Dr Horrible Sing-Along Blog
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Amy Opoka Dr. Horrible (Neil Patrick Harris) is just your average lovelorn bad guy trying to make it big — he's got some dubious weapons, a secret hideout, a square-jawed nemesis (Nathan Fillion) and a video blog. Oh, and he sings. Think The Diaries of Lex Luthor as told by Rodgers and Hammerstein.
15th best inventions of 2008
Amy Opoka The writers' strike, which began in November 2007, was the worst thing to happen to TV in 2008. But the best thing to come of it was this eccentric, tragicomic musical, which — like the strike itself — helped redefine what could be called "TV." Conceived as a strike-time diversion by Joss Whedon ( Buffy the Vampire Slayer ), it starred Neil Patrick Harris as the title character, a would-be supervillain applying for membership in the exclusive Evil League of Evil.
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Whedon's interview
Mad scientist Dr. Horrible is gearing up to take over the world. Or at least the internets. Dr.
A Lesson to Hollywood
Most Hollywood executives shudder when it comes to putting their shows on the Web. They fear a reprise of the piracy that decimated the music industry as viewers demand more and more free content. Hulu.com, the online video site owned by NBC Universal, News Corp. ( NWS - news - people ) and Disney ( DIS - news - people ) that features hit TV shows, rolls ads before the shows and attracts 40 million viewers per month but reportedly has yet to turn a profit. YouTube, which was supposed to serve as a fertile garden for studio executives to pick fresh ideas, has yet to produce a hit TV show. And despite Hollywood's best efforts, almost every movie can be downloaded illegally moments after it hits theaters.
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 . "The thing I love about it is how completely counterintuitive it is," he said. "These people should not be on the same team let alone the same room together, and that to me is the very definition of family." And now for the letdown, at least for those who know and love Whedon's Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog , the made-for-web musical starring Neil Patrick Harris as a lovelorn villain.Team Whedon's online musical " Dr. 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 .
NPH Thinks ‘Sequel Will Be A Feature Film, Won’t Be Web-Based
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is a 2008 musical tragicomedy miniseries in three acts , produced exclusively for Internet distribution. Filmed and set in Los Angeles , the show tells the story of Dr. Horrible (played by Neil Patrick Harris ), an aspiring supervillain ; Captain Hammer ( Nathan Fillion ), his nemesis; and Penny ( Felicia Day ), their shared love interest. The movie was written by writer/director Joss Whedon , his brothers Zack Whedon (a television writer) and Jed Whedon (a composer), and Jed's wife, actress Maurissa Tancharoen .
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog - Wikipedia
Dr. Horrible, an aspiring supervillain with his own video blog, is attempting to join the prestigious Evil League of Evil (led by the legendary "thoroughbred of sin", Bad Horse), but his plans are usually foiled by the egotistical superhero Captain Hammer. Horrible's life is thrown for a loop when he falls in love with Penny, a beautiful and optimistic advocate for the homeless he meets at the laundromat, a situation which complicates itself even further when Penny begins dating the boorish, oafish Hammer after he apparently saves her life. Faced with the task of impressing the League, can Horrible overcome his own incompetence to ruin the day, kill the hero, and still get the girl? Written by Ted Z. Time Magazine named this series the 4th best television series of 2008, despite the fact that it was created for, and only appeared on, the Internet.
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
JW: We have some songs, a rough outline, and no time. Though I have a feeling that when Joss is finished making his massive, expensive superhero movie, he will want nothing more than to make a tiny, cheap superhero movie. With songs. Q: We’ve seen some of the other villains in the “Dr. Horrible” universe — well, a quick scene — would it be possible to see other heroes in a sequel? JW: At the risk of spoiling — yes.