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"It's been almost six years since Veronica Mars went off the air, but fans are still crazy about the teenage private investigator played by actress Kristen Bell.\nThe show's creator, Rob Thomas\u00A0(pictured above with Bell), is raising funds on Kickstarter to try to finance a Veronica Mars movie. For those with a hazy memory, the CW Television Network show (originally on UPN) was about high schooler Veronica Mars who became an apprentice detective and tried to uncover secrets in her town. The show ran from 2004 to 2007. \nWhile never a ratings hit, Veronica Mars had a huge cult following that culminated in several \"save our show\" fan campaigns to keep the program on the air. It seems particularly fitting that the much-requested (and long-rumored) Veronica Mars movie could come directly from fan backers.\n\"I've always wanted to make a Veronica Mars movie,\" Thomas wrote on the Kickstarter page. \"I love writing these characters and working with these actors. Kristen Bell has always wanted to make the movie.\"\nWithin hours of launching the Kickstarter campaign Wednesday, a steady stream of fans already pledged more than $700,000 of the project's $2 million goal, as of early Wednesday afternoon. The campaign still has 30 days left.\nBell also chimed in on the campaign page in an appeal to backers: \"I promise to give it my all. I promise to work my hardest to give everyone a little bit more Veronica, and I will be oh so honored to do so.\"\nIf the movie is financed on Kickstarter, pre-production could begin immediately, with shooting expected to begin this summer. The movie is targeted to come out in early 2014.\nSEE ALSO: Oscar Win Is a First for Kickstarter-Funded Film\nFans already counting the days until a potential movie release can relive episodes of the detective drama on Netflix\u00A0or on TheWB.com.\nThomas and Bell reacted to Wednesday's funding flurry on Twitter:\n\nall this excitement is prolly gonna send me into early labor. #iamsoexcited #veronicamarsmovie kickstarter.com/projects/55991\u2026\n\u2014 Kristen Bell(@IMKristenBell) March 13, 2013\n\n\u00A0\n\nReally overwhelmed here.\n\u2014 Rob Thomas (@RobThomas) March 13, 2013\n\n\u00A0\nImage via Kevin Winter/Getty Images\n      window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};\n_msla(\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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