The official bid to get the cult UPN/CW show Veronica Mars on the big screen kicked off today with a bang. The Kickstarter campaign started by series creator Rob Thomas and star Kristen Bell, which also has franchise owner Warner Bros.’ blessing, is highlighted by a video shot last year which reunited the show’s cast. If the target of raising $2 million in 30 days is met, the big screen version of the show, which aired 64 episodes from 2004-2007, will begin production this summer for an early 2014 release.
As of this writing over 27,000 loyal backers have thrown in more than $1,750,000 in donations to get their beloved mystery solving gang from Neptune back together. And this is just the first day. It will undoubtedly hit its goal shortly, proving for this show that the Kickstarter idea was not only a big winner, but the loyal fan base exists to support it. It makes you wonder which cult shows could also earn resurrection through fan based funding. I’m sure the floodgates have been officially blown wide open with aspirations to repeat this with other properties. My fellow Browncoats are now all in a tizzy to get Firefly in on this…
Per Rob Thomas, the perks for donating, depending on the amount you give, range from t-shirts, copies of the final film on DVD, signed movie one-sheets, personalized video greetings, recorded outgoing voicemail messages from Kristen Bell, to tickets to the red carpet premiere and after party. There are even options for super fans with a lot of expendable cash for background and featured extra roles in the movie, as well as getting a theatrical screening scheduled in your hometown.
You can check out the Kickstarter page here for all the details. With the promised interactive portions to this project, it will be fun to follow it from start to finish.
SOURCE: The Veronica Mars Movie Project
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