I'm still not reading anything positive about a Serenity sequel; Whedon himself is saying that nothing is developing on that front. Not only is he off Wonder Woman, but the production has been pulled entirely. But he's now working on a new TV show, Dollhouse (http://www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/detail/index.jsp?uuid=972f7d73-e0a2-43ea-abad-0abf6afba1f3), described as:

Echo (Eliza Dushku) [is] a young woman who is literally everybody's fantasy. She is one of a group of men and women who can be imprinted with personality packages, including memories, skills, language—even muscle memory—for different assignments. The assignments can be romantic, adventurous, outlandish, uplifting, sexual and/or very illegal. When not imprinted with a personality package, Echo and the others are basically mind-wiped, living like children in a futuristic dorm/lab dubbed the Dollhouse, with no memory of their assignments—or of much else. The show revolves around the childlike Echo's burgeoning self-awareness, and her desire to know who she was before, a desire that begins to seep into her various imprinted personalities and puts her in danger both in the field and in the closely monitored confines of the Dollhouse. The link includes interviews with Joss and Eliza, but the interviewer doesn't ask the one question I'm dying to hear an answer to, "Why in hell would you work with Fox again?"

But that might put Joss in an awkward "bite the hand that feeds me" position, especially since Fox has approved 7 episodes rather than just a pilot. The strike will delay production.

Ok - that sounds positively odd.

But Joss and Eliza? That's gotta be a winning combination.

He's very good at using "his pool of talent", most of which originated from Buffy/Angel actors. Will follow this closely.

Personally, looking ravenously forward to Whedon's "Ripper" with Giles aka Anthony Head.

Sounds like an interesting storyline, which someone like Whedon can do much with, provided he is allowed to have some say in the talent he works with as well as being able to say no when presented with crap episodes.

Eliza has potential, and maybe being paired with Whedon again will allow her to tap into more talent than what she has displayed thus far.

Her return at the end of Buffy and then Angel was a pretty dismal appearance, and her rep from "Tru" is pretty bad too. But as an actress she does have ability, and proven (Season 3 of Buffy was really *her* season), and she wasn't too bad in Bring It On, either.


So yeah, let's see what she can do with Joss' direction again.

mmmmm Eliza Dushku *drool*

So basically the pretender with a hot chick instead?

Hrmmm...potential.

She is so hot...

Interview with Whedon (http://tv.msn.com/new-on-dvd/feature-article/default.aspx?news=281562). Doesn't touch on Dollhouse, but mentions Ripper and the so-far-not-happening Serenity sequel. and DVD.