Veronica Mars (film)

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Veronica Mars
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRob Thomas
Screenplay by
Story byRob Thomas
Based onVeronica Mars
by Rob Thomas
Produced by
  • Rob Thomas
  • Dan Etheridge
  • Danielle Stokdyk
Starring
CinematographyBen Kutchins
Edited byDaniel Gabbe
Music byJosh Kramon
Production
companies
  • Warner Bros. Digital[1]
  • Spondoolie Productions
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures[1]
Release dates
  • March 8, 2014 (2014-03-08) (SXSW)
  • March 14, 2014 (2014-03-14) (United States)
Running time
107 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6 million[3][4]
Box office$3.5 million[4]

Veronica Mars is a 2014 American

Logan Echolls
.

After the series' cancellation in 2007, Thomas wrote a feature film script, continuing the story. However, Warner Bros. declined to fund the project. On March 13, 2013, Thomas and Bell launched a fundraising campaign on Kickstarter to produce the film. It attained its goal of $2 million in eleven hours, breaking several Kickstarter records, including being the largest successful film project on the website. After raising a budget of $5 million by the end of its run, principal photography began in June 2013 in Los Angeles, and concluded in July 2013. An additional day of shooting took place in December 2013.

Veronica Mars held its

fourth season
.

Plot

Nine years after the events of the

Stosh "Piz" Piznarski
and has a job offer from the prestigious law firm Truman-Mann and Associates.

Veronica is contacted by her ex-boyfriend

Keith Mars
, Neptune's former sheriff-turned-private investigator, who shows her that corruption and classism are rife under Sheriff Dan Lamb, the brother of the previous Sheriff Don Lamb.

Veronica investigates the circumstances of Carrie's death. During her investigation, she attends her ten-year

Eli "Weevil" Navarro
is now a reformed family man. During the reunion, Veronica realizes Carrie's murder is connected to that of Carrie's best friend, Susan Knight, who disappeared off a boat nine years earlier.

After Veronica's nemesis

Gia Goodman
, and Stu "Cobb" Cobbler, all of whom were with Susan and Carrie on the boat the night Susan disappeared. Meanwhile, while driving home from the reunion, Weevil stops to help a driver being harassed by bikers, only to be shot by her, Celeste Kane. The sheriff's department plants a gun so she can claim self-defense, and Keith agrees to prove Weevil's innocence.

Veronica concludes that those on Susan's boat years ago covered up the circumstances of her death and Carrie was killed because she threatened to confess. As compromising videos of Carrie are posted online, Veronica traces them back to Vinnie Van Lowe, who has been planting spyware on celebrities and selling the footage.

Veronica uses Vinnie's footage to prove Gia lured Logan to Carrie's the night of her murder, suggesting that she and Luke killed Carrie, framing Logan. Lamb ignores her evidence and refuses to follow up, but unbeknownst to him Veronica records the conversation. Having stayed in Neptune longer than planned, Veronica calls Piz in New York to explain that she cannot return yet, and he breaks it off. Truman-Mann rescinds their job offer, resulting in an argument between Keith and Veronica.

Keith meets with Deputy Sacks about Weevil's case, but they are attacked by someone in a truck who slams into Sacks' car, killing him and leaving Keith in critical condition. Veronica and Logan sleep together, establishing a relationship. She sends bugged flowers to Gia's and calls her with recordings of Carrie's voice, hoping to scare her into confessing to being behind her death. Gia panics and calls Cobb, revealing his involvement. Veronica goes to Gia's apartment to confront her, where Gia reveals that Cobb is the mastermind of Carrie's death and framing Logan: Susan overdosed, and he took photos of a panicked Carrie, Gia, and Luke dumping Susan's body and has been

blackmailing
them.

Veronica's bug broadcasts this via a radio frequency which she believed to be unused but is actually that of a local radio station. Cobb hears their conversation over the radio from his apartment in the building opposite, then shoots and kills Gia through the window before coming after Veronica. She calls the police and lures Cobb to the basement, beating him unconscious.

Logan returns to active duty in the Navy but promises to come back to Veronica. Cobb's photo and the secret recording of Lamb refusing to investigate Veronica's claims leak online, forcing Lamb to arrest Cobb, with calls to oust Lamb from office. Keith and Weevil recover from their injuries, but Weevil returns to the criminal lifestyle. Veronica takes over her father's private investigator business with Mac as her assistant, resolved to help fight Neptune's corruption.

Cast

Cameo appearances

Production

Development

Following the series' cancellation, Rob Thomas wrote a feature film script continuing the storyline, but Warner Bros. opted not to fund the project at the time. On March 13, 2013, Thomas and star Kristen Bell launched a fundraising campaign to produce the film through Kickstarter, offering various incentives to those who donated $10 or more. Bell, Thomas, Enrico Colantoni, Ryan Hansen, and Jason Dohring appeared in a video promoting the campaign,[19] and it attained the $2 million goal in less than eleven hours.[20] In its first day on Kickstarter, the project broke the record as the fastest project to reach first $1 million, then $2 million; it also achieved the highest minimal pledging goal achieved, and became the largest successful film project on Kickstarter at the time.[21][22] On its final campaign day, the project broke the record for the most backers on a single Kickstarter project, previously held by the Double Fine Adventure.[23] Afterwards, the film earned a greenlight from Warner Bros. Digital Distribution.[24]

The Kickstarter campaign ended on April 13, with 91,585 donors raising $5,702,153.[3]

On April 5, Thomas had completed the first draft of the script.

Andrea Estella, of whom Thomas is a fan.[12]

Filming

Principal photography began on June 17, 2013 in Los Angeles and lasted 28 days.[31] Initial filming involved 120 scenes, which Thomas described as "an aggressive schedule."[32] The Santa Monica Pier, the Vincent Thomas Bridge, The Edison at the Higgins Building, were among the 28 locations used for the filming. Scenes were also shot at the Arts District of Los Angeles and at Long Beach, California.[31] Following a test screening in October 2013, Warner Bros. agreed to pay for an additional day of shooting in order to clarify a plot point. As a result, two scenes were shot during the following December.[33]

Music

The musical score for Veronica Mars was composed by Josh Kramon, who previously wrote the original background music to the television series. A soundtrack album containing Kramon's score was released on March 14, 2014.[34]

Soundtrack

A compilation album of music featured in the film was released digitally by

Twin Sister, ZZ Ward, Sufjan Stevens, Max Schneider, Mackintosh Braun, Typhoon, Lou Rawls, and Gregory Alan Isakov.[36]

No.TitleArtistLength
1."
You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine"
Lou Rawls4:25
11."Second Chances"Gregory Alan Isakov3:50
12."We Used to Be Friends"The Dandy Warhols3:19
13."Mug Shot" (bonus iTunes track only)Max Schneider2:54
Total length:51:18[37]

Distribution

When Veronica Mars was almost finished, Warner Bros. Pictures came aboard and agreed to give the film a

six major studios.[41]

The film had its

world premiere at the South by Southwest film festival on March 8, 2014,[42] and a panel was held at PaleyFest on March 13, 2014.[43]

Home media

The film was released in

Blu-ray formats on May 6, 2014.[44] It made $2.2 million from Blu-ray and DVD sales in its first two weeks of release.[45]

Reception

Box office

Preliminary box office tracking reports were initially up in the air due to the unprecedented financial nature of Veronica Mars.[46][47] The film earned $260,000 from its Thursday night showings (in 95 theaters),[48] and reached a $1 million 1.25-day total after expanding to 291 theaters on Friday.[49] In its opening weekend, the film grossed $1,988,351 in 291 theaters in the United States, ranking #11 at the box office.[50] Analysts at the time noted that the unusual financial history and distribution of the film made it difficult to interpret these numbers or to compare them to those of other films.[51]

The film grossed $3,322,127 in domestic box office and $163,000 in foreign box office (Austria, Germany and United Kingdom) for a worldwide total of $3,485,127.[4]

Critical response

Veronica Mars has received positive reviews from critics, with many praising Bell's performance as the title character. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 80% approval rating, based on 138 reviews, with an average score of 6.70/10. The site's consensus states: "It might be a more entertaining watch for diehard fans of the show, but Veronica Mars offers enough sharp writing and solid performances to entertain viewers in the mood for a character-driven thriller."[52] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 62 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[53]

Sheri Linden of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review, citing it as "a solid cinematic turn for the Nancy Drew of the new millennium, [while] sure to delight crowdfunding backers and other fans of the source series."[54]

Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2014 Veronica Mars
mtvU
Fandom Awards Fandom of the Year 		Won
Kristen Bell
MTV Movie Award for Favorite Character
 Nominated
Veronica Mars
Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie - Drama
 Nominated
Kristen Bell
Teen Choice Award
for Choice Movie Actress: Drama 		Nominated
Jason Dohring
Teen Choice Award
for Choice Movie Actor: Drama 		Nominated

Sequel

On March 13, 2014, Variety reported that actress Kristen Bell is interested in reprising her role as Veronica Mars in a sequel; however, one has not yet been officially announced. Thomas revealed that he and Warner Bros. had a "magic number" in mind for the first film to earn in order to make a sequel possible.[55] In an interview with Michael Ausiello published on July 29, 2014, Rob Thomas stated: "I'm optimistic. The [first] movie made money which was key to maybe seeing a second one, so yeah, I'd love to do it."[56]

Novels

A series of novels, written by series creator

ISBN 978-0-8041-9351-1).[59][60][61] The second novel, Veronica Mars: Mr. Kiss and Tell, also published by Vintage Books, was released on January 20, 2015.[62] Thomas has said in interviews that the novels are canon, and would not be negated by a future film.[63]

Web spin-off

In addition to the book series,

CW Seed
on September 8, 2014, before concluding on November 4.

Series continuation

Main article:
Veronica Mars (season 4)

On August 21, 2018, it was reported that

The eight-episode season was released on July 19, 2019.[68]

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