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>> good evening. and thanks for joining us. as we come on the air, the mystery of missing flight 370 deepens. a desperate rush to identify what's in those images released just a few hours ago. as the world asks, is this the missing plane? captured by a chinese satellite, three floating objects found in the search zone. one of them nearly 80 feet long. no confirmation yet on whether the objects are, in fact, debris from the plane. experts say that will require

firsthand inspection. later on in this broadcast, we'll report on some of the conspiracy theories surrounding the flight. but now we move our attention to south africa where a new day is about to begin in court for the so-called blade runner, oscar pistori pistorius. on trial for allegedly murdering his girlfriend. dramatic moments as the night of the crime is re-enact the by la enforcement. matt gutman is in pretoria with the latest. >> with the repeated action of a cricket band, the prosecution tried to pound holes in oscar pistorius' version of events that he killed his model girlfriend reeva steenkamp. he said when he realized it was a lover, not intruder, he battered it shutdown with this bat. a police forensic expert took the stand for the prosecution, asking to demonstrate how the door was smashed in. that door is crucial evidence

says dan abrams. >> it tells the story of w406s where, where the bullets came from, where oscar pistorius was when he swung this cricket bat. and prosecutors believe it helps them demonstrate he was lying. he says he went back to his bedroom after the shooting, screaming for help, puts his prosthetic legs on, goes back and then beats the door down. prosecutors say that's not what the evidence and the door show. >> reporter: he was now being painted as a liar, a murderer. for nearly a decade he had been an inspiration to south africans and to millions across the world. pistorius was born without fibulas. so to aid his mobility his parents had his legs amputated below the knee when he was a

child. pistorius never wallowed even when his mother tragically died when he was just 15. with those prosthetic legs he would go on to dominate the special olympics in@then in 2004. >> oscar pistorius is flying away from all of them. then in 2012 after years of lob lobbying, he was allowed to compete with abled bodies athletes in the london games. for blind beauty and reality star, it seemed like a storybook love affair. >> she was happy. as far as i knew, she was happy. >> the royal couple played well in the tabloids. their passion seemingly evident. very quickly, reeva steenkamp started spending more and more time at his home. and then valentine's day 2013, that shooting, steenkamp was dead and pistorius was charged with murder. and for the past eight days in court, the blade runner has sat there on the front bench.

the prosecution describing him as an egomaniac, obsessed with fast cars, guns, and perhaps his girlfriend. but from the start, he insisted he was innocent. >> not guilty, my lady. >> he's been solitary but never still. so often anguished. and on friday and monday, a visceral reaction to the pathologist's testimony. >> i tried to open the airway and found no signs of life. >> first came the heaving, then the wretching. this bucket slid over to him. then that handkerchief covering the clammy face. early we heard the ear witness accounts of the screams heard from the pistorius home late last night. >> petrifying screams. i heard that female screaming fearfully. >> the frequent swings at the

bullet-ridden door. but under cross-examination. but then, it wasn't the door that seemed to be dismantled but the police credibility. >> the defense is trying to show they messed up this investigation. the evidence wasn't cared for. there may have even been corrupt police officers involved in this case. reer >> reporter: the prosecution and defense have two very different versions of what happened. so abc news built a lifestyle model of pistorius' home based on the floor plans. that's amy robach and dan abrams. prosecutors believe there was a fight that witnesses could hear the fight from outside these windows that were open. they believe reeva then flees to the bathroom. he comes around to this side of

the bed, grabs his gun -- >> and then goes after reeva. >> pistorius fires four times. three hit steenkamp in the hip, elbow and the head. he said he thought it was an intruder, but even his version of events in which he insists he's innocent of murder could still put him in hot water. >> even if you mistakeningly kill someone, 1% guilty you could be guilty of culpable homicide. he's walked out this door eight times before through this gauntlet of media. but today may have been his toughest day of court. but outside every day, he's greeted with rock star squeals. >> is this the first time you've ever been able to see him? >> yeah. >> reporter: yesterday we caught up with a group of girls there for their first glimpse.

you watch it all day long, right? 24 hours of oscar pistorius. can you get enough? >> no. >> reporter: we got an inside look at that channel, pumping out 15 hours of all things pistorius every day. john webb is one of its anchors. how obsessed are south africans with this story? >> i think they're becoming more obsessed. this is all new territory for many south africans. we haven't had this kind of access to court proceedings before. especially around a criminal trial of this significance. i think the more it goes along, i think the more interested people are coming. >> and it will peak when the blade runner himself finally takes the stand to explain how he took his love's life. i'm matt gutman for "nightline" in pretoria, south africa. >> we will, of course, stay on the story. next, how much would you pay to bring your favorite tv characters back to life? 91,000 veronica mars fans opened their wallets.

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the t show "veronica mars" was an instant cult classic for the three seasons it stayed on air and it left fans wanting more. a lot more. but what would it take to bring back the actors? including kristen bell? well, here's the math. one passion project on kick starter, one willing cast, 91,000 fans, and $5 million. what does it all add up to? veronica mars the movie. chris connelly has been followed kristen bell and company for the past year. >> i don't really do that anymore. >> a feature financed by fans via social media. it's unprecedented in hollywood history. >> mars. >> it's been a year in the making. "nightline" has been there every step of the way. >> a girl, a teenager and a private detective. a triple threat. >> seven years after its small screen debut, veronica mars and

its sleuth at center with enjoy an unlikely resurrection. kristen bell is now the voice of anna in "frozen" and the original veronica mars cast. >> i wanted to make the movie since the day our production shut down. our cast has been stayed very close. we knew everyone was in. >> did anyone on your team say it's crazy. you have a flourishing career. you don't have to do this. >> i do not let them talk to me like that. second of all, i do not have a flourishing film career. >> reporter: veronica mars was a perfect fit for the skills of kristen bell. >> so much of me is in veronica. i present a lot sweeter of an exterior than i maybe am thinking all the time. i think a lot of snarky stuff. i just don't always say it

because i know better. >> reporter: the shows fans known as marshmallows. >> these old ladies at the mall are like i hate your character. but then i saw the last episode and now i don't know. >> reporter: but in may 2007, this seemed like america's last look at veronica mars, the final curtain of a show that ran for 64 episodes over three seasons. >> oh, my god, veronica mars. just to exist, this new movie needed cutting-edge technology and more than 91,000 fans who paid for the production like this flight attendant. >> it was something i wanted for so long. i was just excited at the opportunity. >> now at the cinematic social media success. one we began following last

spring. with veronica mars writer, producer and now director. >> today is may 29. where are you right now in terms of production? >> we're three weeks out from shooting. and nervous. 93 fans are going to be used as extras in the movies. we're trying to coordinate when they're coming in for which scenes. that's something normal movies don't have to worry about. >> normal movies don't do what this leading lady have done. post videos on the crowd funding website kick starter. soliciting donations towards the making of course a veronica mars movie. >> thank you, guys, so much for supporting the kickstarter. >> thank you so very, very much. >> we didn't steal from anyone. we said would you guys want to buy your tickets, like, way in advance? like maybe two years in advance before we even make the movie? and thankfully they said yes. >> each donation level has perks

attached. signed copies of the eventual script, posters, dvd's, even walk-on parts in the movieth e. -- movie itself. >> we're happy to do it. >> one month later, 91,585 donors had given over $5 million. by june, the cast was shooting a 10th year high school reyao uni scene. in the background can be found multiple kick starter investors. >> i would have paid so much more for the experience that i got. it was fabulous. >> yet as other famous faces try to crowd fund their pet projects, some say it's wrong for those with industry hook-ups to be taking kickstarter coins. >> i think this bring answer element of democracy to, you know what we get to see in the movies. >> veronica mars was unique. an established franchise, owned

by a company reluctant to green light a film. and a creative team willing to work cheap. >> rob said you would have been willing to change your clothes behind trees to make that happen. >> yeah, i did. knowing that if i have to change over for a different scene i would have to drive back to base camp, change my clothesing come back, that's 17 minutes. versus i go behind a tree and just avert your eyes, pervs, i'm out in 2 1/2. i mean, does logic not speak for itself? go behind the tree. >> i had to convince warner brothers that there was an enthusiasm for it, that there was a fan interest. >> that enthusiasm was evident at comicon in san diego. >> it's surreal that you love their show and then you get to meet them. i'm so excited. i'm shaking.

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>> how could something as big as a boeing 777 seemingly vanish into thin air. for the past five day, an international search to co-late the missing malaysia airlines plane with 239 onboard has

yielded no clues for loved ones desperate for information. with few facts, lots of theories are popping up, as abc's senior national correspondent reports. >> reporter: how could a plan larger than this 767 crash into the sea and leave no trace? even as these grainy satellite images leased today by the chinese government show what could be debris, there is still no proof. an open sea mystery that has seasoned aviators puzzled. david sus zi has been investigating plane accidents for 25 years. >> there's something very unique going on here that i haven't experienced in my investigations before. >> reporter: on reddit, everything from ailian abduction to a chinese military power play is trending. but some of the less wild conspiracies actually warrant examination. >> some of the theories that are being put forward, you have to think yeah, that needs to be looked into.

>> hijacking, for example. could flight mh-370 been taken over? radios and transponders silenced as it was flown to a nearby island. eerily, families continue to call that you are lived ones cell phones, which because the call is international rings hauntingly before going to e-mail. some say what's going on here is almost like the tv show "lost." >> i think there's something that happened to this aircraft, whether or not they could have lappeded that aircraft in that region i find highly unlikely. >> another prominent theory involves the military. was it blown to small pieces by a rogue missile? making the debris field too small to find? >> i don't see evidence of that whatsoever. the whole profile would have been much different than what we see today. we would have seen debris across the ocean. it would have spread as much as a mile across the ocean. >> others wonder about secret military experiments gone awry. developing star trek-like

abilities. cloaking. it is true military contractors are working on the possibility. >> sounds space age to me. >> it doesn't surprise you that we hear all these? >> oh, it would surprise me if you didn't. yeah, this is what happens. and the longer it goes on, the crazier it's going to get. >> another reason to find that plane, or what is left of it. for "nightline," i'm jim avila in washington. >> our thanks to jim avila for that. thank you for watching abc news. tune into good morning america tomorrow. good night, america.