Just how big is the Veronica Mars movie that was funded by fans via Kickstarter last year with more than $5.7 million in contributions? Kristen Bell posted on her Twitter feed last night the new full-length trailer for the March 14 release, and when I clicked on it I was viewer number 301. It now has more than 675,000 views, in just a day. That’s just those active followers of Bell & company. It’s the first big genre news of the year and is further proof Hollywood should have stepped up and made this happen so fans didn’t need to. The ultimate proof will be seen in March, when we get to see actual box office numbers.
Unlike the first trailer, this new preview is smartly edited, showing watchers enough of the story to remind us why we liked Veronica, her dad (Enrico Colantoni), and her friends from day one. There’s plenty of Dick (Ryan Hansen) and Leo (Max Greenfield)–in fact they get some of the best moments in the trailer. Even Jamie Lee Curtis and real-life Kristen Bell hubby Dax Shepard have cameos. And a Neptune High School class reunion is a great excuse to bring back the rest of the regulars, including Percy Daggs III, Krysten Ritter, Tina Majorino, and Francis Capra.
