Will it be the magic again? You've gotta hope so... According to Watch with Kristin on E!online, there's a good chance that the Veronica Mars team of Kristen Bell and Rob Thomas will be working together again.In a recent chat with Kristin, Kristen (that's Ms. Bell -- check the spelling) has been talking with Rob about the possibility of another series. It would be great if they were talking about bringing Veronica back, but that's apparently not meant to be. Only fans like us, we see that that is what we'd want most of all, but it ain't happening.
No, instead it looks like Rob has his eye on plunking Kristen B. into one of his three -- count 'em three -- ongoing projects: ABC's Cupid, the CW's new revamped Beverly Hills 90210, or Outrageous Fortune (also for ABC). E! claims that their sources are confirming it's the latter, and that Kristen could be playing opposite Rene Russo who is ready to sign on to play the mother in the comedy-drama about a family of criminals that decide to try going legit after the patriarch is sent to prison. Kristen would be part of the family, an important part if Rob is smart and uses her the way he did in Veronica M.
The prospect of Kristen Bell and Rene Russo going toe to toe -- as adversaries or chums -- is enough to make me want to tune in. But the big question is how will Kristen be able to do another project? If it is Outrageous Fortune, and it's picked up as a pilot, would she have time in her schedule to do a series? She's already committed to five episodes of NBC's Heroes (although I find her character completely write-out-able), and voice overs for Gossip Girl voice-overs, plus there may be things we don't know about.
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4-02-2008 @ 1:43PM
Thomas said...
I love Rene Russo and Kristen Bell so am really looking forward to the possibility of this. The UK version (casting and production team aside) was rather rubbish though.
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4-02-2008 @ 7:32PM
SIo said...
What was the UK version of this? It's not ringing any bells with me...
4-02-2008 @ 9:14PM
Thomas said...
Honest on ITV.
5-15-2008 @ 8:49AM
Katee said...
Honest was horrific, though. It was a complete ripoff of the NZ (original) version of Outrageous Fortune...they basically bought the script and changed the characters names, and that is all. I have just been convincing a friend of mine who loved VM as much as me (and that's A LOT) to watch Outrageous Fortune...I'm catching up on season 3 now and it's so damn good. I have all my fingers xd that KBell gets cast!! There are two characters in OF played by the same actor...in the original version they're men but they could totally be played by a girl if Rob chose. KBell playing two characters would be AWE. SOME.
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