Music: {allcanada} Enrico Colantoni thinks it's 'inevitable' that 'Veronica Mars' will come back

Sunday, November 30, 2014

{allcanada} Enrico Colantoni thinks it's 'inevitable' that 'Veronica Mars' will come back

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2014 was the year "Veronica Mars" fans got their wish and saw their favorite teenage detective return. Seven years after The CW canceled the series, loyal viewers saw a "Veronica Mars" movie hit theaters as a result of their crowd funding.

Since that release and the subsequent premiere of The CW's "Play It Again, Dick" web series, star Enrico Colantoni has felt the fervor for more of Veronica's adventures die down. But he tells Zap2it he hopes it's only a matter of time before the show gets another season -- fingers crossed.

"Secretly I hope that it's inevitable that it comes back," he says while promoting his arc on "Person of Interest." "That would be great, because I think 'Veronica Mars' is too big for movies. Her life is too big, it's too epic. It needs to spend 10 to 13 episodes just to get how rich she is."

Despite not playing the character of Veronica's father Keith Mars for seven years, Colantoni admits it was the "easiest thing in the world" to don that persona again. He reminisces about how times have changed for axed TV shows, saying, "I certainly remember those days when a show you loved was canceled and you'd never see it again."

He continues, "If a show has a following, then I think that's almost a guarantee to revisit it in a different incarnation, whether it's online and just small little webisodes, or full episodes on Netflix or Amazon. The people are speaking and they're speaking loudly and powers that be will certainly answer."

Though Colantoni is the first to admit that he doesn't know how well the "Veronica Mars" movie performed -- and also laughs that there isn't a way to go back to fans and ask for another $5.7 million to make another film -- he doesn't think that 2014 isn't the last time fans will see Veronica.

"I think we all feel that we satisfied and gave fans closure," he says. "I don't know how well we did for Warner Bros. to reinvest or not, I'm out of that loop, but I wouldn't be surprised if I got that call from Rob [Thomas] in saying, 'OK, we're doing another one.' I wouldn't be surprised at all."

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