured as an example of a "super fan" who "develops an obsession for an imaginary world and one broken character in particular [that] manifests itself in ways that become more and more destructive. … Millions of dollars and a dozen ruined lives later, [he] continues to build his cult of personality — bilking fellow fans in the process and escaping consequences by bending the rules of … the legal system to intimidate others and provide cover so he can continue to grift."
    — Battle for Axanar.com

2. Peters Lashes Out With Legal Threats at Enemies, Lending Proof to Charge He is a 'Vexatious Litigant'

vexatious adj. afflicting, aggravating, annoying, burdensome
     (Law) (of a legal action or proceeding) instituted without sufficient grounds, esp. so as to cause annoyance or embarrassment to the defendant
'vexatious litigation'

• ‘You will lose.’ As often happens when negative news about him goes public, Peters takes to friendly Facebook groups to hit back:
  • "So, Dean Newbury and Jarrod Hunt are doing a GoFundMe for legal fees as I am suing them for for over $100,000 for screwing me in a deal. … They want to act the victims," he posted. "You two think you can handle that? And when you lose, and you will lose, then you will not only pay the $100,000+ you owe me, but my legal fees."
• ‘Shooting off his mouth.’ Peters' next target in the Facebook post was former Axanar director Robert Meyer Burnett, whom Peters unsuccessfully sued last year:
  • "And as to Rob Burnett, shooting off his mouth as usual, I haven't finished with you," Peters threatened. "I would have sued you in [California] court this month if I didn't have to sue Paul Jenkins for defamation (and now, filing a false copyright)."
  • He then crowed, "Yeah, I have two lawsuits going at the same time, because I can afford it." He added, "When you screw someone, expect to pay the consequences. Especially when that person is a lawyer with resources."
• ‘A lawyer with resources.’ As he often does, Peters parades the fact he has a law degree in present tense when he actually has never practiced law in the 33 years since he graduated from law school in North Carolina. He is an active member of the bar in no state.
• ‘Kind of gross.’ Although the Real Truth About Axanar is filled with members who generally support everything Peters says, not so in response to this post. Member James Elder chastised Peters:
  • "What is this ongoing need to air your personal business in public?" Elder asked. "Whether you are right or wrong, strutting around on social media about how much money you have to sue people and how great were to them is kind of gross. … When you get like this it’s like you have something to prove. Do you need to convince us or yourself?"

3. ‘Interlude’ Release Remains a Question Mark

• Visual effects. The pseudonymous Lewis Anderson only recently finished rendering Interlude's 20 visual effects shots, though some tweaking still needs to be completed.
• Re-recording voiceover. After criticism that one character, supposedly a Russian, instead sounded Scottish, Lane asked the actor to re-record his lines with a cleaned-up accent.
• Music. The original score by Emmy-winning composer Kevin Croxton is about 75 percent complete.
• Sound mix. Once Croxton's score is complete, Mark Edward Lewis can mix all the dialog, music, sound effects and background voice tracks.
• Flooding. Unfortunately, Lane, writes, a firm completion date remains unknown because Lewis, a Tennessee resident, had his basement sound studio flooded by a recent hurricane, requiring $40,000 in repairs.
• Stealing the spotlight. Finally, Lane explained, that with about seven other fan films expected to be released between now and early next year, "I also have to make sure I don’t step on any other fan filmmakers’ toes."

4. Update on Former Employees' GoFundMe Legal Defense Fund Against Peters Lawsuit

• $2,400 has been raised of the $8,000 sought by Jarrod Hunt and Dean Newbury to defend against Peters' suit. Their GoFundMe campaign is here.
• Flawed legal complaint. As has become a habit with Peters' legal complaint, we pointed out some big potential flaws in his filing.
  • California versus Nevada. We wondered why Peters was suing the pair and their Nevada company, The Prop Block, for a sale that occurred before that company existed, and when they were operating as a California LLC.
  • Statute of limitations. The reason may center on California's two-year statute of limitations on oral contracts (Peters has produced no written agreement about the sale). That would've expired last year for the 2017 sale.
    • Nevada's statue of limitations, on the other hand, provides for four years in which to bring suit over such a contract.