The short reportedly used an unlicensed remix of The Prodigy’s “Breathe” and a visual homage to Trigun and Firefly. The creator, Kurt F. Powell (PKF), may have received a cease-and-desist, forcing him to delete all public copies.
Several university film programs (NYU, SCAD, Ringling) require students to form temporary “studios” for credit. A 2018 Ringling College of Art and Design directory lists “Powell, Kurt F. (PKF Studios)” as the director of a 12-minute CG short titled Maverick: Beyond the Pale. A comment on a Ringling Discord server says: “Kurt’s film was insane—space western with a cyborg horse. He never released it publicly because of music rights.” pkf studios nova maverick beyond the pale link
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From the few surviving screenshots (posted on Imgur in 2019 by user “deleted-7g3k”), Nova Maverick appears to be a sci-fi western with: