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Joss Whedon
Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon is an American filmmaker, comic book writer, and composer. He is best known as the creator of several television series: the supernatural drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003) and its spinoff Angel (1999–2004), the short-lived space Western Firefly (2002), the Internet musical miniseries Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008), the science fiction drama Dollhouse (2009…
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entertainment · American director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1964) · film director · screenwriter · film producer · television director · composer · writer · science fiction writer · novelist · director · actor · also Joss Whedon, Joseph Hill Whedon, Josh Whedon, Whedon
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2026· 13 entries
“There was haphazardness in the way it comes together — not just the people, but the scenes. I don”
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“I was a little bit ashamed of American TV because I thought,”
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“because I was not one of them.”
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“I tend to write about people who are helpless or out of control who then regain or retake control”
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“the fact of the matter is, it was a waste of my time. We never [wanted] to make the same movie; none of us knew that”
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“I wanted to play with that classic notion of the frontier: not the people who made history, but the people history stepped on—the people for whom every act is the creation of civilization”
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“... was the hardest piece of writing I”
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“the very first mission statement of the show, which was the joy of female power: having it, using it, sharing it”
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Public attention spiked: 8,682 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.8× the usual 2,304, with 1 article edits. Editors noted: script-assisted date audit and style fixes per MOS:NUM
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Yahoo: Is Joss Whedon Involved in the New FIREFLY Series?
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Yahoo: Firefly Being Resurrected With A New Series, Joss Whedon Not Involved
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bleedingcool: Firefly: Would Joss Whedon Return for Reunion Project? Should He?
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2025· 1 entry
bleedingcool: Firefly Star Morena Baccarin Discusses Revival Chances, Joss Whedon
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2021· 1 entry
Fans began to refer to the theatrical cut as the "Whedon Cut" and "Josstice League"
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2020· 2 entries
That the company had "parted ways" with Whedon, and Whedon released his own statement, claiming the departure was due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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HBO announced that Whedon had exited the project
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2018· 1 entry
HBO announced that the network had obtained the rights to The Nevers, an "epic science fiction drama about a gang of Victorian women who find themselves with unusual abilities, relentless enemies, and a mission that migh
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2017· 2 entries
Whedon directed Unlocked, a short film in support of Planned Parenthood
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Cole claimed that Whedon had repeatedly been unfaithful to her and that he "does not practice what he preaches" in regard to feminism
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2016· 1 entry
Released ep “Back to Eden”.
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2015· 1 entry
Whedon signed a petition as part of a political campaign calling for Elizabeth Warren to run for President of the United States
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2013· 4 entries
Awarded Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form for The Avengers (2013).
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Released album “Much Ado About Nothing”.
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Whedon said that he is a workaholic
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In 2013, Whedon said that he is a workaholic.
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2012· 2 entries
And it received considerable praise from critics
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Whedon established Bellwether Pictures
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2009· 4 entries
Awarded Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form for Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2009).
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Though the film was not released until 2011
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Whedon remarked upon the possibility of presenting it in the form of another miniseries or a feature film
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Whedon created his fourth television series, Dollhouse, and explored themes throughout the show that were initially present in an unproduced spec script of his called Afterlife
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2008· 2 entries
Awarded Bradbury Award (2008).
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And then handed over the reins as a writer to Warren Ellis
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2007· 2 entries
Whedon expressed his outrage over the murder of Du'a Khalil Aswad, and because the act was caught on video, was prompted to attack the underlying attitude he felt led to the murder, comparing the video to torture porn
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“We just saw different movies, and at the price range this kind of movie hangs in, that”
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2006· 3 entries
Awarded Prometheus Award - Special Award for Serenity (2006).
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Awarded Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form for Serenity (2006).
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It won a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
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2005· 3 entries
Awarded Nebula Award for Best Script for Serenity (2005).
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To find "The World's Best Space Sci-Fi Ever", and Firefly and Serenity took first and second place, respectively
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“I had a perfectly disparate set of elements.”
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2004· 6 entries
That Angel would not be brought back for a sixth season
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Whedon created the comic book line Astonishing X-Men
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“I believe the reason Angel had trouble on The WB was that it was the only show on the network that wasn”
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“I believe we are the only sentient beings in the universe, and I believe that 500 years from now, we will still be the only sentient beings around. … Aliens are something everyone else is doing.”
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“Joss: Um, no. Dead Buffy's a Buffy. But a dead one.”
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2002· 2 entries
Released album “Buffy the Vampire Slayer: “Once More, With Feeling”: Original Cast Album!”.
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And the fall 2001 musical episode "Once More, with Feeling" was nominated for a Best Dramatic Presentation Hugo Award and a Best Script Nebula Award
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2000· 1 entry
Andy Tennant was in talks to direct and rewrite
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1997· 1 entry
Whedon created his first television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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1995· 1 entry
Whedon married Kai Cole, an architect, producer and co-founder of Bellwether Pictures
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1987· 1 entry
Where he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters in 2013
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1980· 1 entry
Studied at Riverdale Country School (1980).
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1964· 2 entries
Born 1964-06-23.
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In New York City and raised on the Upper West Side as Joseph1 Hill Whedon, he would later become a third-generation TV writer as a son of Tom Whedon, a screenwriter for Alice in the 1970s and The Golden Girls in the 1980
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