Joss & Co. reveal plans for a Dr. Horrible sequel: Maybe a movie?
September 23, 2009 7:08 AM   Subscribe

Joss Whedon, co-creator and director of the hit Web musical Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, told a group of reporters that a sequel could take any form: another Web series or even a feature film. The three-part series' success on the Web, DVD, iTunes and CD could interest studios in funding a big-budget sequel, but Whedon intends to keep things intimate.
posted by litterateur (14 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: this probably needs to come back as a full post when there's some more there there. Otherwise it's more of a whedonesque thing. -- jessamyn



 
Reveals plans to.... do something. Not sure what yet. Maybe puppets.
posted by smackfu at 7:13 AM on September 23, 2009


Famous producer/director says little, promises nothing, fans squeal with delight anyway. Film at eleven.

Don't get me wrong, I love Joss and Co., but this is extraordinarily thin. The "maybe a movie" is a non-committal, off-the-cuff comment, and it really points to little more than, "We're not all retiring from show-biz tomorrow."
posted by explosion at 7:14 AM on September 23, 2009


I'm not a Whedon fangirl but I enjoy a lot of his work, so please correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the point of Dr. Horrible to prove that there were viable ways to create high quality stories and use the web as distribution? So, wouldn't having a sequel as anything other than more of the same spirit of "This is free to see, and if you like it please support it" be basically the antithesis of what he was going for?

A big-budget sequel doesn't seem right on so many levels, why is this even being kicked around? Oh yes, they needed a snazzy headline.
posted by Mizu at 7:18 AM on September 23, 2009


smackfu: "Reveals plans to.... do something. Not sure what yet. Maybe puppets."

He already did that.
posted by PontifexPrimus at 7:21 AM on September 23, 2009


Hey Joss... how's Goners coming along?

People looking for more production from Whedon should remember that he's basically still producing Buffy and Angel in comic book form so he's absurdly over-committed as it is. He's got the entertainment media wrapped around his finger so every idea that pops into his head gets some kind of attention, but unfortunately, still, he can't seem to get financing for most of them. I'll never understand why that's so, but it might be because we geeks are just as satisfied by another episode of the execrable Heroes as a quality Whedon vehicle, and Heroes is cheaper. Maybe it's just that Whedon's fans are bigger pirates than CSI fans. I dunno.

Puppets. Gah.
posted by anotherpanacea at 7:22 AM on September 23, 2009


Mizu: "I'm not a Whedon fangirl but I enjoy a lot of his work, so please correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the point of Dr. Horrible to prove that there were viable ways to create high quality stories and use the web as distribution? So, wouldn't having a sequel as anything other than more of the same spirit of "This is free to see, and if you like it please support it" be basically the antithesis of what he was going for? "

I think the point of Dr. Horrible was "we're out of work while the writers are striking, so let's do something union membership doesn't say we can't do".

And even if you are right, the point wasn't to say that the web is the only viable way of doing that stuff. Just that it can work. And they've proven that, but that doesn't disprove the viability of the big screen or bumper stickers or whatever else.
posted by Plutor at 7:27 AM on September 23, 2009


joss whedon in general and seasons 3-N of Buffy in particular are very overrated there i said it
posted by DU at 7:27 AM on September 23, 2009 [2 favorites]


This is one thin post.
posted by kittens for breakfast at 7:29 AM on September 23, 2009


So, wouldn't having a sequel as anything other than more of the same spirit of "This is free to see, and if you like it please support it" be basically the antithesis of what he was going for?

No, because the first Dr. Horrible was the proof of concept, and if its success leverages the property so that producers are willing to fund a movie, that's even more compelling proof of concept. Imagine if a no-name group with no financing had made Dr. Horrible, and its success launched their careers and enabled them to make further work with an actual budget. I take that as the larger point: first, that good creative work can be made and shared inexpensively, and second, who knows what that can lead to?

(and third, yeah, thin post)
posted by LooseFilter at 7:34 AM on September 23, 2009


unfortunately, still, he can't seem to get financing for most of them.

It might have something to do with the fact that his series are quirky and hard to market (see Firefly), as well as the fact that he's one of those guys that takes a while to really get shows off the ground. Unlike some other shows where they come out strong and flop in the second season, shows like Dollhouse, Buffy, and Angel have all kind of struggled to find their place, getting better as they go along. But if the show doesn't gain traction before a pre-determined point, a TV exec is risking his job to keep a show on just because the Joss Whedon name is attached.
posted by explosion at 7:35 AM on September 23, 2009


Could someone please fix the tags? The spaces between (for example) "felicia" and "day" make everything wrong.
posted by mkb at 7:36 AM on September 23, 2009


You mean you don't think the a tag is useful?
posted by idiopath at 7:45 AM on September 23, 2009


(and third, yeah, thin post)

I just feel like if we took down "Joss Whedon Has a Cold, Insider Says," "Joss Whedon Believed to be Writing Something" and "Joss Whedon to Celebrate Birthday in Three Months, One Week and Sixteen Hours," this perhaps is a little weak, too.
posted by kittens for breakfast at 7:46 AM on September 23, 2009


Oh. You know what? I've completely forgotten about that whole writer's strike situation. Can I take my comment back? A movie still feels totally wrong to me, but I can see why it wouldn't to Whedon &co.

And Greg Nog, yeah, the whole females=evil/horribledeath is why I can't say I'm a Whedon fangirl. Can I just be a Simon Tam: Theoretically Brilliant Space-Crime-Boss fangirl?
posted by Mizu at 7:47 AM on September 23, 2009


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