Joss Whedon is the middle of five brothers - his younger brothers are Jed Whedon and Zack Whedon. Both his father, Tom Whedon and his grandfather, John Whedon were successful television writers. Joss' mother, Lee Stearns, was a history teacher and she also wrote novels as Lee Whedon...See full bio »
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Act III
(2008)
(music: "So They Say", "Everyone's A Hero", "Slipping", "Everything You Ever" / lyrics: "So They Say", "Everyone's A Hero", "Slipping", "Everything You Ever")
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Act II
(2008)
(music: "Bad Horse Chorus" reprise, "Brand New Day" / lyrics: "My Eyes", "Bad Horse Chorus" reprise, "Brand New Day" / performer: "Bad Horse Chorus" reprise)
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Act I
(2008)
(music: "My Freeze Ray", "Bad Horse Chorus" / lyrics: "My Freeze Ray", "Bad Horse Chorus" / performer: "Bad Horse Chorus")
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Once More, with Feeling
(2001)
(writer: "Going Through The Motions", "I'll Never Tell", "Rest In Peace", "I've Got A Theory", "Bunnies", "If We're Together", "The Mustard", "Under Your Spell", "The Parking Ticket", "Dawn's Lament", "What You Feel", "Standing", "Standing" - Reprise, "Walk Through The Fire", "Something To Sing About", "What You Feel" - Reprise, "Where Do We Go From Here?")
Writes for Marvel's "Astonishing X-Men" series (2005-????). Graphic novels out so far (April 2007) are "Gifted", "Dangerous" and "Torn", but the next graphic novel "Unstoppable" is contracted and in the works. "Astonishing X-Men", recreated specifically for Whedon, has been one of Marvel's best-selling comics as of 2006 and was nominated for several Eisner Awards including Best Serialized Story, Best Continuing Series, Best New Series and Best Writer, winning the Best Continuing Series award in 2006. The storyline behind "Gifted" has been used for X- Men: The Last Stand (2006).
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[after The WB channel canceled the series, causing hurt feelings among the cast and crew -- hurt which was dramatized in the finale] "We put a lot of that heartbreak into the script, into the show, so it would hurt as much to watch as it did to have it taken away from us. I would not have been as brutal about the ending -- had we had another season." (May 10, 2004)
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Hush" was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2000 for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series. "Hush" featured 28 minutes without dialogue, as a group of fairy-tale demons called the Gentlemen arrived in Sunnydale to steal voices, and then hearts (literally).
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Frequently casts Nathan Fillion and Alan Tudyk
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