Life from “Mars”

After just recently watching Kristen Bell (and Kelsey Grammer) in the Netflix comedy feature Like Father, my eyes were out for more news about the actress. And up crops this from Vox:

A Veronica Mars revival is in the works at Hulu, Entertainment Weekly reports. The deal hasn’t been finalized yet, but it’s apparently close.

None of the details have yet been confirmed, but EW is reporting that Kristen Bell, who starred in the show’s original run as the titular teen detective, will reprise the role despite her commitments to NBC’s The Good Place, which she stars in. That suggests that the Veronica Mars revival will be a limited-run series, perhaps along the lines of the Gilmore Girls Netflix revival, but at this point we don’t know for sure. According to TVLine, the revival would likely run for eight episodes. Series creator and showrunner Rob Thomas would also be on board.

For fans, the news comes as a mixed blessing. On the one hand: new Veronica Mars material! Hooray! On the other hand: A big part of the Veronica Mars appeal was that she was a hard-boiled neo-noir private eye who was also a teenage girl, and now that she’s no longer a teenager, the balance of the show will have to shift.

Plus, we’ve already had a glimpse of what a Veronica Mars revival with an adult Veronica might look like before, and the results were just okay.

You can read Cameron Pierce Hughes’ review of the original, UPN/CW series Veronica Mars by clicking here.