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Dollhouse going the firefly route already

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Whedon To Reshoot Dollhouse

Joss Whedon, who is readying his new SF series Dollhouse for Fox, told fans on his official blog that he is shooting a new first episode to clarify the series' setup.

The original pilot episode, which some viewers found confusing, will now become the show's second episode.

"The fact is, I'm very proud of the ep we shot, and the series is making me crazy with the excitement," Whedon wrote. "But I tend to come at things sideways, and there were a few clarity issues for some viewers. There were also some slight issues with tone--I was in a dark, noir kind of place (where, as many of you know, I make my home) and didn't bring the visceral pop the network had expected from the script. The network was cool about it, but not sure how to come out of the gate with the ep."

Whedon was quick to point out that shooting a new first episode was his idea, not the network's. That was perhaps an effort to deflect comparisons with Whedon's previous series on Fox, Firefly, for which the network ordered Whedon to shoot a new first episode and use the pilot later in the show's initial season. Airing the episodes out of sequence was credited in part for that series' poor ratings.

Whedon said that he won't show clips from Dollhouse as originally planned at Comic-Con International, which starts on July 24, as a result of the reshoots.

As for the original pilot, it will air as a second episode relatively intact, Whedon said.

Dollhouse, starring Eliza Dushku, is slated to air starting in January 2009.

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=57999

Why the hell he keeps going back to fox I'll never know
 
Because Fox said "Hey Joss Whedon, here's a gigantic pile of money to make your new show, and we wont cancel it."
 
Did they have their fingers crossed at the time?
 
*crosses fingers all goes well*

although it's hard to keep any faith about Fox. we'll see.
 
Well considering so far the network has done nothing at all to jeopardizethe show, and in fact have let it go through without needing to see the pilot AND are cutting down on the amount of adverts so that the shows can be longer, they are bending over backwards to get back in Whedon's good graces.

This new pilot has nothing to do with Fox.
 
^now I'm confused. So is the article wrong where it says, "who is readying his new SF series Dollhouse for Fox" ?
 
Yeah he's making the show for Fox, but Fox isn't the one who insisted on making a new pilot, as with Firefly, it was all Whedon's idea.

"Whedon was quick to point out that shooting a new first episode was his idea, not the network's. That was perhaps an effort to deflect comparisons with Whedon's previous series on Fox, Firefly, for which the network ordered Whedon to shoot a new first episode and use the pilot later in the show's initial season. "
 
Yeah, this seems to have been Whedon's idea (UNLESS HE'S COVERING FOR FOX THE SELLOUT BASTARD) so there's no panic.

Next step: recasting Katya.
 
They'll cancel everything on Fox unless the cast run around saying they love George W Bush, and that the War on Terrorism is wholly justified.
 
They even cancelled SEX SHOW 69.
 
The Fox channel is not the same as Fox News, I mean it's owned by the same company but the Fox channel seems to be a little less stick up it's ass conservative.
 
You universe would have imploded in a burst of the most powerful force known to man - hormones, if that had happened.
 
The world is most definitely doomed.
 
Nice Kitty!
 
Pet the kitty.
 
Yeah Doctor Dave good job ruining that Buffy quotes game we were unofficially playing.
 
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