Zach Braff wants his fans to help finance his new movie.
The Oz: The Great and Powerful star wants to emulate the success of the fundraising campaign run by his pal Kristen Bell through Kickstarter.com recently, by raising $2 million through donations for the independent sequel to his 2004 hit movie Garden State by May 24.
The 38-year-old actor reached out to the public in a funny pitch video, featuring cameos from his former Scrubs co-star Donald Faison, as well as The Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons and comedian Chris Hardwick, in a bid to raise money for his next feature called Wish I Was Here, which he co-wrote with his brother Adam.
He said: "I was about to sign a typical financing deal in order to get the money to make Wish I Was Here, my follow up to Garden State. It would have involved making a lot of sacrifices I think would have ultimately hurt the film.
"After I saw the incredible way Veronica Mars fans rallied around Kristen Bell and her show's creator Rob Thomas, I couldn't help but think (like I'm sure so many other independent filmmakers did) maybe there is a new way to finance smaller, personal films that didn't involve signing away all your artistic control."
Earlier this month, the Veronica Mars film campaign raised $5.7 million.
