THERE IS A KICKSTARTER FOR A VERONICA MARS MOVIE

[XxSephirothxX]

Rob Thomas, Kristin Bell and just about the whole damn Veronica Mars gang are getting back together for one last shot at a Veronica Mars movie. And they're doing it through Kickstarter, trying to raise 2 million bucks to make the movie.

"Wait a second," you're thinking. "Two million dollars isn't enough to make a movie!" Well, probably not. Turns out, Warner Bros., who own Veronica Mars, are willing to back the movie with enough fan momentum behind it. If they raise two million bucks, it's on. You can look at it as the first sleazy Hollywood takeover of Kickstarter or as a great show turning to a niche audience for backing. Either way, there's a new damn Veronica Mars movie on the line.

The Kickstarter Page

Of course, Warner Bros. still owns Veronica Mars and we would need their blessing and cooperation to pull this off. Kristen and I met with the Warner Bros. brass, and they agreed to allow us to take this shot. They were extremely cool about it, as a matter of fact. Their reaction was, if you can show there’s enough fan interest to warrant a movie, we’re on board. So this is it. This is our shot. I believe it's the only one we've got. It's nerve-wracking. I suppose we could fail in spectacular fashion, but there's also the chance that we completely revolutionize how projects like ours can get made. No Kickstarter project ever has set a goal this high. It's up to you, the fans, now. If the project is successful, our plan is to go into production this summer and the movie will be released in early 2014.

The campaign has already topped a million bucks and might hit its $2 million goal by the end of its first day. I'm in for $35.

I'm also curious how the money will break down on the project. If Warner Bros. is putting up some amount of funding, or even the majority of funding, what kind of budget will the movie have with a $2 million kickstarter? What if it raises $3 million or $5 million? Will the movie be good!? We'll find out in a year.

[McLovin']

I don't think there's enough fans. I'm sure lots of people like the show but not enough to pay money for a movie lol

[Slothy]

I don't think there's enough fans. I'm sure lots of people like the show but not enough to pay money for a movie lol

Well, there were enough fans to pledge $2,000,000 for the movie in a single day.

Never watched the show though so I really have no opinion on a movie.

[Quindiana Jones]

Those are some of the lamest Kickstarter rewards ever. xD

It's cool that it's all worked out, though. I never got round to watching the show, though apparently it's pretty sodding great.

[XxSephirothxX]

The first season, especially, is awesome. I like season 2, but it never gets up to those levels again. Season 3 is so-so. Still a great show overall.

This Kickstarter totally shattered the records for fastest to $1 million (it was like 4 hours, 8 minutes or something insane) and I'm sure fastest to $2 million. The pace will obviously drop off, but it still has 30 days to go--it could easily surpass the Pebble Watch's $10 million haul.

I'm super curious how transparent they can be about money when the movie actually goes into production--whether we'll find out how much they got from Warner Bros., how much of the Kickstarter funds went to rewards, etc.

[CimminyCricket]

$10,000 to say "Your check, sir."

Ha.

[Quindiana Jones]

I'd demand to be cast as Veronica Mars for that sort of money.

[NorthernChaosGod]

$10,000 to say "Your check, sir."

Ha.

Right?! smurfing 10,000 down the drain.

[Night Fury]

I loved this show, would love to see it as a movie, but how would that even work?

[Shauna]

I feel like they have been saying for ages that there was a movie in the works. It's awesome that it may actually come to pass!

[Elly]

Awesome! i so wanna see this happen, i loved Veronica Mars when it aired... season 1 was the best one, but the other two were great too... it's awesome to see a movie finally in the works as more than just a rumor...

[Bunny]

$10,000 to say "Your check, sir."

Ha.

Right?! smurfing 10,000 down the drain.

I think you are all forgetting that a lot of very rich, Hollywood-involved people are interested in seeing this happen. For instance, Joss Whedon was a huge fan of Veronica Mars when it was airing (and he appeared in one episode to show for it). 10k is certainly within his means and he, or any other big fan, could have plopped it down to appear in the movie. I doubt a college student put down ten thousand dollars just to say a simple line, that would be fairly outrageous. A rich person doing so, however, is not.

I am a pretty big fan of Veronica Mars and I am happy to see that they are finally going through with the promises they were making since the series ended. I am not particularly worried since I do not think any of the cast (aside from Kristen Bell, and maybe Ryan Hansen, have any major obligations) but the format of a just does not seem to fit with what the show actually needed to succeed.

Oh well, I won't see it in theaters anyway.

[Goldenboko]

Raises 2,000,000 bucks in a single day. Yeah I think this has the proper fan support.

[Unbreakable Will]

Who?

[Shiny]

I think this the fatest turnaround on Kickstarter ever. Also for $10,000+ dollars they should be giving at least an Associate Producer credit, but really Executive Producer. "Your check sir." That's b.s.