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UPDATE: ‘Veronica Mars’ Movie Zooms Past $2M Kickstarter Goal In 10 Hours; Aiming For Summer Shoot

By JEN YAMATO | Wednesday March 13, 2013 @ 5:55pm PDTTags: Big Deals TV, Kickstarter, Rob Thomas, Veronica Mars, Warner Bros

Veronica Mars Movie2ND UPDATE, 5:55 PM: It took just 10 hours for Rob Thomas and Kristen Bell‘s Veronica Mars movie to zoom past its Kickstarter goal of $2 million, with a full 30 days to go to raise additional cash on the crowdfunding site. That’s testament to the power of a cult fandom to rally behind a property, even if some are wary of the precedent it sets for studios entering (and profiting from) the crowdfunding space. It will be interesting to see how Warner Bros. pitches in as Thomas eyes a summer start. I’m told the extent of WB’s involvement at present is in aiding with distribution, marketing, publicity and legal via Warner Bros. Digital Distribution, which will help with a limited theatrical release followed by On Demand via cable and satellite providers as well as digital retailers.

PREVIOUS, 12:30 PM: Only four and a half hours into its fundraising campaign, the Veronica Mars movie became the fastest to hit $1 million in Kickstarter history. Tweeted the crowdfunding platform: ‏@kickstarter: Wow. Veronica Mars (@RobThomas @IMKristenBell) reached $1m in 4 hours 24 minutes, a new Kickstarter record. Looks like the cult series could reach its goal even faster than anticipated. $2 million by suppertime?
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Rob Thomas To Adapt British Relationship Series ‘Metropolis’ For The CW

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday October 16, 2012 @ 3:00pm PDTTags: Metropolis, Rob Thomas, the CW
Nellie Andreeva

Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas is back at the CW with Metropolis, a drama based on the 2000 British series. Thomas will write and executive produce the project, about a group of friends who are struggling with their adult lives not living up to the expectations they had when they were idealistic college friends.

The original limited series, created by Peter Morgan (The Queen, Frost/Nixon) and produced by Granada TV, had an eight-episode run with a cast that included James Fox, Louise Lombard, James Purefoy and Matthew Rhys. The adaptation is being produced by Warner Bros TV, Rob Thomas Prods, ITV Studios America (formerly Granada America) and Littlefield Co, with Warren Littlefield and ITV’s Paul Buccieri executive producing.

This is Thomas’ second stab at adapting Metropolis. The previous one was at ABC during the 1999-2000 development season when the project went to pilot starring Michael Ealy, with the CW’s programming chief Thom Sherman serving as a network development executive. Thomas is now contemporizing the script.

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Heather Graham To Star In Fox Comedy Pilot ‘Little In Common’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday August 24, 2011 @ 9:57pm PDTTags: Fox, Heather Graham, Little In Common, Rob Corddry, Rob Thomas, TV Casting, Warner Bros. TV
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Heather Graham has been tapped to star opposite Rob Corddry in Fox’s comedy pilot Little In Common. Rob Thomas’ single-camera comedy, produced by WBTV, centers on the Wellers (Corddry, Graham), who move from California to Texas but find that their adjustment won’t be quite that easy considering their Latina single-mother neighbor (Alana Ubach) has a radically different approach to child-rearing than they do, while their other new neighborhood acquaintances, the African American Burlesons (Kevin Hart, Gabrielle Union), take sports very seriously. Graham’s role, which has been recast, was played by Paula Marshall in the original pilot, in which Ubach had a husband played by Lombardo Boyar. This is a rare series gig for Graham, who has been focused primarily on features. She previously toplined the short-lived ABC comedy Emily’s Reasons Why Not and recurred on Scrubs. Read More »

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Rob Corddry To Lead Cast Of Fox Comedy Pilot ‘Little In Common’, Two Join ‘Tagged’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday February 18, 2011 @ 3:12pm PSTTags: Little In Common, Little in Common Pilot, Rob Corddry, Rob Thomas, Tagged, Tagged Casting, Tagged Pilot, TV, TV Casting, TV Deals, TV Pilots
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Rob Corddry is set to star in Rob Thomas’ single-camera comedy pilot for Fox Little in Common. Paula Marshall is finalizing a deal to join him in the pilot, from by Warner Bros. TV, which is about 3 … Read More »

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Fox Picks Up Rob Thomas Comedy Pilot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday January 18, 2011 @ 4:21pm PSTTags: Fox, Fox Little In Common, Fox Pilots, Little In Common, Rob Thomas, TV, Warner Bros. TV
Nellie Andreeva

Fox has handed a pilot order to Little in Common, a single-camera comedy from Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas. The project, produced by Warner Bros. TV, is about 3 families united through their kids’ little league sports. This is Fox’s … Read More »

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Fox Has ‘Little In Common’ With Rob Thomas For Comedy Project

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday November 11, 2010 @ 12:42pm PSTTags: Fox Little In Common, Jennifer Gwartz, John Enbom, Little In Common, Rob Thomas, TV, TV Deals, Warner Bros. TV
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Veronica Mars creator and Party Down co-creator Rob Thomas has set up a second  broadcast project, this time at Fox. Thomas will be writing the single-camera comedy titled Little In Common, which is about three families whose lives have … Read More »

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