This article is about the television series. Veronica Mars is an American teen noir mystery drama television series created by screenwriter Rob Thomas. The character Veronica Mars is a student veronica lavery progresses from high school to college while moonlighting as a private investigator under the tutelage of her detective father.
Following cancellation, Thomas wrote a feature film script continuing the series. 2 million goal in less than 11 hours. In November 2019, it was announced that there were no plans for Hulu to order a fifth season. Thomas felt that Amanda Seyfried was so good in the series as Lilly Kane that he used her three or four more times than he initially planned in the first season.
Season 1 revolves around Veronica Mars, a high school student and private investigator in the fictional Southern California seaside town of Neptune. Veronica discovers evidence suggesting that Abel Koontz, the man imprisoned after confessing to Lilly’s murder, is innocent. 09er party after her drink was spiked. The second season begins with introducing two new cases: a bus accident that kills several of Veronica’s classmates and the death of PCH gang member Felix Toombs. A school bus carrying six Neptune High students and a teacher plunges off a cliff, killing all but one passenger. Veronica, who was supposed to be on the bus, makes it her mission to discover why the bus crashed and who is responsible. Veronica, Logan, Wallace, Mac, and Dick are freshmen at Neptune’s Hearst College in the third season.
Two new regular main characters are introduced: Stosh “Piz” Piznarski and Parker Lee, Wallace and Mac’s respective roommates. The first mystery is established when Parker becomes a victim of the Hearst serial rapist, a storyline carried over from the second season. The fourth season opens in 2019, twelve years after the series finale and five following the film. Veronica is living with Logan in Neptune and still solving mysteries with Keith.
A significant case arises when several Spring Break locations are bombed, with suspects including a State Congressman to a Mexican cartel. The first season had seven regular characters. Kristen Bell portrayed the title character Veronica Mars, a high school junior and skilled private detective. Teddy Dunn played Duncan Kane, Veronica’s ex-boyfriend and Lilly’s brother. Thomas, who said he “conceive the show as a one-year mystery,” decided that he needed to introduce and eliminate several characters to be able to create an “equally fascinating mystery” for the series’ second season. The third season introduced two new series regulars, Parker Lee and Stosh “Piz” Piznarski.
Julie Gonzalo portrayed Parker, Mac’s extroverted roommate and “everything that Mac is not. Before his first television job on Dawson’s Creek, Thomas sold two novel ideas. Teddy Dunn, who portrayed Duncan Kane, originally auditioned for the role of Logan Echolls. Kristen Bell was chosen to play Veronica Mars from more than 500 women who auditioned for the role.
Bell felt that it was “just luck” that Rob Thomas saw that “I have some sass to me, and that’s exactly what he wanted. Bell thought that her cheerleader looks and an outsider’s attitude set her apart from the other women who auditioned. Jason Dohring, who played Logan, originally auditioned for the role of Duncan. Teddy Dunn originally auditioned for Logan, but ended up portraying Duncan. Percy Daggs III auditioned for Wallace Fennel’s role twice and took three tests with studio and network executives. During his first audition, Daggs read four scenes from the pilot. Just before his studio test, Daggs read with Bell and had “a great conversation.