--- title: Watch the Opening Scene of the Crowd-Funded Veronica Mars Movie description: It'll bring you up to speed in time for March 14 release canonical: https://time.com/11328/watch-the-opening-scene-of-the-crowd-funded-veronica-mars-movie/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-03T12:00:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:07:23.172Z og:title: Watch the Opening Scene of the Crowd-Funded Veronica Mars Movie og:description: It'll bring you up to speed in time for March 14 release og:url: https://time.com/11328/watch-the-opening-scene-of-the-crowd-funded-veronica-mars-movie/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt858ae96cb46ca606/6986837d1eebf7805736f983/screen-shot-2014-03-02-at-4-49-30-pm.png?branch=production&width=1141&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1141 og:image:height: 642 og:image:alt: Watch the Opening Scene of the Crowd-Funded Veronica Mars Movie og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the Opening Scene of the Crowd-Funded Veronica Mars Movie twitter:description: It'll bring you up to speed in time for March 14 release twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt858ae96cb46ca606/6986837d1eebf7805736f983/screen-shot-2014-03-02-at-4-49-30-pm.png?branch=production&width=1141&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch the Opening Scene of the Crowd-Funded Veronica Mars Movie > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Mar 3, 2014 12:00 PM UTC  Youtube by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Mar 3, 2014 12:00 PM UTC The official trailer for the _Veronica Mars_ movie—based on the cult TV show about a teenage sleuth played by Kristen Bell—[debuted](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/01/03/the-official-veronica-mars-trailer-is-here/) in January. But fans can now get an even closer look at the upcoming film, because its opening scene has been released on YouTube. The two-minute scene catches viewers up to speed, so even if you’ve never seen the TV show, the movie should still make sense. 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