These TV Shows Did So Well That They Got Box Office Spin-Offs

Veronica Mars

Kristen Bell starred in the teen detective show Veronica Mars in the early 2000s. She made it to the big screen in 2014 with a new storyline that detailed Mars' life nine years after the show's end. Mars now lives in New York City and but is pulled back to California after being drawn into a murder mystery.

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