The 'Miss Fisher' Movie: Now The Kickstarter Is Over, What Happens Next?

The Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Kickstarter campaign to help fund the upcoming movie was a smashing success, raising almost three-quarters of a million dollars in Australian currency. So what comes next?

Back in August of this year, we looked at the prospects for the proposed Miss Fisher movie, Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears, which at that time was functioning on a schedule that, should it be fully funded by Australia's ABC, would begin filming in November, with a release date in late 2018. As we know now, Every Cloud Productions, which produced the original Miss Fisher TV series, did not secure that funding, causing them to launch a Kickstarter this past September to fill the gap.

Said Kickstarter was more successful than they ever imagined. The original funding goal was $250K AU, which is about $192K in US dollars. That goal was hit within the first 48 hours. With the campaign now over, the final total raised is $733,210 AU, which comes to $562,812 US. In total, the project brought aboard 7,763 backers, of which over half, (4,228 to be exact) are from the US, and discovered the show through their local PBS stations like WETA.