Will 'Chuck' Make it to the Big Screen?
by Shannon KeirnanAfter Kristen Bell and Rob Thomas joined together and started a Kickstarter project that gave them the funds to create a “Veronica Mars” film within a record amount of time, other fan-favorite (or cancelled) shows are sitting up and taking notice.
Zachary Levi, of “Chuck,” is one of the actors paying attention to this new way of campaigning.
I've always thought doing a 'Chuck' movie would be fun," said Levi. "If we had just gone straight to monetizing it and selling it directly to the fans then, we might still actually be on the air… I've always had this passion for where content is going to come from in the future—and being able to essentially just make whatever you want and sell it directly to fans."
He added, "I think what Kristen and Rob have done is awesome. I love that they care about their fans. I love that they are bringing their talents back to their fans and wanting to kind of complete the journey they never got to the first time around."
So can he make this a reality?
"There's a lot of conversations that need to happen,” he said. "I'm going to sit down with Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak and just kind of gauge their temperature on it. See how much they'd want to be involved. Of course, I'd only want to do it with the blessing of them, they created the show, and the blessing of Warner Bros."
What about “Veronica Mars?”
"I will watch that movie, I can't wait to see it,” Levi admits.
Another television show rumored to be considering a comeback via Kickstarter? Cancelled-but-adorable “Pushing Daisies,” which starred Lee Pace as a pie maker who could bring people back from the dead.