Actor Zach Braff Using Kickstarter to Try to Fund Movie
Following in footsteps of Veronica Mars.
In news that has opinions strongly divided, Zach Braff is making a movie and using Kickstarter to fund it. After the phenomenal success of the Veronica Mars kickstarter, which raised $2 million on its second day and $5 million by the end, it was pretty clear that others were going to jump on the bandwagon, with his sort-of sequel to Garden State, Wish I Was Here.
But there are obvious differences between the sitch with VM and that of Braff's movie. See, while Veronica Mars was a little known cult show, much beloved by its fans, but otherwise ignored, Braff's project had reportedly already been offered the funding. The only reason the Scrubs actor chose to publicly fund Wish I Was Here was so that he could keep full creative control. Some, like Celebuzz's Robert Kessler have called it a vanity project. And indeed, it can undoubtedly be called that.
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