Yorktown: A Time to Heal (Sulu fan film)

[Captain Atkin]

Production on "Yorktown: A Time to Heal" (Stan Woo's classic fan film from the 1980s) is back under way! The film stars George Takei as Sulu, and James Shigeta as Admiral Nogura. We felt it was time to start a new thread that concentrates on the film's ongoing development, that will help keep everyone up to date on the film's progress.



This week, we posted our new VFX teaser trailer, which shows some of the new CGI that will be going into the film. The original film is in the process of being transfered, and we aim to have a final edit done in 2012. We have a few new scenes that need to be filmed, which will be spliced into the existing film, and made to match with the original footage. The VFX teaser trailer can be seen on Youtube at http://youtu.be/mswALTOF5Hg




YORKTOWN: A TIME TO HEAL

Producer: Stan Woo
Executive Producer: Jem Ong Woo
Supervising Producer: John Atkin
Associate Producer: Teresa E. Victor
Screenplay: Dov Schwarz, Stan Woo, and Paul McCudden
Director: Alan Smithee
Second Unit Director: William Allison
Assistant Director: Irv Weiss
Editors: Kyle Wilson, Juan Kalafatovich
Cinematography: Gaston Biraben
Art Direction: Roger Whiter
Costume Designer: Kathy Pillsbury (concepts by Stan Woo)
Sound Designer: Theodore McClendon
Music: Christopher Barr
Special Effects: Roland Baron
Production Illustrator: Andrew Probert

Cast: George Takei, James Shigeta, J.J. Silvia, Stan Woo, Wil Rodriguez, Lance Williams, Teresa E. Victor, Kathy Pillsbury, Joseph Kerezman, Bob Whiter, Roger Whiter, Alan Salopek, Brian O'Brien, Tina Hovath, Steve Goodpastor, Patricia Ann Cochran, John Atkin, Jesse Tebbs, Ashley Lotecki, Ron Boyd, Liam Collins

Characters: Admiral Heihachiro Nogura, Lt. Commander Hikaru Sulu, Captain Bradley Frame, and Lt. Jeffrey R. Pond, to name a few.



Timeframe: Era between ST:TOS and ST:TMP.
Sets: Mostly locations and some sets.
Quality: Rank Cintel Scanned Super 8 Film.

Base of Operations: Los Angeles, California, USA (1985-1987); Toronto, Ontario, Canada (2010-Present).

Plot Summary: Having escaped capture by the Klingons, a damaged Starfleet reconnaissance probe crashes undetected on the planet Pahl III. Hikaru Sulu, serving as first officer on the retrofitted USS Yorktown, is sent by Admiral Nogura on a secret mission to help locate the missing spy drone. In order to prevent a catastrophic war from igniting with the Klingons, the USS Yorktown (under the command of Captain Bradley Frame) races against time to find the lost drone, with orders to conceal its existence. At the same time, a terrorist group called S.H.A.R.K. discover the drone's location, and plot to steal the device and use it for their own nefarious means.

Running Time: 22 minutes.

Originally shot from 1985-1987, and on hiatus since 1987. All pricipal photography completed. ADR is partially completed. Visual Effects currently in development by VFX artist Roland Baron. New music being produced by Christopher Barr. Current digital technolgy is being used to finish the film. A script is currently being prepared to incorporate new changes made during post-production. Screenwriter Paul McCudden ("From the Earth to the Moon") is currently finishing the script.

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[evil_genius_180]

Roland Baron is a friend of mine from some 3D art forums I frequent, so I saw the ship as he was putting it together and the teaser trailer that he did.  Both are fantastic (but that's typical for Roland.)  It's great that you guys are going to be able to finish the film after all this time.  That's gotta feel good, even if it does come 24 years late.  It's better late than never.  I can't wait to see it. 

[Captain Atkin]

Roland Baron is a friend of mine from some 3D art forums I frequent, so I saw the ship as he was putting it together and the teaser trailer that he did.  Both are fantastic (but that's typical for Roland.)

Roland Baron has done an amazing job. His work is simply outstanding. We have a few ships that will be appearing in the film that are based on designs by Andrew Probert, and Roland will be doing all of the CGI & Rendering.

Here are three new shots of the USS Yorktown, as she appears at the beginning of the fan film. This is how the ship looks before it is given a refit.





...and this is the ship after she receives a refit in the film:

[evil_genius_180]

Yeah, Roland is a great guy and one of the best artists I know.  He did an awesome job interpreting Andrew's sketch. 

[FGL]

So.... when can we expect the next episode? (just kidding)

[Ken Symes]

Wow! The Yorktown goes through quite the extensive refit! You`ve definitely peeked my interest (again) with these pics and posts.

[Ken Symes]

The VFX trailer is really cool! The music is very nice. I`m impressed.

I see your base of operations is Toronto! I live in the GTA. Let me know if there`s anything I can do to help. I`m a communications professional, so I have skills in marketing and promotion, copy writing and social media engagement. I also have a radio voice if that would be helpful. It looks like you`re giving the original work a very thorough post-production workover and modernization. I`m very excited by what the result will be.

[Sikileia]

Cooooollll!!!

[Ken Symes]

The VFX trailer is GREAT! I can't wait to see a trailer which adds some of that original film footage. This is an awesome project guys! Great work. so far!

[Captain Atkin]

Here some more pics from the film from the 1980s:

George Takei on location in the Angeles National Forrest.






Captain Frame (Captain of the USS Yorktown)


Stan Woo and George Takei completing ADR work on "Yorktown: A Time to Heal."


Teresa E. Victor (Admiral Lori Ciana) and James Shigeta (Admiral Nogura) complete a take on the Starbase 7 set.

Original physical model of the USS Yorktown (1986).


The VFX teaser trailer can be seen on Youtube at http://youtu.be/mswALTOF5Hg

[evil_genius_180]

Those are some great pictures.  I see you guys included the character Lori Ciana from the Lost Years books, that's cool.  What happened to the phyiscal model?  Was it destroyed or lost or what?  Or does it still exist in someone's garage or basement?

[Ken Symes]

Very cool pictures, Captain Atkin. This is a GREAT project. If there's anything I can do to help, let me know.