Another Kickstarter success story.
Veronica Mars only ran for three seasons, finishing in 2007. However, the show has a loyal fanbase and it's been hankering for a movie ever since the show ended. Now it seems fans might finally get their wish. The shows creator this week launched a Kickstarter to try and raise money to produce a Veronica Mars movie. That Kickstarter has already exceeded its goal in just one day.
Rob Thomas explains that he has always wanted to do a Veronica Mars movie but that things haven't worked out in the past. Apparently they got close a few years ago but Warner Bros. wasn't convinced there was enough interest to warrant a major studio-sized movie about Veronica and the project never got off the ground.
Thomas has since decided to take things into his own hands. He and the shows lead Kristen Bell are both on board for the movie and they've convinced Warner Bros. to allow them to try and make it happen using Kickstarter.
"Kristen and I met with the Warner Bros. brass, and they agreed to allow us to take this shot," said Thomas. "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."
The Kickstarter was launched March 13 with a goal of $2 million. At time of writing, total funds raised is just shy of $3.1 million. Perks include a copy of the script, t-shirts, digital versions of the movie at the same time as the theatrical release, all three seasons of Veronica Mars on DVD, a recorded voice message from Kristen Bell, tickets to the red carpet movie premiere, extra roles in the movie, the chance to name a character, private screenings in your home town, speaking roles in the movie, and more.
Head on over to the Kickstarter page to show your support or check out the perks.
Suits the new TomsHardware. Sadly.
Apparently you haven't heard of Star Citizen, the (partially) crowd-funded space sim being made by Chris Roberts (of Wing Commander/Privateer/Freelancer fame)? You should check it out.
www.robertsspaceindustries.com
I'm watching Star Citizen as well, but I too would love to see an actual Freespace 3 and learn more about the backstory. Alas, I believe the IP is stuck with Interplay and thus Volition would have difficulties making Freespace 3 even if they wanted to.
You mean like how family guy was cancelled twice, the first time being after the 3rd season i believe and it was only after support from its massive fanbase (DVD sales) that it restarted? just because a show is cancelled doesnt mean that no one was watching it.
it had raised 1 million in just 2 hours and another 600k in the 3rd hour alone from under 10,000 uesers.
just surprised the kid who bought $2,500 in game items in 10 minutes on his parents iPad didn't make it also.
The Wing Commander games were rubbish in terms of space combat. Flashy video etc but not a touch on the Freespace and XWing/Tie Fighter series. I wanna fly a B-Wing again!
Many previous Kickstarter projects have proved that to be the case, today this article is pointless in that regard. So the real question is why Tom's has article about dumb show?
3D video cards hadn't even been invented when Wing commander was released... Wing commander released 1990, 3DFX founded 1994. Exactly how is this "flashy video" possible on a 256k 2d video card?