The quirky drama was cancelled by ABC in 2008, but Fuller told The Hollywood Reporter that he had been inspired by the recent success of the Veronica Mars movie Kickstarter - which hits its $2 million target in under 24 hours.
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Bryan Fuller
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Pushing Daisies cast shot
"When I saw [the campaign] online, I said to my agent immediately, 'Can we do this with Pushing Daisies or [short-lived Fox series] Wonderfalls?'" Fuller admitted.
"And he said, 'Pushing Daisies is going to take a lot more than $2 million to make into a movie'."
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The writer/producer explained that making a Pushing Daisies film would prove "more daunting" than the planned Veronica Mars follow-up.
"Veronica Mars hinges on its charming cast and writing and isn't as effects-laden and dependent on huge productions," said Fuller. "You can make a $2 million or $4 million Veronica Mars movie.
"For something like Pushing Daisies, which is more elaborate visually and also would require extensive prosthetics and those sorts of complicating production elements, it's a little more daunting."
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However, Fuller - currently working as showrunner on NBC's forthcoming horror drama Hannibal - admitted that he is still interested in returning to his old shows if certain "loopholes and legalities" can be navigated.
"If I weren't in Toronto finishing up on Hannibal, I'd be knocking on doors at Warner Brothers, asking, 'Is [a Kickstarter campaign] a viable plan for Pushing Daisies?'" he insisted.
Chuck star Zachary Levi has previously expressed his interest in using Kickstarter to revive his show, while Joss Whedon has ruled out the possibility of using the crowd funding site to bring back his axed sci-fi series Firefly in the near future.
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