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I'm thrilled and stoked. Joss Whedon will be back on TV next fall with a new series for Eliza Dushku, Faith from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

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Its called Dollhouse and promises to be something pretty unique. I'm excited beyond belief...

Dollhouse

Here's a ton of leaked spoilers/rumors about Joss Whedon's new show Dollhouse, starring Eliza Dushku: The Dollhouse, home of the amnesiac "dolls" who can be anyone or anything, is in Los Angeles. There are two types of "dolls," Actives and Inactives. Dushku's character, Echo, is an Inactive.

In one scene, Adelle, the "ice queen" who runs the Dollhouse, meets with a Senator who's considering "buying" an Active doll to use as an "escort." She convinces the Senator the Active will be better than any human escort, because the emotions will be real to the "doll" and she'll be programmed to want it as much as he does.

The geek who programs the dolls, Topher, calls Echo's "handler" Boyd, because he's noticed that a group of the mind-wiped dolls has sat together at lunch at the same table for the third time within a week. Dushku's character, Echo, seems to be initiating this clique, which means she may be evolving beyond her mind wipes. There is definitely something unusual about Echo, compared to the other "dolls." If Adelle the boss finds out, she'll have Echo killed.

Topher the geek and Boyd the handler have differing opinions about their work. Topher believes it's purely programming and sort of morally wrong (even though he enjoys doing it.) But Boyd thinks it's healthy for the "dolls" to get to experience every possible human emotion through their programmed personalities. [Blank_Dolls community]

http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-fouractorsjoindollhouse,0,3611866.story

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3if1626547a1ca56888069e948f9a917ea?imw=Y

Comments

[Scott]

OMG I love Joss Whedon, but is this show on Fox cause we know Fox kills all cool SciFi shows before they finish their first season.....

[scottevill]

Welcome back, Op.

Here's a cast breakdown. http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/Ausiello-Scoop-Help/800034438

Note that the "iceberg who runs the Dollhouse" is named "Adele DeWitt" -- clearly, a play on "Addison DeWitt" from All About Eve... Sounds like this show will take some inspiration from the movie (which can only be "of the good.")

BTW, how fucking great has Buffy S8 been?!