( CNN ) -- Veronica Mars is returning -- sort of . Buzzfeed reports that `` Veronica Mars '' cast members including Kristen Bell and Jason Dohring will appear in `` Play It Again , Dick , '' a Web series about the `` Veronica Mars character , '' Dick Casablancas . The eight-episode series is set to run on The CW 's home for digital content , CW Seed . The premise is a series about a series in that Ryan Hansen , the actor who plays Dick Casablancas , will play a fictionalized version of himself as well a Casablancas . 'Veronica Mars ' : Five ways the show made its mark on TV . `` Veronica Mars '' and `` Play It Again Dick '' creator Rob Thomas told HitFix : `` The Web series will have more in common with 'Party Down ' tonally , but it will be about Ryan Hansen , or at least a version of Ryan Hansen , deciding to capitalize on the current 'Veronica Mars ' heat to get his own series on the air . He 'll try to pull his actor pals into the venture with varying degrees of success . '' The cast will play their characters as well as versions of themselves . In March , a `` Veronica Mars '' film premiered in theaters after fans successfully funded a Kickstarter campaign to make it happen .
Web series will be about Ryan Hansen as Dick Casablancas . The show is being produced by the same team that brought you “Community,” which was canceled after two seasons. The actors will play fictionalized versions of themselves .