« TV Barn at TCA: Chuck Todd | Main | Jay Leno, Janet Jackson »

July 22, 2008

Visiting Joss Whedon's "Dollhouse" today

Dollhouse1

It's the last day of TV critics' summer press tour — our press conferences ended Monday with NBC but today, we have some sets to visit. And at the top of my list is a trip to get an early glimpse of "Dollhouse," the new series starring Eliza Dushku (above).

UPDATE: Here's my report on my eye-popping visit to the "Dollhouse" set.

Last week at the Fox party I spoke with Joss Whedon, who created "Dollhouse" and numerous other shows, including his instant online classic, "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog," which at four bucks is a bargain (I paid). He spoke about the production challenges facing "Dollhouse" that compelled him to shoot essentially a second pilot for the series. Since our talk Whedon has given a much longer answer at his website, but this is the shorter oral-history version:

TV Barn - Joss Whedon - 71408

The only thing he didn't mention in our interview was the co-ed showers. As you will see below, they appeared in the original pilot ... and Whedon confirmed to , uh, his own the Whedonesque site that they will remain in the show, for those of you who make viewing decisions based on such criteria.

Dollhouse2

Previously on TV Barn:

And in case you haven't seen the trailer:

If you'd like to comment on this story, send email to writeme@tvbarn.com. Select comments may be added to this story. If you'd rather I not quote you by name, use this instead.


TV Barn tweets: Only the good stuff

TV Barn Tweets - only the good stuff

    follow me on Twitter


    Site design by A.B. with help from Julio Garcia | About KansasCity.com | Terms of Use/Privacy | Copyright | RSS | Contact