“The old me, angry me, vengeful me. New me? People say I’m a marshmallow.”
She does it! She does the thing! And in the first two minutes of the Veronica Mars movie that over 91,000 fans, or Marshmallows, helped make. The opening sequence is an excellent little refresher for us die-hard Marshmallows but an induction for the uninitiated. We get a quick rundown of Veronica’s life as a ‘teenage private-eye’ with Kristen Bell’s snark-filled voice taking us through the opening sequence, oh how I’ve missed it. Granted we know that Rob Thomas initially didn’t want Veronica’s voiceover to appear in the movie until she started up her investigations again.
I have a very specific strategy on the voiceover in the movie. There is a “Godfather III” element to this: “No matter how much I think I’m out, they pull me back in,” and Veronica as a non-PI, she doesn’t use voiceover — it’s only when she picks that mantle back up. So we do not open with voiceover — I will tell you that. We have a bunch of cast deals done, but we’re trying to parse them out now that we have them.
But apparently, when the movie was tested, most of the people who went in blind (never having seen any of the show’s epic three-season run) felt lost and confused by the back-story, so Rob had to do what he could.
How epic is it that although the film will be opening in select American cinemas on March 14, the movie will still be available worldwide? That’s right, Veronica Mars will be available to everyone, worldwide.
Rob Thomas explains how this will work on a Kickstarter Project Update:
“1. On March 14, Veronica Mars will be available, both to rent and purchase from DIGITAL RETAILERS (such as iTunes and Amazon) and on-demand through participating CABLE and SATELLITE providers, worldwide.
2. This also means that, on March 14, ALL backers whose rewards include digital copies of Veronica Mars will receive instructions for streaming and downloading the movie. That means that if you pledged at the $35 level or higher, you will be able to see the movie opening weekend.”
So two weeks and counting Marshmallows. Two weeks…and counting. But until then…
