Archive for November, 2008

30
Nov

Tubefilter reports that pre-orders of Dr. Horrible DVD are “booming”.

http://news.tubefilter.tv/2008/11/29/dr-horrible-dvd-ships-december-19th-pre-orders-booming/

28
Nov

Dr Horrible DVD Now On Pre-Order

The Dr Horrible DVD is now available for pre-order at Amazon. The DVD will be released December 19, 2008 just in time for Christmas.

The retail price is $14.99 and to ensure delivery by Christmas Amazon is recommended that you choose the 2-day delivery option.

Dr Horrible on DVD … Tell your friends…

Product Details

  • Actors: Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, Felicia Day, Simon Helberg
  • Directors: Joss Whedon
  • Writers: Joss Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon, Zack Whedon
  • Producers: David Burns, Michael Boretz
  • Format: NTSC
  • DVD Release Date: December 19, 2008
  • Run Time: 100 minutes
  • ASIN: B001M5UDGS

A note from creator Joss Whedon (via WHEDONesque)

Well, my turkey (or, in some cases, tofurkey) stuffed friends, we literally just put the finishing touches on the disc. Is it worth fifteen hard-earned dollars? Absolutely. In fact, I can say without reservation that the Dr. Horrible DVD is worth $15.23 EASILY. More, if your dollars weren’t the hard-earned kind, just the kind you have lying around in your mom’s purse. God knows WE’VE worked hard to earn ‘em. “Commentary! The Musical” is the most painstaking and exhausting piece of whimsey I have ever mistaken for a good idea. It has nearly twice as much music as Dr. Horrible itself — since you can’t really talk that much during a commentary musical or it sounds like a regular commentary. (Which we also have, with the stars and writers, plus making-of’s, ELE applications, and a few items left lying around by a notorious Bunny…) I can say without hesitation that I hesitate to say it’s great. And by great I mean ridiculous. It’s sophmoric, solopsistic, silly and the most fun I’ve had being exhausted since the fabled Mushortio itself. And everyone sings beautifullly. Which enrages me. I a little bit hate my friends now.

The listed street date is, by the way, a little later than we’d expected — I’m hoping Amazon is just playing it safe and we can beat that date. More on that as we learn it. Expect a twittering sensation.

Finally, I just want to say “thank you” to everybody who has supported this venture. We’ve been able to pay our crew and all our bills, which means a lot. What means more is proving that completely independent ventures can muscle their way through the blizzard of big-budget behemoths. (A blizzard of behemoths? Back to writing school, alliteration-junkie!) All that rhetoric about the future of entertainment that flew about during the Strike is still entirely true. We need to find our own way of producing entertainment. A lot of people are watching Dr. Horrible to see if it’s any kind of model — way more people than I expected — and it means everything to me to help pave the way for artists to start working and making a living from the ground up. There are a couple of real pioneers in this that I know personally: Felicia Day, I’m thrilled to say, and choreographer Chris Elam are both looking far ahead in terms of monetization and interactivity. Me, I’m more like Jimmy Stewart in “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance”, but at least I’m out there. Thanks, he finally summed up, to you.

My story has become tiresome! But wait till you hear the songs.

Did we cover “silly”…?

27
Nov

DVD nearly here

The long awaited Dr. Horrible DVD release is due to be released any day now. There have been doubts about the ability to release the DVD before Christmas as previously indicated due to word that just last week work was continuing on the musical commentary track but official channels indicate the DVD release is very close now.

In addition to the musical commentary we expect to have lots of exciting extras including 10 entries selected from the hundreds of applications sent to the Evil League of Evil. Other bonus features are being kept under wraps by the Dr. Horrible team until the DVD is released.

Keep an eye on the official website for news of the release. We’ll also be posting details here as soon as we know more.

More official merchandise is also on the way.

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