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Film | Mar 15, 2013 | 2:11

Mars fans become financiers

Warner Bros. turned down Rob Thomas' request to make a movie based on teen P.I. series Veronica Mars. But when he went to the fans on crowd-source funding site Kickstarter, they ponied up more than $2 million in the first day. Deana Sumanac reports.

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