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What next for Joss Whedon?

11 May 2012 9:16 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Boosted by the blockbuster power of The Avengers, which Whedon projects could be next for the big screen?

With The Avengers set to pass the $1bn mark at the global box office this weekend in just its third week, it's perhaps safe to say that 2012 is a very good year to be Joss Whedon. Are the Fox executives who once screened episodes of his short-lived cult sci-fi TV show Firefly out of sequence (before promptly cancelling it) quaking in their boots? Probably not. Are the producers who botched his screenplay for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie wishing they had never been born? Not likely. But as Whedon himself hinted this week, a lot more Hollywood doors are likely to open up for the director and writer of what may well end up being the year's highest grossing movie.

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Joss Whedon on 'Buffy' remake: "If they do it I hope they do it well"

12 April 2012 1:43 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon has admitted that he "grumbles" about the thought of a film reboot going ahead without his involvement. Warner Bros announced in 2010 that it was planning to revive Buffy Summers on the big screen with Whit Anderson penning the script. The project has since stalled, with TV series cast members Nicholas Brendon and Anthony Head speaking out against the idea.

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'Buffy' remake should be made by Joss Whedon, says Anthony Head

5 January 2012 1:13 PM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Anthony Head has criticised a possible reboot movie of Buffy the Vampire Slayer without creator Joss Whedon. Plans for a movie remake were announced in November, before writer Whit Anderson quit the movie, leaving the project on hiatus. Head played the role of Giles on the TV series opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar, and said that he would not even watch the reboot if Whedon was not involved. On whether he would reprise the role of Giles, he told Pa: "Not if Joss Whedon wasn't (more) »

- By Tom Eames

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