DR. HORRIBLE sequel is absolutely happening

We'd already heard that the sequel to Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog was in development, but now that Joss Whedon's Fox series Dollhouse is officially dead, Jed Whedon (Joss' brother and collaborator on the original Horrible) tells MTV News that the Horrible team is seriously working on a sequel.

"They finish up 'Dollhouse' in the winter—at least what they've scheduled to shoot thus far—so hopefully when that's done, we'll all be able to get together more frequently and grind it out," he explained. "There are a couple of songs written. It's very promising. We're all very excited about where it goes."

Whedon didn't offer any details on the plot, and Dr. Horrible and Captain Hammer were the only characters he confirmed would return.

"Yeah, you have to see them in the sequel," he laughed. "We will expand the world a little bit into other areas you have not seen... and it will be hilarious."

I've expressed my ambivalence about the sequel and expressed it again. But given the minor debacle that was Dollhouse and the relative blockbuster that was Dr. Horrible, I wouldn't be surprised if Joss Whedon does a lot of work online from now on. If he can tell the story he wants to tell, get it to people without network interference and make a fine profit doing it, why the heck wouldn't he?

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