Buffy Does Stop-Motion

For Dollhouse fans still reeling from last week's announcement that the Joss Whedon drama is being permanently put into the attic, don't fret.

Whedon, who has an incredibly loyal fan base of lesbian fans thanks to the Willow (Alyson Hannigan) and Tara (Amber Benson) story line from Seasons 5 and 6, will be back to work sooner than we think.

And we're not talking about the episode of Glee that Whedon is set to direct next year.

According to SciFiWire.com, Whedon's Buffy's Season 8 comic books will be the basis for a stop-motion Web series. For fans of Whedon's Felicia Day, Neil Patrick Harris and Nathan Fillion starrer Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, this is great news.

For Whedon, who told fan site Whedonesque.com that he's "off to pursue Internet ventures/binge drinking," in the wake of Dollhouse's cancellation, the stop-motion Buffy Web venture could be an option in addition to the rumored sequel to the Emmy-winning Dr. Horrible.

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The Season 8 comic launched in March 2007 and its run was recently upped to 50 issues; Whedon announced in September that the series would continue into a ninth season. In the comics, which pick up where Buffy's seventh season left off, there are several lesbian threads, including one in which Buffy has a short-lived lesbian relationship with fellow slayer Satsu.

According to SciFiWire.com, casting for the webisodes is already under way as the hunt is on for voice actors to play Faith — note to casting directors: Eliza Dushku is now available — as well as lesbian slayer/Willow's girlfriend Kennedy, among others.

So while stunt casting for sweeps may be over, there's always lesbians online to look forward to — and Whedon's famously strong ones at that.

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