In the not too distant future … we could be gettingbrand newfangled episodesof Mystery Science Theater 3000 , courtesy of original human boniface Joel Hodgson ! But for an extremely steep Kickstarter destination .
It ’s been painfully lose , but today the original host and creator Joel Hodgson foretell he ’s looking to reboot the show with brand novel sequence – and launched aKickstarter campaignto serve him do so . Sounds dandy , right ? The job is , he ’s asking for a mint of money : a whopping $ 2 million will get us three episode , and $ 5.5 million gets us a full , 12 - sequence season . The sky - high backing destination likely staunch from the fact that securing the rights to the picture show is belike pricy , especially if this new show wants to skewer new , easily - experience motion-picture show than get along like Manos : The Hands of Fate .
There ’s another asterisk to the story , as well : Hodgson wo n’t actually host the new show himself , and there will be new actors for robotic sidekick Crow and Tom Servo , as well . unexampled actors will be hired for all of those old role . Hodgson toldEntertainment Weekly , however , that the old ring will be invited back to possibly produce , write , and make cameos .
Much of the original MST3 K crew has in reality been riff station - show for geezerhood on the net . Over atRifftrax , former MST3 K host Michael J. Nelson , plus Kevin Murphy ( Tom Servo ) and Bill Corbett ( Crow ) have continued their custom online and in live appearance in theaters across the nation . Hodgson ’s Kickstarter will in reality bring back the MST3 K name , though . And if it come in front of the right executive director , it could be pick up long - term .
MST3 K is my favorite show of all fourth dimension , so I ’m hoping my fellow MSTies are as pump as I am – but I ’m also a bit cautious , deal the astronomical crowdfunding goal . The right news is the campaign ’s already reeled in $ 100 K on its first day at the meter of this bill – and it ’s not even dejeuner .
Update , 11/10/15 , 4:46 p.m. EST : Variety isreportingthat Shout ! Factory has acquire all properitary right for the show from Best Brains , Inc. , which gives a bit more context of use to the reboot : They ’re play with Hodgson on digital media strategy , new content , merch , and more . And oh yeah , the Kickstarter ’s closing in on $ 500,000 and it ’s still day 1 .
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