Joss Whedon Working On ‘Dollhouse’ Role For Summer Glau
May 30, 2009 by tcgames · Leave a Comment
With “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” terminated, the door is open for former “Firefly” actress and Mutant Enemy alum, Summer Glau to guest star on Joss Whedon’s new series, “Dollhouse.”
“If anybody thinks [bringing Summer onto 'Dollhouse'] hasn’t occurred to me already, then they have not met me,” Whedon said. “I mentioned it to her before ['Sarah Connor'] was canceled. I was like, ‘You know, we should get you in the ‘house.’ But first we have to come up with something that works.”
And Whedon says the role he’d like to see her play isn’t necessarily a new doll.
“Summer would be perfect to play an active, but she’s done that [type of role] a lot,” Whedon told Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello. “I’d rather see her play someone who talks too much. The most fun I have is when I get somebody who’s good and comfortable at doing something, and then I make them do something else. Summer said to me, ‘I would like to play a normal girl before I die of extreme old age.”
Dollhouse - Season 2 Synopsis
May 28, 2009 by tcgames · Leave a Comment
For all of the Dollhouse fans out there that can’t wait for the second season to start here is a little something to hold you over, or make you froth at the mouth. Whatever suits you.
Here is the official synopsis for the second season of Dollhouse:
CAROLINE (Dushku) – code name “Echo” – is an “Active,” a member of a highly illegal and underground group of individuals who have had their personalities wiped clean so they can be imprinted with any number of new personas. Hired by the wealthy, powerful and connected, the Actives don’t just perform their hired roles, they wholly become – with mind, personality and physiology – whomever the client wants or needs them to be. Whether imprinted to be a lover, an assassin, a corporate negotiator or a best friend, the Actives know no other life than the specific engagements they are in at that time.
Confined between missions to a secret facility known as the “Dollhouse,” Echo and the other Actives, including SIERRA (Dichen Lachman) and VICTOR (Enver Gjokaj), are assigned engagements by ADELLE DEWITT (Olivia Williams), one of the Dollhouse’s leaders. After each scenario, Echo, always under the watchful eye of her handler, turned head-of security, BOYD LANGTON (Harry Lennix), returns to the mysterious Dollhouse where her thoughts, feelings, experiences and knowledge are erased by TOPHER BRINK (Fran Kranz), the Dollhouse’s genius programmer. Echo enters the next scenario with no memory of before – or does she ? – as she seemingly begins to remember her original memories and slowly pieces together her mysterious past.
Former FBI Agent PAUL BALLARD (Tahmoh Penikett) determined to solve the mystery of the DOLLHOUSE and find the missing Caroline, accomplished his goal in the first season finale and was convinced (or was it coerced?) to become Echo’s new handler. DOLLHOUSE revolves around Echo’s blossoming self-awareness and her desire to discover her true identity. But with each new engagement, comes a new memory and increased danger inside and outside the Dollhouse.
DOLLHOUSE is produced by 20th Century Fox Television. The series was created by Joss Whedon, who directed the pilot and serves as executive producer and head writer. Liz Craft, Sarah Fain and David Solomon are co-executive producers, and Eliza Dushku serves as a producer.
Joss Whedon Comments On ‘Buffy’ Movie News
May 27, 2009 by tcgames · Leave a Comment
Really folks. What would we do without Michael Ausiello? The dude pulls out some fantastic scoops on his Entertainment Weekly TV blog, The Ausiello Files. Take today. We all learned that another “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” movie is in the works, and that it will draw it’s primary inspiration from the original 1992 movie, the one starring Kristy Swanson. Not Joss Whedon’s much-loved TV series starring Sarah Michelle Gellar.
It kinda sorta makes no sense, right? There are reasons of course. This latest “Buffy” initiative is being spearheaded by the movie’s director, Fran Rubel Kuzui. You should go back and read this morning’s update on the subject if you want more details. The key point I want you all to walk away with is that “Buffy” TV fans are in an uproar over Whedon’s apparent non-involvement in the coming movie.
Which brings me back to Ausiello, who engaged in a back-and-forth series of e-mails with Whedon today. Well, one e-mail to and one e-mail from. In point of fact, Whedon didn’t have a whole lot to say on the matter. His response?
“I hope it’s cool.”
This is not a dig on Ausiello. He regularly pulls out credible information, and I have no doubt that he’ll get more out of Whedon at some point if there’s more to be had. I just thought this would be an amusing little throwaway to end your day with.
Future of ‘Chuck’, ‘Dollhouse’ Still Unknown
May 14, 2009 by tcgames · Leave a Comment
As NBC and Fox work to finalize their schedules for next year, the future of two genre shows, “Chuck” and “Dollhouse” remain up in the air. According to Variety, both networks are in the process of refining their final schedules for next year and will present them next week at their network upfront presentations.
Both shows are still considered to be “on the bubble” with no word on their immediate future either way. Reports indicate that Joss Whedon recently pitched a second season to Fox and that negotiations between the network and the show’s studio, 20th Century Fox, were on-going. Rumors abound that “Dollhouse” may be working with Fox to cut its cost to the network. However, the show could be in trouble with Fox looking to establish a new reality-TV beachhead along the lines of ratings-giant “American Idol” for its fall schedule. Conflicting reports continue to surface on whether Fox is ready to give the show a second chance or ready to move on.
Meanwhile, nothing new on the “Chuck” front. We’ll have an update on this week’s Slice of SciFi about the status of “Chuck.”
Alan Tudyk Talks About His Role On ‘Dollhouse’
May 6, 2009 by tcgames · Leave a Comment
Actor Alan Tudyk is no stranger to working with Joss Whedon. Tudyk starred as Wash on “Firefly” and later the big-screen “Serenity.” Last Friday, Tudyk turned up in a pivotal guest role on Whedon’s current series, “Dollhouse.”
If you haven’t seen last Friday’s episode, you will definitely want to stop reading now. We’re about to give away some huge SPOILERS for the episode, which will definitely ruin the fun.
In the episode, Tudyk helped Agent Paul Ballard break into the “Dollhouse.” Tudyk’s character was supposed to be an environmental engineer who helped design the Dollhouse in order to keep it off the grid. However, in the final segment, it was revealed that Tudyk wasn’t playing the engineer–instead, he was the mysterious and dangerous Alpha. Alpha then uploaded a new personality to Echo and left the building with her, setting up things for this week’s first-season finale.
“We take it on the road,” Tudyk told SciFi Wire. “There may be a kidnapping or two in the episode, but for Alpha it’s about fulfilling his plan, which is just the last step. Getting Echo was the second-to-the-last step of his ultimate plan. He’s got one more thing in place before they can really go on their worldwide-domination killing spree, ruling-the-world spree. It’s about making her in his own image, really, as far as he’s a god. In his mind, he’s a god, and he wants to bring her up to his level of multiple personalities.”
Tudyk was asked if he though Alpha envisioned a scenario with he and Echo riding off into the sunset and living happily ever after.
“I think that’s Alpha’s plan, sure,” said Tukyk. “You know, everything that Alpha’s done has been to get Echo. Whenever you see Alpha, he’s screwing with the Dollhouse, and it’s always around Echo and his obsession with Echo. It was his plan all along to come get Echo, and that’s what it was all about. Now he has her, and he gets to fulfill his plan now, which is to make her like him. What Alpha is is this composite of people. We understand that he’s a bunch of people crammed into one. He’s 43 people in one, and he’s ascended in his mind to a godlike place.”
As for what the finale holds and if Alpha might be back should FOX give the show a second season, Tudyk was tight-lipped.
“I can’t say, because Alpha may not make it through the next episode. He does have Echo, and Alpha is a formidable person to deal with, but he has Echo, and that’s playing with fire. It could blow up in his face,” he said.
Fans can tune into the season finale of “Dollhouse” this Friday at 9 p.m. EST on Fox.
Joss Whedon Talks About Dollhouse’s Possible Future
April 17, 2009 by tcgames · Leave a Comment
Joss Whedon, creator of Fox’s sci-fi series Dollhouse, told reporters that there is still a chance that Fox will pick the show up for a second season, provided the remaining four episodes do well—especially with a new lead-in, Prison Break, which replaces Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles in the timeslot before, starting April 24.
"The question is, with a different lead-in, will anything change?" Whedon said in a group interview Wednesday in Hollywood before appearing on a Paley Festival panel about the show. "Will Prison Break be a worse match for us because it’s such a different show? Or will it be better because more people watch it? Do more people watch it? I don’t know what the numbers on Prison Break are. So there are a lot of X factors."
Fox Schedules Full Run Of “Dollhouse” - First Season
March 31, 2009 by tcgames · Leave a Comment
Good news, “Dollhouse” fans!So, keep watching and maybe we’ll get that second season….
‘Wonder Woman’ Movie Might Become Priority
March 14, 2009 by tcgames · Leave a Comment
It looks like a live-action Wonder Woman film is getting back on track. IESB cites multiple sources that confirm Joel Silver’s Silver Pictures is actively involved in moving Wonder Woman forward, saying "there is quite a bit of movement" where the amazon warrior is concerned.
"[Warner Bros.] and Silver Pictures are in the early stages," reports the website, adding that fresh pitches on an idea for the film have been fielded in the past few weeks. The character is likely the most famous DC or Marvel character not to have a big screen adaptation either on the books or in the works, although it’s not for a lack of trying.
The most famous recent incarnation of a Wonder Woman script involved Joss Whedon. By the sound of this update, they’re completely starting over with the character, meaning Whedon’s ideas are probably all being scrapped.
Joss Whedon May Be Done With Television
February 18, 2009 by tcgames · Leave a Comment
G-Man over at ComicVine.com has an interesting story about Joss Whedon possibly giving up on Network Television. All I can say is…what took him so long? I think he’ll be much happier and produce material that is interesting, experimental and cutting edge…
Joss Whedon has put out several shows that have had strong followings. Yet it seems something has always gotten in the way, namely the networks. io9 has posted bits from a Rolling Stone interview stating that Whedon may be packing his television bags and sticking to the internet. Even though “Dollhouse” starring Eliza Dushku just started, there seems to have been problems leading up to its premiere. Let’s not forget the pretty crappy time slot it was given either.
Apparently Whedon has a deal in the works with an unnamed Silicon Valley company in order to create web content. You can’t argue over the success of his recent “Dr. Horrible’s Singalong Blog.” With that, he knew no one would go for the idea so he put it out on his own.
Is this a good idea? By putting out content for the internet, Whedon pretty much will have control of what he does. He can put out more zany/experimental material like Dr. Horrible. The question remains whether or not there would be enough viewers to make it work. His hardcore fanbase will flock to it of course. Would that illiminate those that aren’t hardcore Whedon fans? For now, I guess we can hope that “Dollhouse”s ratings don’t drop from last Friday’s premiere.
I think it’s a great idea and I hope that is exactly what he is planning to do.
Amazon Deal - Save 45% on Joss Whedon TV DVDs
February 15, 2009 by tcgames · Leave a Comment
Are you wild about Whedon? I am! Amazon is having some great savings on Joss Whedon TV DVDs right now…
Save 45% on all Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel DVDs and save 56% on Firefly - The Complete Series. Also save on Tru Calling starring Eliza Dushku, the star of Joss’ new show Dollhouse.
