Great news for Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries fans
Last Friday, the producers of Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries set up an online crowdfunding campaign to fill a funding gap in the production budget and to ensure investors that fans were keen for the film.
The results of the crowdfunding surpassed the producers’ expectations with over $400,000 being raised in just three days.
The proposed film, Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears reached its initial goal of $250,000 in under two days and now the target has been raised to $500,000.
There are 24 days left in the online campaign and the fund has already reached $450,000.
"We launched at 12 on Friday, and within two days we had already achieved our initial funding goal," Drew Grove of Every Cloud Productions told HuffPost Australia.
"We had a huge support from across the globe – from Sweden, Denmark, France, Germany, Canada, the UK – and 50 per cent of the pledges came from the US."
In 2012, the show launched starring Essie Davis as Phryne Fisher, a private detective from Melbourne in the 1920s.
The series amassed a large fan base from countries all over the world.
“What struck us was not only the immediate response," Grove said, "but the outpouring of support and personal messages we received from our fanbase about why 'Miss Fisher' means so much to them."
"We had a lot of pledges backing the campaign for their mother or in memories of family members who were fans. It's been really quite a special experience.”
With the overwhelming support for the planned movie, the producers have plans to make the Miss Fisher’s Murder movies into a trilogy.
"We would love a trilogy," Grove said. "We very much see Miss Fisher being that 'Indiana Jones' type character and we certainly have other places in mind for Phryne to go to.”
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