‘MST3K’ gets renewed for another season on Netflix

If you’re a big fan of Twitch’s Mystery Science Theater 3000, you’re in for some good news. MST3K is making a comeback on Netflix for its second season on the streaming platform (and 12^th season overall). Series creator Joel Hodgson, current host Jonah Ray, and Felicia Day made the announcement on YouTube after Shout Factory’s annual Turkey Day marathon. While there aren’t details yet when MST3K: The Return is coming to Netflix, the streaming service has 20 classic episodes of the show for you to binge on right now. The new season will be available exclusively on Netflix in the U.S., Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.

Source: AV Club

‘MST3K’ raises about US$5.8 million, becomes biggest crowdfunded video project to date

When Mystery Science Theater 3000 crowdfunded its revival, there was an inkling that it would be big. And yes, it was big indeed. The show that makes fun of bad movies has become the biggest crowdfunded video project to date after raising nearly US$5.8 million through Kickstarter. They beat out Veronica Mars movie’s $5.7 million. According to Engadget, it has also raised $600,000 outside of Kickstarter. The result? You’ll get 14 new MST3K episodes (including a holiday special) in 2016.

Source: Engadget