"After pushing a nearly year-and-a-half copyright battle with fan filmmakers    
   towards a settlement earlier this year, CBS and Star Trek New Voyages producer    
   James Cawley announced the creation of a Star Trek Film Academy equipped to   
   train    
   interested creators and produce future fan films.   
      
   “Learn the art of Star Trek filmmaking from those who made it,” Cawley   
   said when    
   announcing the initiative at the Star Trek Las Vegas Convention this weekend.    
   “From gaffing to costuming to special effects, fans will work side by side   
   with    
   talented Star Trek artists to create short vignettes from beginning to end.”   
      
   This marks the first official, CBS-sanctioned fan filmmaking effort in Trek's   
   50-   
   plus year history. The academy will start business in the fall with the first    
   films expected in Spring 2018. Unlike prior Trek fan films or those made under    
   newly announced guidelines, films done through the Star Trek Film Academy will   
   be    
   able to employ people who've worked on professional Trek productions."   
      
   See:   
      
   https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/08/evidently-embracing-trek-   
   an-films-cbs-announces-star-trek-film-academy-course/   
      
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