Last night, the Kickstarter hoping to bring back cult TV hit Mystery Science Theater 3000 wrapped its campaign, and it was a predictable smash, earning $5.76 million. Combining that with the $425,000 the creators say they’ve raised through other channels, the total funding for the revival has passed $6 million. The creators have now pledged to shoot 14 new episodes next year, including a holiday special, although it’s unclear how the episodes will be distributed.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 revival makes $5.7 million in record Kickstarter
The project's one more example of how nostalgia pays in crowdfunding campaigns, whether in gaming, film, or in this case, a TV show that's a loving lampooning of B movies. As Recode notes, the campaign appears to now hold the title for most funding ever given to a video project, just edging out the $5.7 million earned by the Veronica Mars movie project.
There will be at least a couple changes from the original, however, as comedians Felicia Day and Patton Oswalt have signed up to work on the project, with several cameos from other actors planned.
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