Post by Wyndam on Jan 21, 2009 16:22:23 GMT -5
E! Online News Story:
www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b79975_veronica_mars_movie_finally_in_works.html
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So exciting! Hopefully the Cupid script order downgrade doesn't mean that ABC is losing faith in the series, but I am also happy that Rob has time to finally make a VM movie happen.
Also interesting that the movie won't be jumping ahead to the FBI storyline that we would have seen if VM had continued on for another season. I think that is a smart move. By making the movie happen closer to the Season 3 finale, it will allow the movie to keep the tone of the show in tact, in stead of possibly scaring offpotential viewers with a completely new storyline that takes place years after Season 3.
If sequels happen, then they can start addressing Veronica's career in the FBI, if that is still an angle Rob wants to pursue.
Now when this does finally move forward, I wonder who from the cast will return? Enrico Colantoni is a must.
www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b79975_veronica_mars_movie_finally_in_works.html
Here's the text from the article:
Good news for you Heroes fans missing the now-deceased Elle, Kristen Bell. It looks like Kristen's heading for the big screen as that other alter ego who's even more kickass: Miss Veronica Mars.
This is what über-producer Rob Thomas spills to us, after word broke that the order for his new ABC midseason series, Cupid, was trimmed down from 13 episodes to eight.
"What that means for me is that I have a couple of months to write the Veronica Mars movie," Thomas says. "I suddenly find myself with enough time to write that script. That's the next project."
So what's the planned plot for the final send-off of V.M.? Rob spills the details...
Although previously reported that the movie would give fans a taste of Veronica solving crimes in college, Thomas clarifies: "I think it would open just days before Hearst College graduation, so Veronica would be at the end of her college career."
As for where she'll go from there, Thomas hasn't quite nailed that down, but has plenty of ideas. "[The story is] 70 percent broken in my head. I've been struggling with one plot point, and I'm hopeful [that I will] figure that out. On the dry-erase board at my house there are Veronica Mars plot points that I want to see, so it is at least there."
And though the original castmembers have yet to be confirmed, Thomas is hopeful they'll all sign on. "I've talked to Jason Dohring, I've talked to Enrico Colantoni and I've talked to Kristen, obviously. I know that Kristen wants to do it. I want to do it."
As for funding, Thomas reveals: "Joel Silver does have a certain pile of money that he can decide on, and he called me asking, ‘Can we do this now?' "
Um, yes, please!
By the way, Thomas says he harbors no hard feelings toward the CW for canceling the series. "I think with three seasons of Veronica Mars, they gave us a chance. Three million fans loved us, but I swear our numbers aren't terribly different than Gossip Girl. It seems like we did essentially those numbers."
So what do you think of a silver-screen version of V.M.? Will you buy a ticket? And which castmembers should be there?
—Reporting by Natalie Abrams
This is what über-producer Rob Thomas spills to us, after word broke that the order for his new ABC midseason series, Cupid, was trimmed down from 13 episodes to eight.
"What that means for me is that I have a couple of months to write the Veronica Mars movie," Thomas says. "I suddenly find myself with enough time to write that script. That's the next project."
So what's the planned plot for the final send-off of V.M.? Rob spills the details...
Although previously reported that the movie would give fans a taste of Veronica solving crimes in college, Thomas clarifies: "I think it would open just days before Hearst College graduation, so Veronica would be at the end of her college career."
As for where she'll go from there, Thomas hasn't quite nailed that down, but has plenty of ideas. "[The story is] 70 percent broken in my head. I've been struggling with one plot point, and I'm hopeful [that I will] figure that out. On the dry-erase board at my house there are Veronica Mars plot points that I want to see, so it is at least there."
And though the original castmembers have yet to be confirmed, Thomas is hopeful they'll all sign on. "I've talked to Jason Dohring, I've talked to Enrico Colantoni and I've talked to Kristen, obviously. I know that Kristen wants to do it. I want to do it."
As for funding, Thomas reveals: "Joel Silver does have a certain pile of money that he can decide on, and he called me asking, ‘Can we do this now?' "
Um, yes, please!
By the way, Thomas says he harbors no hard feelings toward the CW for canceling the series. "I think with three seasons of Veronica Mars, they gave us a chance. Three million fans loved us, but I swear our numbers aren't terribly different than Gossip Girl. It seems like we did essentially those numbers."
So what do you think of a silver-screen version of V.M.? Will you buy a ticket? And which castmembers should be there?
—Reporting by Natalie Abrams
So exciting! Hopefully the Cupid script order downgrade doesn't mean that ABC is losing faith in the series, but I am also happy that Rob has time to finally make a VM movie happen.
Also interesting that the movie won't be jumping ahead to the FBI storyline that we would have seen if VM had continued on for another season. I think that is a smart move. By making the movie happen closer to the Season 3 finale, it will allow the movie to keep the tone of the show in tact, in stead of possibly scaring offpotential viewers with a completely new storyline that takes place years after Season 3.
If sequels happen, then they can start addressing Veronica's career in the FBI, if that is still an angle Rob wants to pursue.
Now when this does finally move forward, I wonder who from the cast will return? Enrico Colantoni is a must.