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It's Already Too Late To Brace Yourself For Dr. Horrible

Meredith Woerner — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:38:57 PDT

Joss Whedon's cyber-musical, Dr. Horrible's Singalong Blog, could arrive as soon as July, before San Diego Comic-Con (July 24th) according to Underwire's quick word with Felicia Day. As we reported, Dr. Horrible is a three-part web series where an ill-adjusted villain tries to win the girl, and acceptance into the League of Evil. Neil Patrick Harris has been cast for the lead singing role of Dr. Horrible, Felicia Day is the lovely lass of the laundromat, and Nathan Fillion plays his nemesis Captain Hammer. "We got this amazing crew," Whedon told SciFi Wire. "Everybody just sort of said, 'We'll just jump on,' and in six days we shot this 36-minute, three-part oddity, which I think is the most fun I've had in about seven years." [Wired Underwireand SciFi Wire]

Dr. Horrible's Singalong Blog Has A Blog

Charlie Jane Anders — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:00:07 PDT

Joss Whedon's internet musical about a sad supervillain, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, has only just finished shooting. But it already has its own fansite, covering every scrap of information. So far, we've gleaned that Dr. Horrible (Neil Patrick Harris) has a "rebuttal song" with an eerie melody, and Rick Partlow plays someone named Mayor Hankins. [DoctorHorrible.net]

When Will Joss Whedon's Villanous Cyber-Musical Strike Next?

Charlie Jane Anders — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:00:07 PDT

Joss Whedon's dance movie may never get to first position, but he's got something much, much better on the way: A serialized online musical, starring Nathan Fillion from Firefly as a musical superhero. Captain Tightpants sings! Click through for details.

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog will be a series of three 10-minute webisodes about "a low-rent super-villain, the hero who keeps beating him up, and the cute girl from the laundromat he's too shy to talk to," Joss revealed on Whedonesque, his fansite. Neil Patrick Harris will play Dr. Horrible, Nathan Fillion will play Captain Hammer, and Felicia Day will play Penny. Plus "a cast of dozens!"

Joss wrote Dr. Horrible during the writers' strike, with the help of his brothers Jed and Zack, plus Jed's fiancee Maurissa. Even though Joss is now busy prepping Dollhouse (his amnesiac agent show starring Eliza Dushku) with a May start date, and he has many comic book scripts due, he's somehow managed to start shooting on Dr. Horrible as well. No word on when we'll actually get to sing along with Dr. Horrible. But is it terribly wrong that I'm already anticipating this cyber-musical as much as Dollhouse, or maybe even a bit more? [Whedonesque, via SFX and IllusionTV]