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Remember when we reported that Joss Whedon and Neil Patrick Harris were working on a musical
and it sounded like nonsense we'd made up? Well, that part where it
sounds like the fevered dreams of the Internet, that still hasn't
changed. In fact, the more we hear about the whole thing the sillier it
sounds, but definitely silly in a good way.
Still no news on when exactly this will be available, but from
the looks of the trailer everything is filmed and on its way towards
finishing. Participants in the...thing...will be participating in a
panel at San Diego Comic-Con, so if you're in the area, be sure to check it out. And maybe send a note to the e-mail address below afterwards? Thanks.
Update: According to DrHorrible.com,
the three acts will be available July 15, 17 and 19 before being
taken down and sold online and later released as a DVD. Why buy the
DVD when you can see it online for free? Whedon promises the first
ever singing commentary track. Thanks to Gina for the heads-up.
Related links:
News: Joss Whedon back on the air with Dollhouse
High Gravity: Reason #287 Why I Should Go to Comic-Con
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News on when this will be available has been out for almost a week now. In fact, it's on the official site. "Act 1" will go up at drhorrible.com on July 15th, followed by parts 2 and 3 on July 17th and 19, respectively. And then at midnight on the 20th, they will be taken down. Soon after they will be available for a minimal cost online. Sometime later, there will be a dvd release with superb extras - including a commentary, wait, make that TWO commentaries. And the one commentary is an original musical in itself! Yep, a musical commentary. There's some more silly for you. ;)
You're correct, Gina. Back when I wrote this last week, the info wasn't out, but I'm glad to hear that there's a concrete timeline involved. I left the original stuff there for posterity, but the comic-con note at the bottom is also anachronistic, given that it came and went last week.
The commentary sounds interesting enough, but what I usually listen to commentary is for the free-associational nature of the commentators. Doesn't a commentary that's prepared beforehand kind of miss the point?