BIG Comic-Con news: Avatar and Tron footage in 3-D: ABC’s Lost panel with surprise guests: Warner’s brings Ninja Assassin and Jonah Hex: Peter Jackson brings District 9: Screenings for Fox’s unseen Dollhouse ep. & new V sci-fi series

The folks over at Sci-Fi Wire have posted even more grand events that will be happening at Comic-Con San Diego between July 22nd and 26th. Keep in mind that the full list of events hasn’t been published yet, so some of these events and/or times could change.

Joss Whedon’s new horror film gets cast

Actors Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford are in talks to appear in Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard’s mysterious horror film The Cabin in the Woods, according to The Hollywood Reporter. To be exact, Jenkins has already signed on the dotted line, while Whitford is in final negotiations to star in the MGM/UA horror project, which …
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Extended clip from Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse pilot

Entertainment Weekly has just posted an exclusive clip from Joss Whedon’s new Fox thriller Dollhouse, which revolves around a futuristic laboratory that assigns various tasks to its many residents, who then have their memories erased upon the completion of their assignments. One of those mind-boned humans, a young woman named Echo (Eliza Dushku), is slowly …
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Joss Whedon’s web-based series Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog on DVD today

Amazon-owned CreateSpace announced that Joss Whedon’s cult web series Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog DVD and soundtrack CD featuring Neil Patrick Harris, Felicia Day and Nathan Fillion will be available for the first time this December exclusively on Amazon.com using the CreateSpace DVD and CD distribution solution. Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, which originated as a musical …
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J.J. Abrams at Comic-Con, a Whedon net musical, more about Galactica spin-off Caprica, and a trailer for Abrams’ Fringe

Comic-Con’s programming lineup for the July 24-27, 2008 is now online, and includes TONS of TV-related panels, discussions and screenings this year. Everyone’s favorite comic, film and sci-fi festival/fanboy orgy, has posted it’s complete, and searchable schedule online RIGHT HERE. Comic-Con will host previews and Q&As with stars and creators of the upcoming series Dollhouse, …
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Logan’s Run and Wonder Woman Updates

Producer Joel Silver (V for Vendetta) recently talked to SCI FI Wire about several of his high-profile genre films that are in various stages of development.  “The next one up is The Reaping, with Hilary Swank and directed by Stephen Hopkins, which is a supernatural thriller,” Silver said in an interview. Silver previously tapped Hopkins to direct Predator 2 and several episodes of TV’s Tales From …
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Firefly voted best sci-fi series ever?

Sci-fi buffs from around the world have voted cult TV series, “Firefly,” the world’s best space science fiction work ever in an international poll conducted by NewScientistSpace.com, the space news website from New Scientist magazine. Incredibly, the TV series which is set 500 years in the future was pulled off the air early. However, it …
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Whedon’s A Goner

Variety reported that Universal Pictures has paid seven figures for Goners, a fantasy thriller spec script Joss Whedon wrote and will direct. Film will be produced by Mary Parent and Scott Stuber. The studio premiered Whedon’s directorial debut, Serenity, on Thursday night at Universal City Walk. Pic opens Sept. 30. Whedon doesn’t give much detail …
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