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  • Kristen Bell: Did She Celebrate the ‘Veronica Mars’ 10-Year Anniversary

    Last spring, Kristen Bell solved one more mystery as Veronica Mars. It’s been 10 years since the character first made her television appearance. So how did the show’s leading lady celebrate this monumental occasion? Marshmallows, you may be disappointed.

    Veronica Mars‘ pilot episode originally aired on UPN on September 22, 2004. The show followed Bell as a teenage private investigator who solved weekly mysteries, and one major case every season. The show lasted for three seasons (2004-2006).

    In 2013, Bell and Veronica Mars‘ creator Rob Thomas launched a very successful Kickstarter campaign, which brought the series to the big screen. Fans donated over 5 million dollars to bring Bell and her co-stars back together again in the Veronica Mars movie. The movie was well-received by fans and critics alike. It also did a Hollywood first by being released on demand and in theaters on the same day.

    People magazine spoke to Bell to find out how she celebrated the 10-year anniversary. Bell revealed that she didn’t really do anything to mark the major occasion. As Bell stated, she just celebrated “with a smile and some nostalgia.”

    While talking to People, she did remind fans to watch the new Veronica Mars spin-off web series. Ryan Hansen, who played Dick Casablancas on the series, stars in the CW web-show, Play It Again, Dick. In the series, many of the Veronica Mars alumni return to play versions of themselves. Bell along with her on-screen love interest, Jason Dohring (Logan Echolls), join Hansen on the first episode of the series.

    “I’m currently very excited for everybody to see the upcoming episodes of Play It Again, Dick, because I think it might be, dare I say, my favorite incarnation yet. I think Ryan Hansen should have been playing Veronica Mars all along,” said Bell.

    Episodes of Play It Again, Dick are released every Tuesday on the CWSeed site.

  • Veronica Mars Spin-off: Veronica Mars Goes Digital

    With all of the success that the show had after the kickstarter campaign that launched the film, a new project has been launched with the Veronica Mars spin-off series.

    The upcoming Veronica Mars film has even been bringing in new fans, and old fans are all waiting in anticipation for the big release.

    After the film finally debuted its trailer recently, fans were going crazy as they look forward to seeing their favorite character hit the big screen.

    The new Veronica Mars spin-off will take place on the CW Seed, the network’s digital programming site. No plot details have been revealed for the online series yet, but it will be related to the world of Veronica Mars in some way.

    The upcoming digital series is likely to consist of six-eight 10-minute episodes, and it is expected to feature characters from the original series, with Kristen Bell’s Veronica likely to make occasional appearances.

    During the 2014 TCA Press Tour, Mark Pedowitz, the president of the CW network, told members of the press that “Rob [Thomas] and I spoke last night, he’s very excited he’s doing it for CW seed. It may not appear before the movie comes out. He’s very busy, but we’re very excited. I don’t have a lot of details yet.”

    The Veronica Mars series, and upcoming film, stars Kristen Bell in the titular role. She plays the female protagonist, a student who progresses from high school to college while operating as a private investigator.

    Following the cancellation of the Veronica Mars television series, there was a film written to continue the story, but it was never able to get funded until the recent kickstarter campaign.

    In the film, fans will see Veronica Mars return for her 10-year high school reunion, although she is now a lawyer in New York. However, she starts to get back to her old investigating ways when her ex is accused of murder.

    In addition to the new Veronica Mars spin-off, fans of the original series will have all sorts of ways to enjoy their favorite private investigator with Rob Thomas also working on a book series that will continue her story. The show ran for three seasons before being cancelled in 2007.

    A release date for the show is unknown, but the new Veronica Mars film will be released on March 14.

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