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Whedon's interview

Horrible is gearing up to take over the world. Or at least the internets. Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, a direct-to-the-web musical from Joss Whedon, tells the story of an evil wannabe villain who vlogs, bungles experiments and takes regular lessons from a voice coach to finesse his evil cackle. Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly and Dollhouse, came up with the idea for the internet musical during the Hollywood writers’ strike earlier this year. Shot over six days on a shoestring budget, Dr. Wired.com recently caught up with the geek maestro via e-mail to discuss his latest creation, the changing face of web content and pirates who might be eyeing his three-act phenomena.

Wired.com: How did you rope Neil Patrick Harris (who plays the bumbling, third-rate villain Dr. Joss Whedon: It honestly never occurred to me to cast anyone else. Wired.com: Do you think Dr. Whedon: That’d be cherry, but I’m not the boss of them. A Lesson to Hollywood. Felicia Day talks Dr. Horrible at Comic Con 2008. Sequel "in turnaround" JJ Abrams, Joss Whedon Joss Whedon giveth, and Joss Whedon taketh away.

Sequel "in turnaround"

Good news first: After months of speculation that he would direct the movie about Marvel superteam The Avengers, he confirmed it at a Comic-Con panel hosted by Entertainment Weekly Thursday alongside J.J. Abrams. "But it's just a gig, you know," Whedon dead-panned. Comic-Con: Let TVGuide.com be your Avatar "I'm still writing an outline," he added.

"The thing I love about it is how completely counterintuitive it is," he said. And now for the letdown, at least for those who know and love Whedon's Dr. The series ended with Harris' Dr. Check out all of TVGuide.com's Comic-Con coverage "It's in turnaround," Whedon said. Abrams had less to unveil, but he did say that his collaboration with Steven Spielberg, Super 8, begins production in September. One fan in the audience wasted no time asking Abrams what he thought of the Lost finale. But to sum up: "I personally believe that [they] kicked incredible ass," Abrams said. NPH Thinks ‘Sequel Will Be A Feature Film, Won’t Be Web-Based. Team Whedon's online musical "Dr.

NPH Thinks ‘Sequel Will Be A Feature Film, Won’t Be Web-Based

Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" surprised a lot of people in 2008 when the first chapter of the three-act production went live with stars Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, and Felicia Day. The project went on to spawn prequels and spin-offs in the comic book world, a hit album and fast-selling DVD, and as many expected, an as-yet-untitled sequel. However, when we caught up with Dr. Horrible himself, Harris told MTV News he expects the sequel to take on a notably different form than its predecessor — namely, as a feature-length film that debuts offline rather than on the Web. "Apparently they're making a 'Dr. "That's their plan," he reiterated when asked whether a feature-film was indeed the preferred format for the sequel. "You don't want to necessarily make the feature film be an $80 million giant movie, because it defeats the purpose of what the first film was made to be," he explained.

With each of the principal characters in the original "Dr. Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Plot[edit] Dr.

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

Horrible's Sing-Along Blog consists of three acts of approximately 14 minutes each. They were first released online in July 2008 as individual episodes, with two-day intervals between each release. Act I[edit] Dr. The song is cut short by his "evil moisture buddy" Moist, who brings up a letter from Bad Horse, the leader of the Evil League of Evil. The following day, Horrible prepares to steal a case of wonderflonium for his time-stopping Freeze Ray by commandeering the courier van using a remote control device. Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Official fan site.