Friday was an exciting day at Comic-Con but it was especially exciting for fans of Veronica Mars. At Friday’s panel in San Diego, stars and creative minds behind the cancelled show talked about the new film on it’s way and even debuted new footage from the upcoming movie, which was funded through crowdsourcing.

Everyone form Kristen Bell to series creator Rob Thomas dished about the new movie, but the meat and potatoes of the panel really was the over four minutes of brand new footage shot for the film. The footage included clips from the movie as well as behind-the-scenes material with more actors and actresses talking about what the new movie means to them.

While the debut of the footage was exclusive to Comic-Con attendees, Thomas sent out and email to Kickstarter producers confirming rumors that might have been floating around about the footage and gave a brief recap of what went down in San Diego.

“It’s been a very long day, so I’ll keep this short and sweet,” creator Rob Thomas wrote to his Kickstarter backers, via THR.com. “This morning, we showed off the first footage from the movie in Hall H, to a packed crowd. Tomorrow, we’ll share it with the press. I wanted you to see it tonight.”

The film seems to be pioneering the use of Kickstarter to fund a film fans want to see, but at the end of the day, all fans of Veronica Mars care about is that there is new footage for the first time in a long time of the favorite characters and the full length movie is just around the corner.