January 09 2009
Nathan Fillion on Robot Chicken.
Voicing The Flash, Encyclopedia Brown's father and a government worker.
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January 06 2009
Joss the Web Slayer.
Written By (the magazine of the Writers Guild of America, West) profiles Joss as a "new media guru" in its January issue.
December 31 2008
This Top 50 special effects shots list includes one from "Alien: Resurrection."
The shot from the Joss Whedon-penned movie comes in at #50.
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December 30 2008
Let a Thousand Guilds and Horribles Bloom.
Tube Filter encourages other web series creators to step up their games, Whedon/Day-style.
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December 26 2008
Whedonesque made TV.com's top 100 list.
A list of the top 100 TV-related items of 2008, with Whedonesque at number 53.
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December 09 2008
Who should direct 'Twilight' Sequels?
Nikki Finke says "Pro: 'Where’s Joss Whedon when you need him?' 'Who has more experience with teenage vampires than Joss?'".
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November 30 2008
Joss wins 2008 Forry Award for Lifetime Achievement in the field of Science Fiction.
The yearly award is given by the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society. The site has not yet been updated with Joss' name, as the award was just announced to the public tonight, but that will probably be fixed shortly.
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November 26 2008
Five of Joss' most Whedonesque characters.
Fun feature courtesy of Mother Jones. The magazine also has a partial transcript of their audio interview with Joss.
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November 20 2008
JOpinionated likes The Write Environment's Joss interview.
She reviews her preview copy and gives us just a taste - kinda like an appetizer or hors d'oeuvres: "TV shows are a question, and movies are an answer."
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November 15 2008
The Write Environment mini-Joss-isode.
A wee sample (about 5 and a half minutes) of the first interview, with Just Joss. You can order the DVD here at The Write Environment site.
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November 13 2008
Which Watcher Lost His Vampire Slaying Kit?
A genuine vampire slaying kit was auctioned off recently in Natchez, Mississippi.
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Joss is one of the most influential American showrunners.
So says The Hollywood Reporter. And, more importantly, me.
November 12 2008
US move on the cards for BBC's Julie Gardner.
Joss met Julie about Ripper, the proposed Giles spin off series, last year. The Guardian reports Julie is set to move to LA next year, reporting into the exec VP of programming and production for BBC Worldwide (the new LA commercial drama wing).
The Write Environment site is open for DVD biz-ness, featuring interviews with Joss and others.
Writer Jeffrey Berman hosts a series of in-depth interviews with Joss Whedon, Doug Ellin, Tim Kring, Damon Lindelof, Phil Rosenthal and Sam Simon. At $11 per interview/DVD, this is a total steal - and perfect for holiday prezzies.
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November 09 2008
John Cassaday hints at a possible new project with Joss.
Something non-comic book? Intriguing. John also reveals that Joss did ask him to draw for Buffy season 8.
November 04 2008
"I've definitely got some ideas that are effin' strange".
Joss speaks to Vice Magazine about Wonder Woman, Dollhouse, Dr. Horrible, Buffy season 8 and more.
October 31 2008
Mother Jones Interview with Joss (Audio only).
39 minutes of Joss discussing his thoughts and opinions, and how they are reflected in his work. Subjects mentioned are too numerous to list, but include feminism, the writers' strike, and his relationship with Fox/News Corp.
October 29 2008
Guess the Joss letter in this Empire Online Poster Quiz.
There's a Joss related letter in this puzzle, but I don't wanna give it away just yet. Have fun movie buffs!
October 21 2008
Joss Whedon looks back on his Roseanne years.
Fun nostalgia feature over at EW.com.
October 16 2008
Is JJ Abrams the new Joss Whedon?
Or could it be the other way around? Anyhow io9.com goes with the first option, others may disagree.
October 15 2008
PG Porn Says "No" to Nudity and "Yes" to Violence Against Women.
A blogger claims that the cast and crew are perpetuating "another example of violent misogyny self-righteously disguised as humor". James Gunn responds here. Contains mature language and subject matter.
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October 13 2008
Joss and Summer on their next project 'The Serving Girl'.
Find out if it will ever come to fruition.
October 09 2008
Wired reviews Robot Chicken DVDs.
Nice little review of Seth Green's Robot Chicken S3.
October 08 2008
Terminator series gets 'Drive' ratings. Uh-oh!
Some site I've never heard of says they have sources at Fox. The sources say Terminator: SCC may get canceled due to low ratings and a small number of episodes ordered for the season. Thoughts, anyone?
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October 02 2008
The Joss House - a special event.
The Sci Fi Channel in Australia will be paying tribute to our man Joss by airing Buffy, Angel and Firefly back to back in November.
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September 29 2008
Master of Sci-Fi: Joss Whedon.
TV Week picks Joss as one of the "leaders whose current projects and track records make them Masters of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror". There's also some brief comments from Joss about genre television and Dollhouse.
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September 23 2008
(SPOILER)
Felicia Day on House tonight.
Felicia Day (Dr. Horrible, The Guild) appears on House tonight. Preview clips 1 and 5 feature her.
September 18 2008
Out and about: Joss at a Hollywood political fund raiser.
Apparently he and Kai were sitting at a table with the likes of Melanie Griffth and Antonio Banderas.
September 17 2008
(SPOILER)
Spike: After the Fall #3 out now.
New issue of Spike:After the Fall released today.
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September 15 2008
Neil Patrick Harris backstage at the Creative Arts Emmys.
Neil talks about meeting Tim Conway and playing the French Horn.
Where are the super-heroine movies?
Why the film industry "can't get it together to make a Wonder Woman flick? Or any true superheroine movie at all?"
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September 11 2008
Whedon comments from TechCrunch conference.
"Arrington: Joss, apart from just being generally awesome, what do you think about this?". Additional reporting from Venture Beat.
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September 09 2008
Best TV characters of all time.
Zoe Washburne and Willow Rosenberg are the two Jossverse characters that feature in UGO.com's rundown. Though Whedon alum in other guises do appear on the list as well.
September 06 2008
September 01 2008
Wondering about a Whedon wedding.
It seems Maurissa and Jed are tying the knot on April 18th.
August 31 2008
Joss Whedon vs. The Sky Bully.
Celebrity Atheist List collects some pretty intelligent and catchy quotes from Joss on the subject of atheism and faith.
August 30 2008
The monsters of Buffy and Angel.
FX artist John Vulich has some lovely sketches of early Buffy and Angel monsters up at his MySpace site. More cool Buffyverse stuff of his can be found over at the Optic Nerves Studios website.
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August 29 2008
From Abrams to Whedon: TV's most inventive minds.
A National Post feature on the five most talented men in the industry.
August 27 2008
Return of the Frog.
Buffy, Angel and Firefly are now available to watch on TheWB.com (if you live in the States that is).
August 25 2008
Smallville's Supergirl Laura Vandervoort is a fan of Buffy and Joss.
At this weekend's Toronto FanExpo,Laura Vandervoort did a Q/A with Michael Rosenbaum where she revealed her Buffy and Joss Whedon love along with working with James Marsters being a highlight of her season with Smallville.
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August 23 2008
(SPOILER)
The Middleman gets their Buffy on.
Full episode available for viewing online, with fun shout outs to Buffy and Angel. Looks like this is for USA only.
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August 21 2008
Batman 3 Directors - If Nolan's out, then who's in?
IGN discusses who they think should take over for Christopher Nolan, if for some reason he couldn't direct Batman 3. As one might expect, Joss Whedon is an option.
August 18 2008
Lying In The Gutters unveils new Joss rumour.
A trailer starring Joss Whedon, Damon Lindeloff and Brad Meltzer? ETA - It's Brad Meltzer's Book of Lies Trailer.
August 17 2008
SMG fights the power.
The Buffster is among the newest A-List celebs challenging SAG leadership.
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August 16 2008
August 12 2008
Hollywood goes Silicon Valley.
Joss headlines TechCrunch50 conference panel which will "showcase the efforts of a posse of entertainment luminaries who are creating content exclusively for the Web."
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August 11 2008
Joss talks about his Batman movie pitch.
In the wake of The Dark Knight holding the #1 spot for a fourth week in a row and on course to become the second highest grossing film of all time behind Titanic,Joss talks about his aborted plans to reboot the Batman film franchise.
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August 04 2008
Joss FEARnet video interview part one
and part two. Talking about Dollhouse, Buffy s8, Cabin in the Woods, Goners, Dr Horrible and stuff.
August 02 2008
A Hollywood Reporter Q&A with Joss Whedon (extended mix).
A truncated version appeared a couple of days ago but now you can read the interview in full. There's some lovely new material to be had.
July 31 2008
Sex education website uses Xander & Anya to illustrate the importance of communication.
Halfway down the page in the column of example fictional couples on the right-hand side.
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July 30 2008
A Hollywood Reporter Q&A with Joss Whedon.
He gets described as the "the multihyphenate 2.0".
July 29 2008
Joss Whedon - the photo.
Taken at Comic Con. Currently wowing people at Flickr.
KPBS article on Jayne hats seen at Comic-con.
Very cunning!
July 26 2008
Sci-Fi blowout sale at Amazon.
Including the slim sets of all 7 seasons of BtVS and all 5 seasons of AtS at 50% off.
Marti Noxon to write for Mad Men.
Buried in this article about the women of "Mad Men" is the news that BtVS Exec Producer Marti Noxon is a Consulting Producer and will write for the show this season.
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July 16 2008
Joss Talks Dollhouse & Dr. Horrible.
Wherein JW speaks with TVG/Mitovich at the FOX TCA presentation, we assume, about such things that are important to us! Similar items with Ausiello over at Entertainment Weekly and the TV addict too.
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July 12 2008
Joss ranked #5 in "Top Celebrity Comic book Geek" poll.
First place was won by Nicolas Cage.
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Alan Ball claims never to have watched "Buffy" or "Angel".
In July 10 interviews about his new show, "True Blood," Ball says he created his own vampire mythology.
July 08 2008
Joss Whedon: "I am the world’s laziest workaholic."
MTV News interviews Joss about all of his upcoming projects: Dollhouse, Doctor Horrible, Cabin in the Woods, and the ones that won't be happening for now (Goners and Serving Girl).
July 02 2008
'The Cabin In The Woods' isn't dead...
...it's just pining for the fjords. No, seriously, Drew Goddard tells Ain't It Cool News at the Saturn Awards that "we'll get some exciting news about that much sooner than later".
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June 26 2008
Save Up to 50% on TV DVDs from Amazon.com.
Included in this offer are the following including Whedonverse actors: Bones, How I Met Your Mother, The Unit, Prison Break.
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June 25 2008
Voting begins for SyFy Genre Awards.
Vote for Whedonesque as best web site, and James Marsters as best guest star on Torchwood (if you agree of course!). You can vote once a day.
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June 19 2008
AFI lists "Toy Story" as one of the all time best Animation Movies.
The new lists announced on June 17, separate movies in 10 different genres.
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June 17 2008
The Franchise-Premise Differentiation.
A fascinating examination by Michael Cassut of why he thinks Moonlight, and attempts to revive it, failed. For examples in his analysis, he mentions Buffy, Firefly, Dollhouse and Joss Whedon, among other programs, personalities and concepts.
June 16 2008
Watch Firefly and Buffy to save the world.
Remember this SciFi Channel 'Visions For Tomorrow' poll? Well the results are in and Firefly got voted the most powerful work of sci-fi telly. Buffy came 10th so it's all good.
June 13 2008
The second great teacher of Joss Whedon's life.
Nikki Stafford blogs about meeting Jeanine Basinger at the Slayage Conference. There's some lovely anedcotes about Joss.
June 12 2008
"I'm Joss Whedon and I'm here just to support the actors".
Joss speaks to Brave New Media about the SAG negotiations and whether he was satisfied with the results of the writers' strike.
June 11 2008
"Conservatism could handle Stalin and Lenin, but is too fragile a thing to survive Joss Whedon."
A political blogger's cheerfully snarky response to the "fear of liberalism" also sneaks in some choice words for people who are horrified that Buffy the Vampire Slayer is being analyzed in our colleges.
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June 10 2008
Joss shows support for actors.
Nikki Finke reports that he was at yesterday's SAG Solidarity Rally in Los Angeles.
Josshole moment over on Wax Banks.
"... I kind of love this guy." Comparison of Fray and Firefly, with a little of television Buffy, Season 8 Buffy and Alien: Resurrection thrown in for good measure. All sorts of pro-Joss-ness!
June 09 2008
SyFy Portal awards long list for 2008.
Whedonesque gets nominated for best website, Summer Glau for best actress, Adam Baldwin for best supporting actor, Amy Acker and James Marsters for best special guest.
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June 08 2008
Spoof Google News page.
Scroll down the page for "good news" in the Entertainment section ;-)
May 31 2008
Slayage Conference Starts Next Week at Henderson State U, Arkadelphia, Arkansas.
Beginning a week from today, the Conference features over 40 sessions of Whedon discussion--including 4 keynotes, one of whom will be Whedon's professor Jeanine Basinger (yay!).
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May 09 2008
Golder Trailer Award winners announced.
Joss was one of the judges on the panel. The ceremony will be broadcast on May 26th on MyNetwork TV.
May 06 2008
Drive Available on Amazon Unbox.
Every episode of Drive is now available on Amazon Unbox, including the two that never aired.
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May 02 2008
Can Joss Whedon tear you away from Lord of the Rings?
A cool little comic that references Joss, Nathan and Dollhouse. ...among other popular nerdery.
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The only Australian screening of Sarah Michelle Gellar's "Southland Tales".
Popcorn Taxi in Sydney present the one and only screening in Australia of "Southland Tales" + a Q&A with director Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko) live from 'Southland' itself (LA).
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April 30 2008
Interview with Terry "Mrs. Ron" Moore mentions Joss in glowing terms.
Apparently she worked on Buffy for half a season as a costume designer.
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April 23 2008
Joss Whedon's 10 finest moments.
Den of Geek! picks Joss' best work from television, comic books and film.
April 10 2008
Torture in the 'Verse.
The author ponders on what's behind the "eroticized male torture in Joss' work".
April 09 2008
Joss Whedon is one of the judges for the 9th Annual Golden Trailer Awards.
Also on the jury are Morgan Spurlock, Eli Roth and Tony Hawk.
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April 04 2008
"Gone but not forgotten" - UGO.com's favorite cancelled shows.
Do you even have to ask which shows are on the list?
April 03 2008
Remembering Du'a Khalil on April 7th.
Last year, Joss wrote an impassioned post about the death of Du'a Khalil titled "Let's Watch A Girl Get Beaten To Death". This year, various events around the world will mark her death. They include the launching of the anthology "Nothing But Red" and two conferences which will be held in Paris and London. There's also various online campaigns as well.
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April 02 2008
Buffy, Firefly, and Angel 50% off at Amazon.
Get the Buffy Chosen Collection for $100, Firefly Complete Series for $25, or Angel Complete Collection for $70 as part of Amazon's sale on sci-fi television.
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March 28 2008
Variety article on Jeanine Basinger's influence in Hollywood.
She heads the film studies department at Wesleyan University; Joss Whedon was her student. Contains brief quotage from Mr. Whedon himself.
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March 19 2008
"Joss Whedon is a geek, J.J. Abrams is a nerd".
McG explains the difference at the Chuck panel at PaleyFest '08.
March 12 2008
Hulu now open to the American public.
The much hyped corporate site is now open for business and you can watch online Buffy Season One and all of Firefly for free.
March 07 2008
'Skins' creator Jamie Brittain mentions Buffy influences on his show.
He says Buffy was one of "the two main influences" on his writing. You should all be watching Skins, also, as it's the best teen drama in the history of ever on UK TV.
February 28 2008
Whedony nuggets from The Daily Show archives.
Including interviews with DB, Aly, as well as Buffy news reports, even a mention of Joss by name.
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February 25 2008
Joss and Summer's ballet project delayed.
At a Q&A session at WonderCon, Summer said that the ballet she and Joss are working on will be delayed now that the WGA strike is over and Joss has begun working on Dollhouse.
February 22 2008
The greatest works of science fiction poll.
The rationale behind this is to save the world. Buffy and Firefly are amongst the choices and you can write in other shows (helloooo Angel). More on this Visions For Tomorrow bobbins can be found here.
February 20 2008
More info about Dollhouse plus news on David Boreanaz and the Paley Festival.
TV Guide's Ausiello has news on whether David's going to be at the Buffy Reunion and when Dollhouse might premiere (spoilers for other shows on this page).
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February 14 2008
Tragic And Doomed Relationships.
SyFy Portal has a special Valentine's Day list: Ten tragic and doomed relationships.
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February 13 2008
Starpulse Entertainment News Blog spotlights Joss.
Nothing we haven't heard before, including the oft-told urban legend that Firefly DVD sales led to Universal greenlighting Serenity, but the article covers most of Joss's career, mentioning both Dollhouse and Goners as upcoming projects.
February 12 2008
Wizard Magazine interview with Joss Whedon now online.
A really substantial interview covering Buffy season 8, Dollhouse, Astonishing X-Men, Runaways and pie.
February 11 2008
'Negotiations' - a strike film.
It features Joss and fellow Whedonesquers.
SC3: Slayage Conference on the Whedonverse.
June 5-8, 2008--Scholars and fans gather for a third time to analyze all things Whedonesque. Jeanine Basinger is a keynote speaker.
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February 09 2008
Writers Strike Chronicles interviews Joss.
Audio interview (short, but that's okay) in WSC Show #91, from the recent Sci-Fi day in front of NBC.
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February 08 2008
Joss Whedon talks future projects.
He tells IESB.net that he will hopefully be filming his Summer Glau ballet "sometime in the late spring/early summer" and that "there's a few things I'm trying to do without the studios either for the internet or shorts". And there's some brief comments from Joss about the strike and support from the fans here.
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