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Nolanry
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09-11-2006
| Thursday, March 21, 2013 - 6:45 pm 
YAAAAY. It's totally happening. It got the greenlight from Warner Bros.
So in case there are some Vmars fans here that aren't quite up to speed, I'll fill you in! Rob Thomas said that he has approached Warner Bros. many times in order to start a VM movie but never was successful because they don't think there are enough fans to warrant putting money into a movie.
Thus, through lots of innovation and planning Rob Thomas got them to agree to pay for distribution and marketing for the movie if he could raise $2 million from fan pledges on kickstarter. He was hoping to get the $2 mil within the 30 days of the kickstarter campaign, but we broke records and made it there in less than 24 hours!
It's currently at $3.7 mil and moving steadily onward. The more that gets pledged, the better the movie!! Check it out here:
The Veronica Mars movie project by Kickstarter
I for one, am amazed that Rob fought to put the ball in the fans' court. His hands were tied and he could do no more, but giving us the opportunity to put our money where our mouth is was a BRILLIANT idea because every fan who has pledged is more than happy to contribute in order to make this movie a reality. We want it bad!! And I'm ecstatic they gave us the chance to make it happen!
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Whoami
Member
08-02-2001
| Thursday, March 21, 2013 - 6:50 pm
Cool!
Is it going to be a theatre movie, or a TV movie?
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Nolanry
Member
09-11-2006
| Thursday, March 21, 2013 - 6:58 pm
It will be a theater movie with limited release. And even then normally movies move to a wider release but I'm not sure that it will even get that.
As far as which areas are giving the most pledges, it looks like someone did stats on the campaign and there's a huge concentration between California, NYC, Chicago, and Seattle, they will definitely premiere the movie heavily in those areas I imagine.
Here is a great article that includes an interview with Rob Thomas who seems like a great guy.
Exclusive: 'Veronica Mars' creator Rob Thomas on the wildly successful Kickstarter movie campaign
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Nolanry
Member
09-11-2006
| Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - 9:24 pm
Green Bay is not playing Veronica Mars in theaters so my sister, a friend and I are driving about an hour and a half to see it in Milwaukee. So excited to take a little roadtrip! I'd probably drive to Chicago if I had to in order to see it.
It's only like 8 days away! Yay!
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Nolanry
Member
09-11-2006
| Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - 9:31 pm
Found these on Veronica Mars: Official Movie Tumblr. They were so much fun I had to share!
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Nolanry
Member
09-11-2006
| Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 11:11 am
Well, yesterday it was at 60% on Rotten Tomatoes. Today it's at 75%.
Here's hoping it keeps going up! 
Ultimately though I heard one review say that even if this movie only pleases the diehard fans, it's done it's job. We are the ones who funded the movie, so we are the one's that need to love it. (Although I think we all want it to be a smash success with people unfamiliar with the series and even moreso get them to watch it and become fans!)
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Nolanry
Member
09-11-2006
| Saturday, March 15, 2014 - 3:38 pm
Saw it yesterday at the theater and loooooved it!!!
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Saturday, March 15, 2014 - 6:56 pm
Rented it at home on our PVR, got the popcorn and tea ready and watched it in front of the fire with dh and girls. Great way to spend the evening, everyone enjoyed it, even hubby who has never seen a single episode of the original series. There were a couple insider jokes (ie the thing about her being with the FBI LOLOL) but the story itself was pretty clear to a newbie.
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