To this day, Veronica Mars remains one of the most successful Kickstarter projects of all time with $5.7M raised from over 90,000 backers. Fans were enraptured by the idea that they could literally bring their favorite long-dead show back to life, and they simply threw money at the project, funding its $2M goal almost instantly, and heaping even more cash on it in the month that followed. …read more
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Here’s the teaser trailer for the upcoming Veronica Mars movie that was shown at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday. Enjoy:
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Today, we were all Marshmallows.
Creator and filmmaker Rob Thomas was joined by star Kristen Bell at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday to finally present fans — or is that investors? — with their first look at the movie they helped finally make happen: Veronica Mars, based on the short-lived, but beloved CW television series.
They were joined by cast members Francis Capra (Eli ‘Weevil’ Navarro), Enrico Colantoni (Keith Mars), Percy Daggs III (Wallace Fennel), Jason Dohring (Logan Echolls), Ryan Hansen (Dick Casablancas), Chris Lowell (Stosh ‘Piz’ Piznarski), Tina Majorino (Cindy ‘Mac’ Mackenzie), and Krysten Ritter (Gia Goodman).
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LOS ANGELES, July 16 (UPI) — Hollywood writer-director-producer Rob Thomas says he is co-writing two books that will pick up where his “Veronica Mars” movie ends. …read more
Fans of Veronica Mars know there’s plenty of cameo potential for the upcoming film. Sadly, Gossip Girl’s Leighton Meester is not one of those returning for the new movie.
According to writer-director Rob Thomas (via TheWrap), Meester was not available to reprise her role as Carrie Bishop, due to scheduling conflicts. Instead, Thomas has decided to go with the lead singer of Twin Sister, Andrea Estella, for the part. He also plans to include a few of the band’s songs in the film.
“One of the reasons I wanted Leighton, beyond her talent/beauty/history in the show, was that we needed a performer who could sing in this important role,” Thomas said in a recent Kickstarter update. “Once it became evident that we couldn’t make Leighton’s schedule work, I decided to cast someone from a band I already wanted in the movie.”
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LOS ANGELES, July 15 (UPI) — Andrea Estella has replaced Leighton Meester in the role of Carrie Bishop in the California-set “Veronica Mars” movie, creator Rob Thomas said. …read more
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Leighton Meester will not be in the “Veronica Mars” movie.
Instead, Carrie Bishop, the role she played on the “Veronica Mars” TV series, will be played by musician Andrea Estella. Estella is the lead singer of the band Twin Sister.
Series creator and film director Rob Thomas announced the casting news in an email to Kickstarter backers. Thomas said scheduling conflicts prevented Meester from appearing in the “Veronica Mars” movie.
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Could Heroes be making a comeback? It’s an odd and interesting time for TV fandom, as the return of Arrested Development on Netflix and the revival of Veronica Mars (via a Kickstarted movie) is causing a lot more “Hey, maybe this could come back too!” discussion about all sorts of shows.
TVLine is reporting that a Heroes revival is indeed as possibility though, with MSN – in the midst of planning a bigger push of original programming via Xbox – in talks to launch a new version of the superhero series that originally aired an on NBC from 2006-2010.
Unlike true cult (as in low rated, but holding onto a passionate fanbase) series like Arrested Development and Veronica Mars, Heroes was once a huge hit, only to suffer big ratings drops over its four year run, as the show suffered a lot of criticism from the press and its fans over story decisions made after the popular first season.
From: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/04/17/msn-and-xbox-may-revive-heroes
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Jon Hamm is a fan of “Veronica Mars,” or at least its creator Rob Thomas.
“It’s awesome that happened” Hamm told the New York Post regarding the successful “Veronica Mars” Kickstarter revival. “I know Rob Thomas and I’m a fan.”
Thomas’ “Veronica Mars” movie Kickstarter successfully raised more than $5.7 million and the film will shoot during the summer of 2013 with a 2014 release date.
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With the Veronica Mars Kickstarter ending today having earned well over its $2 million goal — it’s now at $5.3 million and still climbing — creator Rob Thomas has revealed plans to bring the picture to July’s San Diego Comic-Con.
There’s no word on exactly who will be present from the cast — Kristen Bell is a shoe-in, right? — but in a letter sent through Kickstarter to the flick’s backers, Thomas said that there will be autograph signings, a private party, and that there is even an official panel in the works.
“We’re still working with the organizers to figure out if we’ll be holding an official, scheduled panel as part of Comic-Con,” Thomas said. “I’ll be there, along with as many of our cast members as I can bring along, and we’ll be doing an exclusive Q&A session.”
From: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/04/12/veronica-mars-goes-to-comic-con
Rob Thomas sent out another Veronica Mars movie update last night informing backers that he’s officially completed the first draft of the screenplay.
“There’s a lot of work left to do,” Thomas wrote, “but it’s a movie I can’t wait to make. I think it’s also the movie you’ve been waiting to see.” He also attached the following photo, which contains the last line from the script:
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Writer-director Rob Thomas announced this week that original series cast member Jason Dohring is officially on board for the Veronica Mars movie being funded by Kickstarter. The actor will reprise his role as Logan Echolls.
“We now have three actors officially cast. Veronica (Kristen Bell). Logan and the waiter who says, ‘Your check, sir,'” said Thomas in a news alert sent through Kickstarter for project backers. “Don’t worry. We’re busily working on bringing your favorites into the fold. As a Veronica Mars backer, you’ll be the first to know.”
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Welcome back to Keepin’ It Reel! In this week’s podcast, Jim Vejvoda and Chris Carle bring you the latest in genre movie news.
After tackling last weekend’s box office — where Oz the Great and Powerful remained the No. 1 movie in North America — the fellas discuss the biggest movie news of the week, including Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Justice League of America, Ninja Turtles, Star Trek Into Darkness, Veronica Mars, Jurassic Park IV, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Escape From New York, and more.
Lastly, we predict which new release — The Croods, Admission or Olympus Has Fallen — might top the weekend box office.
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(AP)—After years of hope, stalled efforts and studio frustration, “Veronica Mars” creator Rob Thomas watched a long-held dream come to fruition in a sudden digital rush. …read more
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With the planned Veronica Mars movie now approaching the $4 million mark on Kickstarter, people are beginning to wonder what the film will actually be about. In other words: What’s happened to our V. Mars over the last decade? We know that the film will center around a 10-year class reunion for the graduates of Neptune High. In a recent chat with TV Line, series creator Rob Thomas said that, “Fans want to see those all those characters back together again, and the reunion set piece allows me to do that.”
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There’s been a lot of talk about Kickstarter’s potential to help revive beloved television shows as one-off films following the meteoric and record breaking success of the Veronica Mars movie campaign.
There was, of course, some controversy surrounding the use of the outlet to help back a studio owned property. More than that, though, fans have been speculating about how Kickstarter may be able to help shows that were cancelled before their time – and have since gained a cult following as Veronica Mars did – to come back to life. Joss Whedon weighed in on Firefly as did Zack Levi on Chuck.
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By The Huffington Post News Editors
“Veronica Mars” ended its run on TV with the title character walking away into a pouring rain. It was a bleak finale with a tiny cliffhanger: Veronica (Kristen Bell) had basically destroyed her father’s chances at being reelected sheriff and their relationship was fractured.
Now, six years later, the character will return in a blaze of glory, thanks to a movie Kickstarter campaign from “Veronica Mars” creator Rob Thomas backed by Bell. The Kickstarter campaign promised a movie reunion would happen if it raised $2 million in 30 days, but fans made that happen in approximately 11 hours, ensuring new life for “Mars.”
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The implications of the Veronica Mars movie actually happening thanks to Kickstarter are pretty huge. No, it doesn’t mean we’re suddenly going to get every cancelled cult TV series ever getting an instant revival. There are obviously a lot of obstacles to get past in any of these scenarios, especially when major studios own these series and characters. But it’s obvious that plenty of people are paying attention to Veronica Mars coming back in the way it did and several notable actors and writer/producers have openly been tweeting and writing about the situation this week, pondering if it might be a method to wrap up a story they’re itching to return to. There are a lot of TV series out there with small but dedicated fanbases with similar scenarios where a studio doesn’t see enough of an incentive to revive the project on its own… but with fans actively helping get it off the ground, well, that’s another story.
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It wasn’t long after Rob Thomas and Kristen Bell announced their Kickstarter campaign for a Veronica Mars movie that people began to wonder if the same thing could be done for other short-lived TV series. Of course, one of the first shows that pops into everybody’s mind is Joss Whedon’s Firefly.
However, some might argue that Whedon accomplished a similar goal in 2005 with Serenity; in a lot of ways, Whedon was kind of the “proto-Kickstarter,” if you will, in terms of TV/feature revivals. Nevertheless, Browncoats are a determined bunch, and the prospect of more Firefly is always a tantalizing thought. But Whedon says that, even though he’s elated for Veronica Mars, that doesn’t necessarily mean the same thing will happen for Firefly.
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By Brian Solomon, Forbes Staff
This week two incredible things happened on the Internet. First, a Veronica Mars movie was funded via Kickstarter to the tune of $2 million in just 10 hours. Second, Google announced that free RSS service Google Reader would be shut down. …read more
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