Forget ‘Veronica Mars,’ The Real Kickstarter Surprise is ‘Lizzie Bennet’
Soon after the Kickstarter campaign for “Veronica Mars” sparked a ton of conversations and debates, another woman-led project took the crowdfunding site by storm, raising its $60,000 goal soon after it launched.
The team behind “The Lizzie Bennet Diaries,” a YouTube-based adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice,” have already raised $430,000 and counting, mainly by selling a DVD of the complete series (There are currently a few hours to go on the Kickstarter campaign, which can be found here). Funds from the sales will go toward a new Austen adaptation, “Welcome to Sanditon,” based on the author’s unfinished “Sanditon.”
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