Query: Doug Petrie appeared in a web-based film in 2008.

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Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog <=SEP=> Dr. Horrible 's Sing-Along Blog is a 2008 musical comedy-drama miniseries in three acts , produced exclusively for Internet distribution . Filmed and set in Los Angeles , the show tells the story of Dr. Horrible ( played by Neil Patrick Harris ) , an aspiring supervillain ; Captain Hammer ( Nathan Fillion ) , his nemesis ; and Penny ( Felicia Day ) , their shared love interest .   The movie was written by writer/director Joss Whedon , his brothers Zack Whedon ( a television writer ) and Jed Whedon ( a composer ) , and writer/actress Maurissa Tancharoen . The team wrote the musical during the 2007 -- 2008 Writers Guild of America strike . The idea was to create something small and inexpensive , yet professionally done , in a way that would circumvent the issues that were being protested during the strike . Reception has been overwhelmingly positive . On October 31 , 2008 , Time magazine named it # 15 in Time '' 's Top 50 Inventions of 2008 . It also won the People 's Choice Award for `` Favorite Online Sensation '' , and the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation , Short Form . In the inaugural 2009 Streamy Awards for web television , Dr. Horrible '' won seven awards : Audience Choice Award for Best Web Series , Best Directing for a Comedy Web Series , Best Writing for a Comedy Web Series , Best Male Actor in a Comedy Web Series ( Harris ) , Best Editing , Best Cinematography , and Best Original Music . It also won a 2009 Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class -- Short-format Live-Action Entertainment Programs .

Joss Whedon <=SEP=> Joss Whedon ( -LSB- ˈwiːdən -RSB- ) ( born Joseph Hill Whedon on June 23 , 1964 ) is an American screenwriter , film and television director , film and television producer , comic book author , and composer . He is the founder of Mutant Enemy Productions and co-founder of Bellwether Pictures , and is best known as the creator of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer ( 1997 -- 2003 ) , Angel ( 1999 -- 2004 ) , Firefly ( 2002 ) , Dollhouse ( 2009 -- 10 ) and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ( from 2013 ) .   Whedon co-wrote the Pixar film Toy Story ( 1995 ) , wrote and directed the Firefly film continuation Serenity ( 2005 ) , co-wrote and directed the Internet mini-series Dr. Horrible 's Sing-Along Blog ( 2008 ) , co-wrote and produced the horror comedy The Cabin in the Woods ( 2012 ) , and wrote and directed the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films The Avengers ( 2012 ) and its sequel Avengers : Age of Ultron ( 2015 ) .

Doug Petrie <=SEP=> Douglas `` Doug '' Petrie is an American screenwriter , director , and producer . Best known as a writer , director , and co-executive producer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer . He co-wrote the screenplays for the Fantastic Four film and Harriet the Spy . He has also written for the television shows Angel , The 4400 , Tru Calling and American Horror Story : Coven . He served as a co-executive producer and writer for two seasons on CSI : Crime Scene Investigation and as a consulting producer and writer on the second season of Pushing Daisies . He made a cameo on Joss Whedon 's web-based film , Dr. Horrible 's Sing-Along Blog , as `` Professor Normal '' . He served as co-executive producer on the first season of the Netflix show Daredevil , and took over as showrunner for its second season alongside Marco Ramirez . In April 2016 Petrie and Ramirez were announced as showrunners of The Defenders , a miniseries that crosses over Daredevil , Jessica Jones , Luke Cage , and Iron Fist .