nerd4hire
05-15-2008, 06:18 PM
First of all from Pink Raygun (http://www.pinkraygun.com/2008/05/15/10-facts-about-dollhouse-spoiler-alert/), ten facts about Dollhouse.
What exactly is the Dollhouse?
1. People pay — a lot — to use the “dolls” (called Actives) employed by the Dollhouse.
2. The Dollhouse is very selective about its clientele and performs thorough background checks.
3. When on missions, Actives receive a “personality imprint” that provides them with regular memories as well as muscle memory.
4. These imprints mean that the Active isn’t pretending to be someone else — they are someone else. If imprinted to be a killer, they’ll kill; if imprinted to fall in love, they’ll fall deeply, truly in love.
5. On missions, Actives are monitored internally (and remotely) by Handlers. This ensures their safety while allowing for privacy between the Active and the client. Handlers only listen in on a mission when it involves criminal activity.
6. After the Active completes the mission, he or she feels an immediate need to return to the facility, where the Active will be wiped of his or her memories.
7. The Dollhouse serves as a kind of school/dormitory when Actives are not out on missions. They live, eat, sleep, shower, learn and train together there.
8. Most of the Dolls are young, and all beautiful.
9. Supposedly, the Dolls volunteered for the work in the Dollhouse — they give up five years of their lives, and at the end they receive a ridiculously large sum of money and no memory of anything they did for the Dollhouse.
10. Missions for the Actives are only supposed to last 10 hours, or else the imprint could be strained. However, lately certain missions have taken quite a bit longer, some lasting for days…
Fox released its upfronts for the coming season. Dollhouse - January, Monday 8:00 PM
Meanwhile, Fox is holding back on much of its new fare until midseason, allowing it time to continue development and keep things relatively steady until “American Idol” and “24” return.
New entries include the highly anticipated Joss Whedon creation “Dollhouse,” as well as new reality entry “Secret Millionaire.” New animated entries “Sit Down, Shut Up” and “Family Guy” spin-off “The Cleveland Show” will also be ready.
Fox has tentatively skedded “Dollhouse” on Mondays at 8 p.m., in front of “24,” while “Secret Milionaire” is right now slated for Thursdays at 9 p.m. On Sundays, “Cleveland” will bow at 9:30 behind “Family Guy,” while “Sit Down, Shut Up” will air behind “The Simpsons” at 8:30 p.m.
Fox announces primetime slate - Entertainment News, Front Page, Media - Variety (http://www.variety.com/VR1117985726.html)
Fox President Kevin Reilly explained why JJ Abrams Fringe gets a fall release, and Dollhouse waits until mid-season.
"When it really came down to it, we had a jump-start with 'Fringe,'" Reilly explains, noting that the show has been in development since last summer. "They wrote the script, [the two-hour pilot] is in the can and finished and locked. ... Jeff Pinkner, who worked with J.J. and the guys on 'Alias' and 'Lost,' is reteaming with them to kind of take the reins of the show. It just felt like the whole machine was cranked up."
"Dollhouse" finished shooting its Whedon-directed pilot only last week, although the show is at least ahead of the curve on the script front; Whedon brought the show to FOX with seven scripts already in hand (it has a 13-episode order).
"Why put the extra pressure on it?" Reilly says. "It really was a high-class problem, so we went with the bird in hand. And Joss is frankly happy to have the extra time."
Both shows will probably get the full promotional treatment from FOX as well. "Fringe" is the network's only new drama for the fall (and one of only two new shows of any kind), and Reilly is already promising a "huge campaign" leading up to its Aug. 26 premiere. "Dollhouse" will be a "linchpin of the second season," Reilly says, launching around the same time as network perennials such as "24" and "American Idol."
http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-foxfringedollhousescheduling,0,4254708.story
There will be fewer commercials in both Fringe and Dollhouse.
"We're going to have less commercials, less promotional time and less reason for viewers to use the remote," Liguori said. "We're going to have more character, more content, more value."
"Remote-free TV. It's a simple concept and potentially revolutionary," he said. "We're going to redefine the viewing experience."
Both "Fringe" and "Dollhouse" would have network commercial loads of about five minutes per hour, about half the usual. The commercial pods also would be shorter, and they would have about half the promo load as well, all to enhance the viewing experience. Liguori and ad sales chief Jon Nesvig acknowledged that there was a risk but that the network was committed to doing those two shows that way.
"Fringe" and "Dollhouse" were the first two new programs shown to the advertisers. "Dollhouse" will air at 8 p.m. beginning in January, just behind "24." The marketing campaign for "Fringe" began in New York newspapers Thursday.
Fox Entertainment president Kevin Reilly said "Fringe" had already "exceeded our very high expectations." Reilly said that "Dollhouse" had just wrapped production on the pilot but that the network already had seen seven scripts for the show.
"I'm confident that this will become the next tentpole series for Fox," Reilly said.
Fox yells 'cut' on commercials (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ibcf6d45fc7a036df6bfa2e8d6fa199d3)
There's a good interview with Joss in LA Times on Dollhouse, and Dr Horrible's singalong blog.
Q & A with Joss Whedon, writer, producer and director - Los Angeles Times (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-jossweb15-2008may15,0,6806791,full.story)
What exactly is the Dollhouse?
1. People pay — a lot — to use the “dolls” (called Actives) employed by the Dollhouse.
2. The Dollhouse is very selective about its clientele and performs thorough background checks.
3. When on missions, Actives receive a “personality imprint” that provides them with regular memories as well as muscle memory.
4. These imprints mean that the Active isn’t pretending to be someone else — they are someone else. If imprinted to be a killer, they’ll kill; if imprinted to fall in love, they’ll fall deeply, truly in love.
5. On missions, Actives are monitored internally (and remotely) by Handlers. This ensures their safety while allowing for privacy between the Active and the client. Handlers only listen in on a mission when it involves criminal activity.
6. After the Active completes the mission, he or she feels an immediate need to return to the facility, where the Active will be wiped of his or her memories.
7. The Dollhouse serves as a kind of school/dormitory when Actives are not out on missions. They live, eat, sleep, shower, learn and train together there.
8. Most of the Dolls are young, and all beautiful.
9. Supposedly, the Dolls volunteered for the work in the Dollhouse — they give up five years of their lives, and at the end they receive a ridiculously large sum of money and no memory of anything they did for the Dollhouse.
10. Missions for the Actives are only supposed to last 10 hours, or else the imprint could be strained. However, lately certain missions have taken quite a bit longer, some lasting for days…
Fox released its upfronts for the coming season. Dollhouse - January, Monday 8:00 PM
Meanwhile, Fox is holding back on much of its new fare until midseason, allowing it time to continue development and keep things relatively steady until “American Idol” and “24” return.
New entries include the highly anticipated Joss Whedon creation “Dollhouse,” as well as new reality entry “Secret Millionaire.” New animated entries “Sit Down, Shut Up” and “Family Guy” spin-off “The Cleveland Show” will also be ready.
Fox has tentatively skedded “Dollhouse” on Mondays at 8 p.m., in front of “24,” while “Secret Milionaire” is right now slated for Thursdays at 9 p.m. On Sundays, “Cleveland” will bow at 9:30 behind “Family Guy,” while “Sit Down, Shut Up” will air behind “The Simpsons” at 8:30 p.m.
Fox announces primetime slate - Entertainment News, Front Page, Media - Variety (http://www.variety.com/VR1117985726.html)
Fox President Kevin Reilly explained why JJ Abrams Fringe gets a fall release, and Dollhouse waits until mid-season.
"When it really came down to it, we had a jump-start with 'Fringe,'" Reilly explains, noting that the show has been in development since last summer. "They wrote the script, [the two-hour pilot] is in the can and finished and locked. ... Jeff Pinkner, who worked with J.J. and the guys on 'Alias' and 'Lost,' is reteaming with them to kind of take the reins of the show. It just felt like the whole machine was cranked up."
"Dollhouse" finished shooting its Whedon-directed pilot only last week, although the show is at least ahead of the curve on the script front; Whedon brought the show to FOX with seven scripts already in hand (it has a 13-episode order).
"Why put the extra pressure on it?" Reilly says. "It really was a high-class problem, so we went with the bird in hand. And Joss is frankly happy to have the extra time."
Both shows will probably get the full promotional treatment from FOX as well. "Fringe" is the network's only new drama for the fall (and one of only two new shows of any kind), and Reilly is already promising a "huge campaign" leading up to its Aug. 26 premiere. "Dollhouse" will be a "linchpin of the second season," Reilly says, launching around the same time as network perennials such as "24" and "American Idol."
http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-foxfringedollhousescheduling,0,4254708.story
There will be fewer commercials in both Fringe and Dollhouse.
"We're going to have less commercials, less promotional time and less reason for viewers to use the remote," Liguori said. "We're going to have more character, more content, more value."
"Remote-free TV. It's a simple concept and potentially revolutionary," he said. "We're going to redefine the viewing experience."
Both "Fringe" and "Dollhouse" would have network commercial loads of about five minutes per hour, about half the usual. The commercial pods also would be shorter, and they would have about half the promo load as well, all to enhance the viewing experience. Liguori and ad sales chief Jon Nesvig acknowledged that there was a risk but that the network was committed to doing those two shows that way.
"Fringe" and "Dollhouse" were the first two new programs shown to the advertisers. "Dollhouse" will air at 8 p.m. beginning in January, just behind "24." The marketing campaign for "Fringe" began in New York newspapers Thursday.
Fox Entertainment president Kevin Reilly said "Fringe" had already "exceeded our very high expectations." Reilly said that "Dollhouse" had just wrapped production on the pilot but that the network already had seen seven scripts for the show.
"I'm confident that this will become the next tentpole series for Fox," Reilly said.
Fox yells 'cut' on commercials (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ibcf6d45fc7a036df6bfa2e8d6fa199d3)
There's a good interview with Joss in LA Times on Dollhouse, and Dr Horrible's singalong blog.
Q & A with Joss Whedon, writer, producer and director - Los Angeles Times (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-jossweb15-2008may15,0,6806791,full.story)