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Why Dollhouse’s Original Pilot Will Make A Better Second Episode

I know you’re concerned that Joss Whedon is making a new pilot for his mind-wiped puppet show Dollhouse, and turning the original pilot into the second episode. What if this ruins the show before it starts? But you can forget that worry, almost as if a high-tech device had erased it from your mind to…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 19

It’s A Romo Lampkin Universe! (We Just Visit It.)

If you couldn’t get enough of Romo Lampkin, the Blues Brothers-esque attorney who saved Gaius Baltar and hallucinated about his dead cat on Battlestar Galactica, then rejoice! Actor Mark Sheppard is playing the villainous Manservant Neville in the last two episodes of The Middleman season one, and he’s also set to appear in multiple episodes…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 18

Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse Is Even Creepier Than You Thought

Some script pages from Dollhouse, Joss Whedon’s new show about mind-wiped agents who can be programmed to become anyone, have turned up online. They show an even creepier side of Eliza Dushku’s brainwashed character Echo than you might have been expecting. And they simultaneously make me more excited for Dollhouse and more dubious that a…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 7

Joss Whedon Explains What Happens In Dollhouse’s New Pilot

Welcome back to spoiler-land. Some new set pics from Heroes show a returning character, while a super-brief clip of the G.I. Joe filming gives a glimpse of super-ninja Storm Shadow in action. We pore over some clues to the identity of the final Cylon on Battlestar Galactica, and examine some hints as to who’ll show…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Aug 6

TV This Week: Two Chances To See Eliza Dushku, Plus New Scifi Monsters

Doctor Who is over and Stargate Atlantis is taking a little break, but luckily another British time-travel show hits our screens this weekend. In Primeval, scientists discover a rift in time in space that’s letting prehistoric monsters rampage throughout the English countryside. Otherwise, it looks like we’re in a slow period until the big fall…

Movies Meredith Woerner Aug 4

We Will See Tahmoh Penikett’s Dark Side In Dollhouse

Tahmoh Penikett plays the only character on Battlestar Galactica who always does the right thing, no matter what. (And he was very happy when we told him that, because apparently people are still mad at Helo for stopping the Cylon plague in season three.) But in Joss Whedon‘s new show Dollhouse, we’re going to get…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 31

Exclusive: Joss Whedon Tackles Darwin

Click to viewJoss Whedon’s new TV show, Dollhouse, is all about people whose minds are erased, allowing them to “become” anybody and have any skills. So does this mean Whedon is coming down on the “nurture” side of the nature/nurture debate? Are people purely shaped by their conditioning? Is your brain just a piece of…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jul 31

Three Kinds of Mindwipes that Are Popular in Hollywood This Year

Click to viewCall it the year of mindwipe chic. Coming up on TV in midseason, we’ve got Joss Whedon’s new show Dollhouse, about “actives” whose personalities are wiped and replaced for each job they do. And in the fall we’ve got the debut of My Own Worst Enemy, where Christian Slater plays a nice guy…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 30

Sleazy Death Race Stills, And A Look At Dollhouse’s Coed Showers

We should try replacing the pejorative phrase “spoiler warning” with something more celebratory – like “spoiler fanfare.” To that end, we rejoice in a bunch of new pics from Death Race that let you know just how trashy this not-quite-remake of the Paul Bartel classic will be. We also celebrate new Clone Wars TV spots…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jul 30

Dushku: Dollhouse Reshoot Result Of Wardrobe Malfunction

Sure, we all may be worrying about the need for a second attempt at the pilot for Joss Whedon’s new Fox show Dollhouse, but series star Eliza Dushku has a perfectly reasonable explanation for why it’s necessary that will put all fears to rest. Basically, it’s all to do with wardrobe choices.Talking to Zap2It.com from…

io9 Graeme McMillan Jul 28

Enter the Dollhouse with Joss Whedon, Eliza Dushku, and Tamoh Penikett

One of the most eagerly-anticipated series to hit airwaves early next year will be Joss “Firefly” Whedon’s Dollhouse, starring Eliza “Buffy” Dushku and Tahmoh “BSG” Penikett. It’s the tale of “actives,” people who volunteer to have their personalities wiped and new ones implanted for clients who need special tasks done (from romantic ones to spy…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 26

Find Out What Transformers 2 Is Really About

Even with the whole entertainment industry dying to give us the official story here at Comic-Con, we’re still excited about digging for spoilers. Today, we find out what Transformers 2 is really about, and which transforming robots you won’t be seeing for sure. There are a few new details about Nicholas Cage’s Knowing, straight from…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jul 25

Climb Into Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse… Via The Web!

Fresh from the success of his online muscial, Dr. Horrible’s Singalong Blog, Joss Whedon is planning more online-only video content. This time, it’s a series of 13 webisodes tying in with Dollhouse, his new Fox show about a mind-wiped puppet (Eliza Dushku) who can be anyone, and have any skill, that clients require. Joss says…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 24

Is Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse Going the Way of Firefly?

Today Joss Whedon broke the news that he would be shooting a new pilot for Fox series Dollhouse, the near-future tale of a group of “dolls” who can be imprinted with any personality their employers choose: ninja, lover, spy, and tons of other things. Apparently Fox found the pilot too confusing and dark, and Whedon…

Television Annalee Newitz Jul 22

Dollhouse Isn’t Another Firefly

We’ve already told you that writers of new Joss Whedon show Dollhouse are taking fan questions about the series months before it premieres, but on the current Television Critics Association tour, Joss Whedon has answered the question that every Whedonite was dying to know: No, this show isn’t going to get the same shoddy treatment…

io9 Graeme McMillan Jul 17

Ask The Questions You Don’t Even Know To Ask About Dollhouse

Sure, the premiere of new Joss Whedon show Dollhouse is still months away at this point, but that doesn’t mean that you don’t have any questions about it already. Luckily for you, the writers of the series are already waiting to answer whatever you want to know online. Fansite Dollhouse Forums – Just one of…

Television Graeme McMillan Jul 14

Dollhouse Is The Story Of Every Woman Today

Joss Whedon’s new show Dollhouse is a perfect metaphor for the lives of every woman nowadays, claims Niecy Nash from Do Not Disturb in this video from E! Online. Just like the mind-wiped puppets in Dollhouse, who can be “imprinted” with different personalities, women have to inhabit lots of different personas. Meeting Whedon and star…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 20

A Surprise Twist From Joss Whedon’s New Show Dollhouse

Welcome back to another spoileriffic week. We have a new clip from Wall-E that explains a lot more about how the robots operate. And a new review of the Incredible Hulk gives away more of the origins of two of the Hulk’s biggest foes. We also found out what was really going on in the…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jun 9

New Clips From BSG And Hancock, Plus A New Hulk Review

The new issue of Entertainment Weekly is full of hand-wringing about spoilers, and how they’re ruining things like the Lost season finale for everybody. According to our critics, spoiler whores are really just attention whores — which isn’t necessarily true. We just love finding things out early. Like the secrets of how Incredible Hulk sets…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jun 4

Wanna Know Who’s In That Coffin On Lost?

There are some things in the new Indiana Jones movie that will only make sense if you’ve read a lot of spoilers in advance — because they’re never explained on-screen, but they’re covered in depth in the leaks and over-sharing promo materials for the film. It just proves that spoilers can actually enhance your appreciation…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 19

Why Dollhouse’s Original Pilot Will Make A Better Second Episode

It’s A Romo Lampkin Universe! (We Just Visit It.)

Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse Is Even Creepier Than You Thought

Joss Whedon Explains What Happens In Dollhouse’s New Pilot

TV This Week: Two Chances To See Eliza Dushku, Plus New Scifi Monsters

We Will See Tahmoh Penikett’s Dark Side In Dollhouse

Exclusive: Joss Whedon Tackles Darwin

Three Kinds of Mindwipes that Are Popular in Hollywood This Year

Sleazy Death Race Stills, And A Look At Dollhouse’s Coed Showers

Dushku: Dollhouse Reshoot Result Of Wardrobe Malfunction

Enter the Dollhouse with Joss Whedon, Eliza Dushku, and Tamoh Penikett

Find Out What Transformers 2 Is Really About

Climb Into Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse… Via The Web!

Is Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse Going the Way of Firefly?

Dollhouse Isn’t Another Firefly

Ask The Questions You Don’t Even Know To Ask About Dollhouse

Dollhouse Is The Story Of Every Woman Today

A Surprise Twist From Joss Whedon’s New Show Dollhouse

New Clips From BSG And Hancock, Plus A New Hulk Review

Wanna Know Who’s In That Coffin On Lost?

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