Big news for the little movie that could, otherwise known as the Veronica Mars movie: Apparently, James Franco's schedule wasn't packed enough already with all of his side projects, because he just joined the cast.
According to Zap2It, Franco—who did not appear in the original series—will be portraying himself, and will be featured in a plot that involves several celebrities victimized by someone who is hiding cameras in their homes and trying to sell the resulting videos to tabloids. Veronica will be on the case, because she's a marshmallow.
The Veronica Mars movie is slated to be released in 2014, and it has already started filming in and around Los Angeles: