I figure there are three classes of people who’ve been following updates about Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog: Whedon-philes, Internet content evangelists, and…no. Sorry. Those are the only two classes of people who’ve been waiting. Fortunately, there are a lot of the former, and I actually belong to both camps.
During the WGA strike, several big-time writers started exploring other avenues of distribution outside the traditional studio system. For example, one of the first deals the WGA closed during the divide and conquer period was with Media Rights Capital (MRC), letting Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane get to work on his digital shorts for Google. That deal will presumably be profitable for MacFarlane over time.
Joss Whedon made a less profit-driven choice in creating a three-part online musical about a supervillain. Making it a family affair, the musical is co-created by Joss, his brothers Zack and Jed, and Jed’s fianceé Maurissa Tancharoen. It stars Neil Patrick Harris (and once you get to really know me, you’ll know I think NPH is a god among men,) Nathan Fillion, and many of the other Whedon Irregulars.
Editor’s Note: Fillion was pretty excited to be working with Whedon again, which you can tell from this audio clip I found over on DoctorHorrible.net:
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Finally, here’s the first trailer:
Can you feel the excitement?
R.A. Porter is an aspiring television writer who currently toils away in the software mines. He can be found at his personal blog and stalked on Twitter.
Ah – original and funny – and here I was beginning to think Hollywood was going to change its name to ReImageWood…
This looks awesome, I love the fact that Fillion and Harris are both in this thing, it's like a match made in heaven
This is going to be sweeeeet.
Is it wrong for me to wish this was coming soon to a theater near me?
It can NOT come soon enough!