Joss Whedon’s DOLLHOUSE FOX TV series - FANSITE - Watching Dollhouse

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Vice Magazine pick the brain of Joss Whedon in this recent interview. Here are the Dollhousesque bits: 
The more I research you the more I fall into these wormholes. You’re so anti-linearly prolific. How do you know when to pursue an idea and when to let it go?They kind of decide for themselves. With Dollhouse, it all [...]

Here’s a casting call for Dollhouse episode 1.07:
No title yet for this episode.
[LEO]
27, MALE. Good looking, funny, cool, politically active. Slight Pacific Northwest nature boy quality. HUGE GUEST STAR. POSSIBLE RECURRING. PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES.
[SAM]
20, MALE. African American. A trustworthy, very intelligent college student. Worked hard to get out of the ‘hood, and [...]

TV Guide ’s Erin Fox gets up close with Tahmoh Penikett and asks him about the orgin of his name, Battlestar Galactica, and his Dollhouse character, Paul Ballard.

If video doesn’t play you can find the interview here (search “Tahmoh Penikett”).

 
Yesterday Joss Whedon updated fans on the progress of Dollhouse. Whilst some of what he said came as no surprise, a few things stood out. In particular, the reveal that Fox want the show to have a more ’stand-alone’ format over a ’serialized’ one. So instead of a “LOST” or “Buffy” overarching story, they seem to be favouring a “CSI”-type [...]

Finally! Some actual Dollhouse news/information that comes from a credible source - Joss Whedon himself. He’s been talking about Dollhouse and what has really been going on behind the scenes. May contain aspects that you might conisder spoilery:
I know there’s been a lot of concern, various fabulous hues of panic alert readiness. So here’s the [...]

Here are some more 1.06 “True Believer” casting calls, for those into spoilers:

[AGENT GRANT LILLY] 30’s to 40’s MALE. An agent who is part of a sting operation to take down Jonas Sparrow. GUEST STAR. PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES OTHER THAN CAUCASIAN.
[SETH] Late 20’s to Early 30’s MALE. He is a member of Jonas’s Cult. [...]

From time to time I like to share articles on real-life happenings that tap right into the heart of the Dollhouse premise. Here’s one such article on memory-wiping, from Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It seems like a movie plot, but scientists have developed a way to erase specific memories in mice while leaving others intact and not damaging [...]

Spoiler!
Dollhouse episode 1.06 will be titled “True Believer”. Here’s a casting call for the episode:
[JONAS SPARROW]
30′S TO 40′S, MALE. He is a charismatic leader of a quasi-Christian religious cult . HUGE GUEST STAR. PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES

Source: Spoiler TV

Someone over on TWOP’s forum has seen the pilot episode of Dollhouse, and they’ve provided their own personal opinion on what they saw. I haven’t read it, I doubt I will be, as I don’t really want to be completely spoiled in this manner. But if you don’t mind spoilers then you can read up here.

Sarah Connor and her crew knocked on the door and asked if there’s any room in the Dollhouse - apparently there is, as the show has just been picked up for a full 22 episode season by FOX. Whilst it’s never a chore to have to sit through 40 odd minutes of Summer Glau, I do [...]