We’ve seen several TV shows in recent years that were revived after cancellation, ranging from “Gilmore Girls” to “Twin Peaks”, but “Veronica Mars” looks to be one of the rare series to enjoy a second revival.
In a recent conversation with Ryan Hansen (who portrayed Dick Casablancas on the teen-detective hit) during a Facebook Live broadcast, star Kristen Bell promised fans that we haven’t seen the last of Veronica Mars.
“[Series creator] Rob [Thomas] and I are sort of in constant contact about when we could do it again,” Bell said after Hansen phoned her in the middle of his Facebook Live chat with Indiewire while promoting his new series for YouTube Red, “Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television”.
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Although she admitted one of the stumbling blocks at the moment is the fact that she’s currently starring on another show (Global‘s “The Good Place”), she agreed she’s ready to step into Veronica’s mystery-solving shoes once more.
“You can’t do two television shows at the same time. So we’d have to do like a miniseries,” she revealed, adding: “There’s a lot of willingness and commitment to doing it again.”
Canadian Enrico Colantoni, who played Mars’ father, Keith, in the show and subsequent film, told ET Canada upon hearing the news of a potential miniseries: “Can’t wait.”
“Veronica Mars” debuted in 2004 on the now-defunct WB network, and was one of the few shows to survive the switch during the merge with UPN to become The CW. Cancelled in 2007, the show enjoyed a heavily hyped revival that came about via crowdfunding, with producers and stars taking to Kickstarter to raise enough money to make a standalone movie, ultimately surpassing its $3-million goal by raising nearly $6 million.
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While the “Veronica Mars” broke records for the fastest million dollars (and then $2 million) ever raised on Kickstarter, Bell doesn’t see that happening again.
“Personally, and I think that Rob probably agrees, (A) we’ll never make the fans pay for it again, (B) the format works better in an episodic, where you get a little more of it,” she said. “So we want to do a miniseries. We are willing to put the effort in. I mean, if I have to do it as ‘Murder, She Wrote’ at 80, we’re going to do it. It’s going to happen.”
