FILM · 2014 · USA
Veronica Mars
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- #001
In the police department, Leo (Max Greenfield) tells Veronica (Kristen Bell) that he heard a rumor she works for the FBI, and she replies, "another life maybe." For the fourth season of Veronica Mars (2004), director Rob Thomas released a trailer showing Veronica's first few days at the FBI.
- #002
The film was largely financed by a campaign on Kickstarter.com, breaking all of the site's records up to April 2013. Among the achievements: the fastest project to reach one million dollars, the fastest project to reach two million dollars, the most-funded project of all time in the FILM category, the third most-funded project in Kickstarter history, and the most project backers of any project in Kickstarter history.
- #003
In the film, the latest Lotto numbers are shown in several different web-based views (in addition to the main one being watched). The Lotto figures shown were the final amount of Kickstarter money raised to finance the production.
- #004
At the ten-year reunion, Veronica (Kristen Bell) asks Stosh "Piz" Piznarski (Christopher Lowell) what he thinks of Neptune High, and he replies, "It actually does sit on a Hellmouth." This was a reference to Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), which is set on a Hellmouth.
- #005
As a result of the project being backed on Kickstarter, many Marshmallows (the nickname for Veronica Mars fans) appeared in the film as extras. The largest donor, Steven Dengler, pledged ten thousand dollars, and James Franco won a speaking role in the film as the host of the "Jean Genie" YouTube video.
- #006
The third character, known as "Overconfident Club Boy," who tries to connect with Veronica while Logan (Jason Dohring) and Ruby (Gaby Hoffmann) are on their date, was played by Kristen Bell's real-life husband, Dax Shepard.
- #007
Kristen Bell gave birth to her daughter Lincoln three months before filming began.
- #008
It was shot in twenty-three days. Filming began on June 17, 2013, and was completed on July 23, 2013, at 04:34. Exactly eleven months after the Kickstarter campaign was launched, on February 12, 2014, the film finally entered post-production.
- #009
When she meets Mrs. Barnes (Ruby Jetson's landlady), Veronica introduces herself as "Pam Martin," a reference to Pamela Sue Martin, who played Nancy Drew in The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977). (Throughout Veronica Mars (2004), Veronica occasionally referred to herself as "Nancy Drew," alluding to the famous girl detective.)
- #010
During one of the shoots, while Kristen Bell and Ken Marino performed a scene on a bench, a man dressed as a gorilla was supposed to dance in the foreground. Ryan Hansen had finished his last scene in the film a few hours earlier and was hanging around the set, and he agreed to do the scene. Rob Thomas and Ryan then decided to prank Kristen and Ken, who did not know that the person in the gorilla suit was Ryan. This led to the gag reel on the DVD.
- #011
While Keith Mars (Enrico Colantoni) is in a hospital bed watching the TMZ (2007) television report about Stu "Cobb" Cobbler (Martin Starr) being arrested for murdering Bonnie DeVille (Andrea Estella) and Gia Goodman (Krysten Ritter), the celebrities listed alongside Bonnie in the sidebar are Armie Hammer, Jessica Chastain, Leighton Meester, Aaron Paul, Melissa Leo and Paris Hilton. One of them appeared in Veronica Mars (2004).
- #012
When Veronica (Kristen Bell) initially gets off the plane and passes through an archway, it is named the "Jim Gross Concourse." Jim Gross was the editor of the original series (Veronica Mars (2004)) and passed away shortly before the film was shot.
- #013
Veronica (Kristen Bell) has not dated Piz (Christopher Lowell) for nine years. They broke up when he transferred to Stanford and got back together while she was in law school in New York.
- #014
Leighton Meester could not return as Carrie Bishop (Bonnie DeVille) due to scheduling conflicts, so the character was recast and replaced by Andrea Estella, the lead singer of Twin Sister, who had never acted before.
- #015
The film depicts or confirms the deaths of four characters: Susan Knight (Christine Lakin) (who died a year after the series ended), Carrie Bishop (Leighton Meester) (who died just before the film), Vice Sacks (Brandon Hillock) and Gia Goodman (Krysten Ritter) (both of whom die in the film).
- #016
It was Warner Brothers Digital Distribution's first production to be released in theaters in the United States.
- #017
A film had been discussed almost since Veronica Mars (2004) was cancelled. Rob Thomas even developed a story about a Hearst University graduation day: Wallace (Percy Daggs III) and Mac (Tina Majorino) were graduating, Veronica (Kristen Bell) was derailed by Keith's (Enrico Colantoni) release from prison, and a murder in Neptune affected the beach town's spring break business. Warner Brothers was not convinced there was enough interest to guarantee a big studio-sized film about Veronica, and the project never came to fruition. Part of this story was later used as the premise for the series' fourth season, released on the Hulu streaming platform on July 19, 2019.
- #018
The two-million-dollar Kickstarter funding was completed at 5:55 p.m. (PST) on its first day, with contributions from 31,685 backers.
- #019
It is revealed that Jake and Celeste Kane divorced. However, this was implied at the end of the series' third season, when Veronica entered Jake Kane's house and found no trace of Celeste.
- #020
Parker Lee (Julie Gonzalo) was to have a storyline in the film about how she lived that kind of Beverly Hills lifestyle seen in The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (2010), but in the end the money ran out and the storyline had to be left out.
- #021
Lilly Kane (Amanda Seyfried) and Jake Kane (Kyle Secor) appear in archive footage from the series.
- #022
In September 2018, Kristen Bell confirmed on Instagram that Veronica Mars (2004) was being revived. The entire eight-episode season will be released in 2019. The season will follow a serial killer who targets spring breakers and threatens Neptune's tourism industry.
- #023
The film earned 2 million dollars in its opening weekend in 291 theaters (excluding Video on Demand earnings).
- #024
When Vinnie Van Lowe (Ken Marino) gets into his van while talking to Veronica (Kristen Bell), an advertisement for "non-destcructive lock picking" appears on the side of the van.
- #025
Kickstarter raised a total of 5.7 million dollars from 91,585 backers, which was 285% of its original goal.
- #026
The film is set in 2016.
- #027
Kristen Bell and Jamie Lee Curtis appeared together in You Again (2010).
- #028
When Cindy "Mac" Mckenzie (Tina Majorino) comes to Veronica's (Kristen Bell) house and they try to guess her new job, Veronica's father Keith (Enrico Colantoni) guesses "clubbing baby seals." Majorino appeared in the seal film Andre (1994).
- #029
Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer were initially at Warner Bros. to make the film adaptation of Veronica Mars (2004). Both studios withdrew from the production, leaving Warner Bros. as its sole distributor.
- #030
The producers wanted Bill Murray to appear in a small role, but he was not available.
- #031
Jason Dohring (Logan) also appeared in Veronica Mars (2004), iZombie (2015) and an episode of Party Down (2009), in California College Conservative Union Caucus (2009). Rob Thomas created all three productions.
- #032
Ryan Hansen and Krysten Ritter appeared in Valley Girls (2009) and Veronica Mars (2004).
- #033
Percy Daggs III (Wallace) appeared in the iZombie (2015) episode Patriot Brains (2015) as well as in the series on which this film is based, Veronica Mars (2004). Rob Thomas created all three projects.
- #034
Ken Marino (Vinnie Van Lowe) also appeared in Party Down (2009), Veronica Mars (2004), Play It Again, Dick (2014) and the iZombie (2015) episodes Dead Beat (2016) and Spanking the Zombie (2017). Rob Thomas created all five productions (including this film adaptation of the Veronica Mars series).
- #035
Kristen Bell and Sam Huntington appeared in Fanboys (2009).
- #036
Francis Capra (Weevil) also appeared in Veronica Mars (2004) and in an episode of iZombie (2015), My Pretty Fair Lady (2018). Rob Thomas created them all.
- #037
Ryan Lane (Slick Fellow Applicant) also appeared in the iZombie (2015) episode Method Head (2016). Rob Thomas created both Veronica Mars and iZombie.
- #038
Eddie Jemison, who played JC Borden, also appeared in Max Wager (2015), an episode of iZombie (2015). Rob Thomas created both Veronica Mars and iZombie.
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