While it’s been in the works for a while, the official crowdfunding push for the Star Trek: Voyager documentary project finally launched today — and has already blasted past its initial target goal.
Produced by the same team as the well-received What We Left Behind – Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine documentary which raised nearly $650,000, the Voyager edition is still far from complete, as additional footage needs to be filmed, licensing requirements need to be arranged with CBS for series footage, and plenty of production tasks have yet to be accomplished.
In their official Indigogo fundraiser campaign launched today, the team behind the project notes that the initial round of fundraising — which was targeted at $150,000, a goal hit and surpassed within just four hours — notes that they have a series of basic production needs:
We are still in the early stages of production with more interviews and support footage yet to be filmed. Once that is complete, Post-Production expenses will need to be covered such as editing, music, animation, color-correction, sound mixing and CBS/Star Trek footage licensing.
The more we raise on this Indiegogo campaign, the more creative ways we have of making this documentary unique.
Like the Deep Space Nine fundraiser, the Voyager documentary campaign has several tiers of donation levels, from a basic $5 tier (with no reward) to many levels of digital and physical rewards that can be earned through monetary contribution.
The $35 level is the minimum to get a the Blu-ray/DVD release of the finished documentary when ready for its projected 2022 debut (where we imagine many will set their sights) — but fans can also donate higher amounts for a set of lapel pins of the Voyager crew, private video chats with Star Trek stars and production staff, T-shirts and Delta Quadrant-themed postcards, tours of the Los Angeles area where many Star Trek location shoots took place, and even dinner with a select group of Trek actors.
One of the “add-on” perks is a replica of Captain Janeway’s famous steel coffee mug, which is available starting with the $50 “Bragging Rights” tier.
Additional stretch goals added so far including additional 3D graphics and animation at the $225,000 level, and a filmed Voyager cast reunion if $300,000 is raised — along with larger goals like extending the film’s running time and composing an original score.
(If we’re lucky, with further stretches, perhaps the project will be able to even remaster some original Voyager footage into high-definition, like the DS9 project was able to do.)
If you want to contribute to the campaign, head to Indigogo and check out all the details.
Keep your eye on TrekCore for all the latest news on the Star Trek: Voyager documentary project as it happens!