Veronica Mars Movie Kind of Confirmed

How did I miss this? Sometime in the past two weeks the rumored Veronica Mars movie was confirmed by series creator Rob Thomas. Of course, knowing how these things work I'll believe that when it's actually in production (I mean just look at how long Michael Cera has held up the Arrested Development movie). But what's most surprising is that he's writing it now and has started to leak vague clues about the plot.

"...it's 70 percent broken in my head, I've been struggling with this one plot point and I'm hopeful to figure that out....I'm feeling like I'm on the right track now. But I don't want to give that away yet."

"The one thing that I will say is where it will pick up. "I know we did that F.B.I. ‘what if’ thing, but we would not go to that place. I think it would open just days before the Hearst College Graduation. So Veronica would be sort of at the end of her college career."

Well, at least it doesn't involve the F.B.I. That's a relief. But this isn't enough information to go on yet as far as any indication of the film's prospects. The first season of the show is the greatest piece of television I've ever seen, the second is just a notch below that and the third was castrated by the CW network, resulting in a creatively mixed bag that could only really be enjoyed as a guilty pleasure. So what next?

The show didn't soar off the air at the heights it truly deserved and the shift from high school to the college setting had a lot to do with that. Thomas' decision to set this during Veronica's final college days is a curious one and it'll be interesting to see how he handles that. But what he needs to do right now is plant himself in front of the TV and study season 1 very, very hard. And he should READ THIS. Still, any excuse to see the love of my life Kristen Bell onscreen in anything is fine by me and I'm thrilled to see my favorite show get a chance at potentially gaining more fans. Thomas just better not screw this up...and he better have Ken Marino and Harry Hamlin on speed dial.

Source: IF Magazine