Veronica Mars Boss Rob Thomas Shares 'Six-Episode' Revival Update

With the Gilmore Girls revival behind us, it's time to reopen our investigation into a second Veronica Mars reunion project.

Over the summer, leading lady Kristen Bell confirmed our initial scoop that she and series creator Rob Thomas are eyeing a limited-series format vs. a fan-funded feature film this time around, telling me at Comic-Con, "We are definitely striving to do it again... And this time around we're not going to ask the audience to pony up for anything." [pmc_inline_gallery]

At the Television Critics Association winter press tour last week, Thomas — who was promoting iZombie Season 3 — revealed that the potential continuation would consist of a half-dozen hour-long episodes. "Kristen and I both want to figure out some way we could do a six-episode Veronica Mars mystery," he shared. "If I were a betting man, I bet that it will happen. I just don't know when it will be."

Two likely complications/obstacles: Bell's commitment to NBC's The Good Place and Thomas' in-the-works Lost Boys remake for The CW. "We need to find a window where we could both do it," he explained. "When actors are on network shows, most standard contracts will give them outs for, like, one episode a year of guest-starring. But then there are also sometimes outs if you're doing something that is non-competitive. Would NBC consider a Veronica Mars thing on, like, Netflix non-competitive? We have not figured that out yet.

"Also, I'm developing Lost Boys," he adds. "If those things weren't happening, we might be closer to a Veronica Mars [continuation]. The Good Place, I think, is going to be on NBC for a while. And if Lost Boys goes, finding that window will be tricky. But we both want to do it." (With reporting by Vlada Gelman)