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A few weeks ago casting slides containing spoilers for the new Dollhouse pilot hit the Interwebs. Charlie Jane Anders over at Io9.com has yet more spoilery delights from episode 2 of Joss Whedon’s new FOX TV series. Read on if you’re a spoiler addict:
We have a long noir-ish scene where Ballard tries to get information from an [...]
Today a friend told me that the Dollhouse premise is flawed. They said that there are only so many entertaining people and professions that the “actives” could ‘become’, and only so many skill-sets that they could obtain. With that I begin my journey to prove them right or wrong, as I active-ly imagine the possibly [...]
Ellen Gray from Philly Daily News has some comments from Joss Whedon on the coffin-like sleeping chambers seen in the trailer:
“This set was built exactly 20 minutes before I walked on to it to shoot,” explained the man who’s probably best known as the creator of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
“They were nailing the floorboards down. [...]
Fox have released an assortment of photos starring the “hottest faces of the season”, including Dollhouse’s very own: Eliza Dushku, Olivia Williams, Tahmoh Penikett, Fran Kranz, Harry Lennix, Enver Gjokaj and Dichen Lachman. Click on the photos below to enlarge:
I think they’re very well done, I like how each of them are themed with a [...]
Mark Sheppard of Firefly, Battlestar Galatica and even Bionic Woman fame, has apparently confirmed that he’ll be appearing in Dollhouse. Posting on the Scifi boards, ‘he’ revealed that he starts on Monday (August 18th). It’s unknown what capacity he’ll have in the show but judging by the time of his joining, it looks like he’ll [...]
TV Week recently interviewed FOX president, Kevin Reilly, who talked about the FOX marketing strategy and the fan scutiny on it’s new shows, Dollhouse and Fringe. Reilly commented on the ‘Save Dollhouse’ campaign and called it “overboard” - a view shared by myself. He also says that Joss Whedon wouldn’t be doing Dollhouse unless he was impassioned by [...]
Most Dollhouse fans that I’ve come across love the Eliza Dushku promo poster that was unveiled at Comic-Con a few weeks ago. Likewise, most Fringe fans that I’ve come across love the Anna Torv promo posters that were released this week. Which leads me to wonder, what is FOX’ secret formula to producing conceptually intriguing promotional [...]
IGN have posted an interview with Battlestar Galatica and Dollhouse star, Tahmoh Penikett. Tahmoh talks about BSG, Joss Whedon, Eliza Dushku and reveals that his Dollhouse character, Paul Smith, is ever so slightly obsessed with his pursuit of the “urban myth” that is the Dollhouse:
IGN: I talked to Joss and he said he was a [...]
Here’s the official Dollhouse Comic-Con panel video, featuring Joss Whedon, Eliza Dushku, Tahmoh Penikett and an army of fans:
You can still watch the unedited and unofficial versions here and here.
Source: Future On FOX
UK broadcaster Sky One has picked up the rights to air Fringe in the UK this autumn. Fringe is the other big new show that will be airing on the FOX network, from Sept 9. This leads me to wonder whether Dollhouse will follow Fringe over to Sky One, giving UK viewers the chance to [...]