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In March, show creator Rob Thomas gave an update on the developing Veronica Mars movie, stating that “while the pitch went well and I don’t think the movie’s dead, right now it’s looking depressing.” We haven’t heard anything since, and assumed that it’s fallen into the deep dark depths of development heck. Ad now the star of the series, Kristen Bell, is finally conceding that a film will probably never happen.
Bell tells EW at the Saturn Awards:
I don’t think it will ever happen, and here’s why: Rob Thomas and I had a powwow, and we were both 100 percent on board. We took our proposal to Warner Bros. and Joel Silver told us that there is no enthusiasm to make a Veronica Mars movie, and that is unfortunately a roadblock we cannot compete with. Maybe if we bombard them with letters? Maybe they will change their tune.
Kristen will be attending at Comic-Con 2009 on July 23, 2009. Here are some information from Comic-Con’s site..
10:15-11:15 Summit Entertainment: Astro Boy— A superhero origin story set in a futuristic world, Astro Boy is an all-new CG-animated feature film based on the classic manga about a young robot with incredible powers and his adventure-filled journey in search of his identity and destiny. Director David Bowers, producer Maryanne Grager, and stars Freddie Highmore (Astro) and Kristen Bell (Cora) debut footage exclusive to Comic-Con 2009 and answer your questions about bringing this beloved hero to the big screen. Room 6BCF
The nominations for Teen Choice Awards 2009 have been announced and Kristen have been nominated for one awards, isn’t that just great :) Nominee winners this year is Twilight with 12 nominations. Don’t forget to go and vote for Kristen, you can vote here. Here is the category list:
Choice TV Actress: Action Adventure
Kristen Bell, “Heroes”
Summer Glau, “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”
Kristen Kreuk, “Smallville”
Ali Larter, “Heroes”
Hayden Panettiere, “Heroes”
Kristen is trying to reach out to the Gossip Girl cast and in true KB style, it’s important, informative and abso-freaking-lutely adorable. She’s asking Blake Lively, Leighton Meester & Co. to support Invisible Children, a charity close to her heart. Here’s the video..
Related Links:
- Invisible Children: The Rescue
- Invisible Children: The Rescue – Behind the Scenes
The 1988 Winona Ryder dark comedy Heathers is being developed as a stage musical. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Race to Witch Mountain director Andy Fickman, who got his start in theater, has been developing the production with his Reefer Madness collaborator Kevin Murphy, who’s writing the lyrics and book, and Tony-nominated Legally Blonde composer Larry O’Keefe. Earlier this week, Veronica Mars star Kristen Bell took part in a reading, playing the lead role. Whether or not she would take the role on stage is said to depend on her schedule. The musical is expected to be mounted as a regional production in 2010, then head to Broadway if successful.
Source: EW
Here are some more information and updates about the Veronica Mars movie.
Since “Veronica Mars” ended its run in 2007, fans of the much-loved teen-detective series have been waiting anxiously for the show to make its big return in the form of a movie. Creator Rob Thomas (no, not the guy from Matchbox 20) promised the show’s cult fanbase that one day, he would bring the feisty private investigator to the big screen
The show’s star, Kristen Bell, is also hoping the movie will finally come together. “I cannot give you an update, but I will tell you we’re trying to make it happen,” she told MTV News on the set of Thomas’ new project, “Party Down,” a comedy series airing on the Starz channel about aspiring actors/ cater waiters, for which Bell was filming a cameo. “When making a movie, there are a lot of different entities that have to be involved — mainly money.”
Okay all you Veronica Mars fans out there, let uys cross our fingers and hope they do this movie, here are some more movie updates.
Veronica Mars fans, if you pray, pray hard. And if you don’t, start, because the cult fave’s long-rumored movie version is about to enter the anxiety-producing phase known as do-or-die-time.
“I’m preparing the pitch now — literally now,” Mars’ main man, Rob Thomas, told me this morning. “I hope to go in and talk to [executive producer] Joel Silver and [Warner Bros.] in the next week or two to see if they’re interested.”
But first, Thomas has to iron out the endgame of the plot, which, as I first reported last fall, focuses on Veronica solving a crime in college rather than as an FBI agent. “I haven’t figured it out yet,” he says of the final act. “That’s what I’m working on now. It’s close. A few key details left to solve.”
Kristen will be making a special appearance in Rob Thomas new TV show Party Down, starring Ryan Hansen, etc.
“Veronica Mars” star Kristen Bell, most recently seen on TV in “Heroes,” is teaming up with her old boss again, at least briefly.
Partydown Rob Thomas, the creator of the CW’s late, lamented “Veronica Mars,” is one of the creators of “Party Down,” a pleasingly droll ensemble comedy that premieres on Starz March 20. The show is about a group of L.A. would-be writers and actors who work part-time as cater-waiters, and Bell will appear in the May 22 season finale of the show as the head of a rival catering firm.
According to a Starz press release, Bell will play “Uda Bengt, a former Party Down team member now running a rival team, Valhalla Catering, the best crew in town. Ruthlessly efficient, she tolerates nothing less than perfection from the highly imperfect Party Down crew. She carries her secret weapon in her back pocket, Party Down CEO Alan Duk’s number on speed dial, and thinks nothing of getting Ron [Ken Marino's character] fired if he gets in her way.”
What would a Veronica Mars movie be without the real Veronica Mars? That’s our Kristen ofcourse. Thank god she’s into it!
Kristen Bell has revealed that she is “really excited” about the proposed movie adaptation of Veronica Mars.
The actress, who recently appeared in Heroes, starred in the show as a student who moonlights as a private investigator from 2004 until 2007.
“I’m really excited about the prospect of a Veronica Mars movie because we’ve been talking about it for so long,” she told Fandango.
“If they write it, I’ll do it. Absolutely.”
Earlier this week, Mars creator Rob Thomas announced that a film is “close” to being completed and he hopes to pitch the idea to studios soon.
Would you like to see a Veronica Mars movie?
When it comes to Veronica Mars, I know fans have some pretty strong feelings about the possibility of their beloved TV show getting the big-screen treatment — but it looks like fans are going to have to get used to the idea. iF Magazine recently spoke with Mars creator, Rob Thomas and he told them that the unexpected scale-back of his current series Cupid has freed up plenty of time to get to work on the feature film version of the teen sleuth, and that it looks like a feature film will be gearing up for production.
For those of you who might have missed Veronica’s short run on TV, here is a little primer: Mars (as played by Kristen Bell) was a high school student/private investigator who each week would take on a different small town mystery. Once described as “a little bit Buffy, and a little bit Bogart”, Mars would solve crimes all the while dealing with the blow back from being abandoned by the popular crowd, and some serious personal issues. The show was beloved by fans, and even though it only lasted three seasons, it hasn’t stopped fans from being awfully protective of their blond P.I.