Joss Whedon Redoes Dollhouse Pilot

Joss Whedon has decided to redo the pilot episode for his upcoming series, Dollhouse. Now, the original pilot will become the second episode of the series. A Q&A between Joss and *ahem* Rutherford D. Actualperson was posted on Whedonesque in hopes to clear up any confusion regarding the new episode, here is an excerpt:

“Well, the idea to do a new first episode wasn’t the network’s. It was mine. I understood their consternation, and saw the gap between my style and their expectations, and I suggested I shoot a new ep and make the one I’d shot the second. It isn’t going to be buried, like the pilot of Firefly. It’s simply coming after another, slightly cleaner ep. And because unlike Firefly, it isn’t a two hour epic which introduces everyone to each other, the onus isn’t on the new ep to explain a million things.”

Look for the show to begin airing in January of 2009 on Fox.