As filming for the first episode of "Dollhouse" gets closer, the news is starting to roll in faster than a rumor on the internet. Amy Acker, best known by fans of "Angel" as Winifred "Fred" Berkle and Illyria, has been cast in the new Joss Whedon series. The news was posted Thursday morning by series creator Joss Whedon on Whedonesque. "I just couldn't resist letting you know that the recurring roles have actually been cast for some time now," Whedon said. "I'm shocked that any part of our casting process hasn't been leaked somehow. And though I'm a fan of secrets, I'll give you the last two pieces of this particular puzzle." Those pieces are that the character of November -- who will recur but will not be in the pilot -- will be played by Miracle Laurie, while Dr. Claire Saunders will be played by Acker. "All in all, pound for pound, soup to nuts, man vs beast, it's a pretty amazing ensemble," Whedon said. "I'm not sure how I landed this troupe, but rest assured I'm gonna write bestest good word for talkacting to them yes! They're in good hands." This announcement comes on the heels of the announcement that Harry Lennix ("The Matrix Reloaded," "The Matrix Revolutions") has been cast as Boyd Langton, the ex-cop who keeps track of Echo (Eliza Dushku) when she's out and about on her missions. "Dollhouse" revolves around Echo, a young woman who is one of a group of men and women called "Actives" who can be imprinted with personality packages and be whomever paying customers want them to be. Their assignments can be romantic, adventurous, outlandish, uplifting, sexual and/or very illegal. When not imprinted with a personality package, Echo and the others are basically mind-wiped, living like children in a futuristic dorm/lab dubbed the Dollhouse, with no memory of their assignmentsâ€or of much else. The show revolves around Echo's burgeoning self-awareness, and her desire to know who she was before, a desire that begins to seep into her various imprinted personalities and puts her in danger both in the field and in the closely monitored confines of the Dollhouse." Acker, Laurie, and Lennix join a cast that also features Dushku, Tahmoh Penikett ("Battlestar Galactica"), Fran Kranz, Dichen Lachman, Enver Gjokaj and Olivia Williams. "Dollhouse" will premiere this fall on Fox.