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47 Q3 2019 / CINEMONTAGE by Edward Landler portraits by Wm. Stetz S ince 2012, Walt Bost, MPSE, has been working steadily with Technicolor Sound Services and, this year, it is very easy to tune into a TV or web series on which he has worked as supervising sound editor. In January, the fifth season of Grace and Frankie (2015-present), the comedy starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, dropped on Netflix. Since May 2, Season 5 of Rob Thomas and Diane Ruggiero's iZombie (2015-present) with Rose McIver as a medical examiner zombie helping the police solve murders has been running on the CW Network. On June 17, ABC debuted Grand Hotel, a dramatic series about a family-run luxury hotel in multi-ethnic Miami Beach, with Eva Longoria as one of its executive producers. On July 26, though, Hulu started streaming a series closer to Bost's heart: show creator Thomas' eight-episode reboot of Veronica Mars, which originally aired on UPN, renamed CW during its run from 2004 to 2007. Kristen Bell returns as the title character, now well more than 10 years since graduating from Neptune High School and still investigating crimes in the California beachfront town. Like Bell and much of the show's cast and crew, Bost is returning to familiar territory, with the current series officially airing as Season 4. Recalling his start on the first episode of Veronica Mars, Season 1 late in 2003 , the supervising sound editor says, "Someone else did the pilot; I came on as supervising sound editor just to do the pilot conform, and stayed all three seasons. I just loved the type of show it was. It was not a normal network show. It was ingeniously constructed with dynamic characters." A cult following grew around the series' first three seasons depicting Veronica in high school and then nearby Hearst College. These fans responded strongly when creator Thomas and actress Bell launched a Kickstarter fundraising campaign in March 2013 to produce a theatrical feature continuing the story. Eventually raising $5.7 million online from over 91,000 backers, the movie Veronica Mars was released in March 2014. Bost both contributed to the campaign and worked on the film as ADR editor and supervising sound editor. "Rob wanted to get everybody back together," he says. "It's like a family." Later in 2014, he rejoined the Mars community again for a one-season digital web series spin-off that streamed on Warner Bros.' CW Seed. Titled Play It Again, Dick, it revolved around Mars actor Ryan Hansen trying to put together a series spin-off about the character he played. In the current show, Veronica is a professional detective, seeking to solve a series of student murders during the spring vacation break. "It feels like the old Veronica, but a very adult Veronica…a darker, grown up Veronica," as the sound editor sees it. Return Visit to 'Mars' Sound Editor Walt Bost's Work Can Be Heard in Multiple Series Veronica Mars. Hulu