Here’s the best of the latest from the Dollhouse..

Zap2It interview with Tahmoh Penikett:

Continue below the jump for Joss Whedon interviews and a behind the scenes look at the season 2 Dollhouse photo shoot:

Joss Whedon talks about the struggles defining Dollhouse in season 1, and how he believes they will address the problem in season 2:

“Before, it was just an idea,” Whedon admitted on Dollhouse’s stage set on 20th Century Fox’s back lot. “It was an idea we had a lot of trouble defining — and people got to see that.

“Now, we feel the idea is defined. We understand what it is. We know now what our cast is capable of. Our mandate now is, how far can we take this? How much can we twist the knife?”

The conspiracy tale about empaths, so-called “dolls” whose identities have been wiped clean and imprinted with new personalities, debuted earlier this year to mixed reviews. Some critics thought the concept was engaging and provocative, while others just found it pretentious.

The new season will find Eliza Dushku’s character, Echo, experiencing recurring blackouts and flashbacks. She is beginning to suspect who she really is. And she has a mission.

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Behind the scenes of the Dollhouse season 2 photo shoot:

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Our friends at FEARnet talk to Joss Whedon about what’s in store for the characters this season and where the story-arc is heading:

How will Echo, with the many characters she’s flashing to, come in to her own this season?
Basically through force of will.  She did have all those personalities dumped into her at once, and as we pick up, we are going to find out that that is starting to affect her.  She is much more directed, and driven – even in her Doll state, she is growing and learning.  She understands she has a mission now, to get everyone back to their personalities.

How many seasons do you see Dollhouse going?
The premise is limited, and I think by season 17 you are going to see us repeating ourselves.

Do you have a “pitch” to bring in new viewers, or is it simply, “watch the season 1 DVD?”
No, it’s more like buy the DVD.  Buy some for your friends.  Then have discussion groups, where you buy more.  Too subtle?

What role will Ray Wise be playing in the new season?
He will appear in episode six, as the head of another house.  He will interact with Olivia – it should be very exciting.

How arced will the show be this season?
The show is going to be pretty arc-y.  Clearly what people respond to is the workings of the Dollhouse, and the progression of the characters in it, and we are going to honor that.  At the same time, I’m very much of the mind where you need to resolve something in an episode.  You can’t just create a series of twists and turns with no end.  You need a sense of completion, so you will still have engagements.  But those engagements will feed in to the main arc as well.

How much will the DVD-only episode, “Epitaph One” factor in to this season?
Originally, it was my intention to start in that era, then come back, but there was just too much information in my first episode.  What we are talking about doing is perhaps revisiting that timeline towards the end of this season, in a similar fashion.  We are also looking at the show through the lens of that episode, looking at the global concepts of how this power is used and abused.  You don’t have to have seen “Epitaph One” to understand it, but it does help.  It adds a layer.

A lot of people were convinced you would be cancelled after season 1.  What do you think saved you?
The nature of the business is the nature of the fan base, and the nature of the fan base is that they are in it for the long haul.  They are nurturing and intense about it, and they will see it through.  The fans are still interested in my work years after it has gone off the air.  Buffy still sells.  Firefly still sells.  That’s a business thing for the studio.  They are in it for the long haul.  In the old system, these shows would have stopped generating income, but with the advent of DVD and the eventual monetization of online streaming, there is a market there that exists beyond your Nielsen numbers.

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Here are the all-new Dollhouse Season 2 Cast photos. featuring (L-R) Dichen Lachman, Fran Kranz, Enver Gjokaj, Olivia Williams, Eliza Dushku, Tahmoh Penikett and Harry Lennix. Click the link below to view all of the photos:

A mixture of in-character and out of character photos there. Not quite as good as the Fringe promotional photos, in my opinion, but thankfully less ‘Echo’ focused than last season’s lot.

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Here are some photos from the So Fresh So Fox DOLLHOUSE 2009/10 photoshoot. Click the jump to view the gallery:

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More clips of Joss Whedon and Tahmoh Penikett from the Dollhouse NY Comic Con Panel, which took place earlier this year. The video contains spoiler footage from an upcoming episode. Hit to jump to view the video:

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Vid Cred: Fox Broadcasting

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Tahmoh Penikett previews Dollhouse.

Vid Cred: IGNentertainment

TV Guide interview with Tahmoh Penikett.

TVGuide.com: How excited are you that the premiere of Dollhouse is almost here?
Tahmoh Penikett: I’m really excited. I’ll tell you, I’m still surprised — and a lot of us are — that we’re already there. It’s amazing how fast [filming] the first season went by. There are a lot of things that happened over the season. It was tumultuous at times with all the speculation, and the press, and the hype and everything. I don’t know. I’m just really surprised that we’re almost mid-February and that we’re done. We finished 13 episodes. TVGuide.com: After production was shut down briefly, when did you feel the show found its rhythm in filming the remaining episodes?
Penikett: I really feel that the first three episodes are very much… they’re stand-alones. I’ve heard some critics call them almost procedural-like. I think they are what they are. I think Joss’ fans — and the audience out there — are really going to appreciate the show, but they will have to stick with us for a little bit. Around the fourth or fifth episode, the show really defines itself in a unique way. There was a consensus on set that we found our feet. You could feel it. You could feel the energy, and the scripts were really, really good. That’s where the longer storylines and arcs are starting to get developed. There’s a real positive and optimistic sense amongst everyone, I would say, because these last four or five episodes of the series are really, really strong. It’s gonna blow you away.

TVGuide.com: How collaborative is Joss with the actors regarding storylines?
Penikett: Joss has been very much behind the scenes writing the scripts and stuff. In the beginning he was wearing many different hats: executive producer, director, writer. If I have any suggestions for a scene, he’s open to hearing them. The thing is, you don’t often have too many problems with a scene because Joss is just such a damn good writer. Every single word — his ideas, what’s playing out in the overall scene, and whether that scene is going to form a later scene or a greater storyline arc. So you just trust what he’s doing and go for it.

TVGuide.com: Your character, Paul, is kind of a loner; his fellow agents make fun of him for his interest in the Dollhouse. What’s the real motivation for his quest?
Penikett: I think Joss is really trying to establish that in the first episode — there’s no quitting with this guy. The only reason he’s in a bad position at the FBI is because of his ambition and his sometimes heavy-handed tactics. He has to bend the rules sometimes to get his way. But that’s one of the most compelling and interesting things about this character. Why is he so eager to do things? Why does he need to do things by himself? Has he always been this way? Has he always alienated himself from other people? Once he sees the face of the Dollhouse — that being Caroline/Echo — he’s even more driven to bring it down and expose it. Something clicks in him.

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Joss Whedon and Tahmoh Penikett at the “Dollhouse” panel, NYCC:09. May contain some spoilers.

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Videos from NYCC:09 Dollhouse Panel. Joss Whedon and Tahmoh Penikett feature in these videos:

Part 1

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Part 2

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Part 3

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Eliza Dushku and Tahmoh Penikett talk to BuddyTV about their roles in Dollhouse.

Vid Cred: OfficialBuddyTV