I admit that I'm crying just a little bit. WHEEE!!!

Joss Whedon's NEW SERIES

Whedon's new Fox series, called Dollhouse, stars Miss Eliza Dushku, best known as Faith to you Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans. And this show isn't just a pilot. It's already been given a seven-episode commitment by Fox. Woo!

Here's how Fox describes the series:

Echo (Eliza Dushku) [is] a young woman who is literally everybody's fantasy. She is one of a group of men and women who can be imprinted with personality packages, including memories, skills, language—even muscle memory—for different assignments. The assignments can be romantic, adventurous, outlandish, uplifting, sexual and/or very illegal. When not imprinted with a personality package, Echo and the others are basically mind-wiped, living like children in a futuristic dorm/lab dubbed the Dollhouse, with no memory of their assignments—or of much else. The show revolves around the childlike Echo's burgeoning self-awareness, and her desire to know who she was before, a desire that begins to seep into her various imprinted personalities and puts her in danger both in the field and in the closely monitored confines of the Dollhouse.

In the midst of my sheer joy, I am experiencing a slight heart palpitation since the words "seven-episode commitment by Fox" appear in that quoted text, but maybe, just maybe Fox learned something after Firefly. (Maybe? Maybe I'm naive.)

The other piece of joyous news is this:

Oh, and P.S. to all you fans of writer/producer Tim Minear (Angel, Wonderfalls, Firefly, Drive). He tells us: "Joss has pathetically begged me to be involved. And I hate to see a slightly younger man weep like a girl. So I said, 'm'kay.' I'll be playing with dolls one way or t'other."

!!!! Whedon and Minear? Oh, pinch me!

Kristin's got all the scoop, so go read the rest of the interview here.

I'm not totally sold on the pitch, but I wasn't sold on Firefly at first either. The thing I learned from Firefly? Joss Whedon owns me; I'll watch anything he's writing.

ETA TV Week has an excellent interview here. and I'll update with more articles as I read them. I should also take a moment to thank electrcspacegrl for (as usual) being on top of the Whedon news.

ETA 2 The Ausiello Report assuages some Whedon/Fox fears here.
Variety has a really good write up here that also mentions some of the show's other characters:

Beyond Dushku's character, the show will also revolve around the people who run the mysterious "dollhouse" and two other "dolls," a man and woman who are friendly with Echo. Then there's the federal agent who has heard an urban myth about the dolls, and is trying to investigate their existence.

ETA 3 Entertainment Weekly also has information here that includes a very brief comment on "Goners" for those who may have been looking forward to that movie.

I admit that I'm crying just a little bit. WHEEE!!!

Joss Whedon's NEW SERIES

Whedon's new Fox series, called Dollhouse, stars Miss Eliza Dushku, best known as Faith to you Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans. And this show isn't just a pilot. It's already been given a seven-episode commitment by Fox. Woo!

Here's how Fox describes the series:

Echo (Eliza Dushku) [is] a young woman who is literally everybody's fantasy. She is one of a group of men and women who can be imprinted with personality packages, including memories, skills, language—even muscle memory—for different assignments. The assignments can be romantic, adventurous, outlandish, uplifting, sexual and/or very illegal. When not imprinted with a personality package, Echo and the others are basically mind-wiped, living like children in a futuristic dorm/lab dubbed the Dollhouse, with no memory of their assignments—or of much else. The show revolves around the childlike Echo's burgeoning self-awareness, and her desire to know who she was before, a desire that begins to seep into her various imprinted personalities and puts her in danger both in the field and in the closely monitored confines of the Dollhouse.

In the midst of my sheer joy, I am experiencing a slight heart palpitation since the words "seven-episode commitment by Fox" appear in that quoted text, but maybe, just maybe Fox learned something after Firefly. (Maybe? Maybe I'm naive.)

The other piece of joyous news is this:

Oh, and P.S. to all you fans of writer/producer Tim Minear (Angel, Wonderfalls, Firefly, Drive). He tells us: "Joss has pathetically begged me to be involved. And I hate to see a slightly younger man weep like a girl. So I said, 'm'kay.' I'll be playing with dolls one way or t'other."

!!!! Whedon and Minear? Oh, pinch me!

Kristin's got all the scoop, so go read the rest of the interview here.

I'm not totally sold on the pitch, but I wasn't sold on Firefly at first either. The thing I learned from Firefly? Joss Whedon owns me; I'll watch anything he's writing.

ETA TV Week has an excellent interview here. and I'll update with more articles as I read them. I should also take a moment to thank electrcspacegrl for (as usual) being on top of the Whedon news.

ETA 2 The Ausiello Report assuages some Whedon/Fox fears here.
Variety has a really good write up here that also mentions some of the show's other characters:

Beyond Dushku's character, the show will also revolve around the people who run the mysterious "dollhouse" and two other "dolls," a man and woman who are friendly with Echo. Then there's the federal agent who has heard an urban myth about the dolls, and is trying to investigate their existence.

ETA 3 Entertainment Weekly also has information here that includes a very brief comment on "Goners" for those who may have been looking forward to that movie.