- Was asked to revise the script for X-Men (2000) and reportedly decided the whole script needed to be totally rewritten. When he handed the studio this draft, they apparently threw it out; they only really wanted him to add a couple jokes here and there.
- Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) 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).
- Has claimed that his script for Firefly episode "Our Mrs. Reynolds" is his personal favorite thing he has ever written.
- Is responsible for making Thanos the overall villain of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- His favorite movie is The Matrix (1999).
- His ex-wife Kai Cole published an essay about their 16-year-marriage: "There were times in our relationship that I was uncomfortable with the attention Joss paid other women. He always had a lot of female friends, but he told me it was because his mother raised him as a feminist, so he just liked women better. He said he admired and respected females, he didn't lust after them. I believed him and trusted him. On the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), Joss decided to have his first secret affair. Fifteen years later, when he was done with our marriage and finally ready to tell the truth, he wrote me, "When I was running 'Buffy,' I was surrounded by beautiful, needy, aggressive young women. It felt like I had a disease, like something from a Greek myth. Suddenly I am a powerful producer and the world is laid out at my feet and I can't touch it." But he did touch it. He said he understood, "I would have to lie - or conceal some part of the truth - for the rest of my life," but he did it anyway, hoping that first affair, "would be ENOUGH, that THEN we could move on and outlast it." Joss admitted that for the next decade and a half, he hid multiple affairs and a number of inappropriate emotional ones that he had with his actresses, co-workers, fans and friends, while he stayed married to me. (...) Despite understanding, on some level, that what he was doing was wrong, he never conceded the hypocrisy of being out in the world preaching feminist ideals, while at the same time, taking away my right to make choices for my life and my body based on the truth. He deceived me for 15 years, so he could have everything he wanted. I believed, everyone believed, that he was one of the good guys, committed to fighting for women's rights, committed to our marriage, and to the women he worked with. But I now see how he used his relationship with me as a shield, both during and after our marriage, so no one would question his relationships with other women or scrutinize his writing as anything other than feminist. [The Wrap, Aug. 20, 2017].
- Whedon's children have his wife's last name, not his.
- Wrote the plot to the comic book Serenity, which bridged the gap between the Firefly T.V. series and the film. Fellow Firefly writer Brett Matthews scripted it.
- After the cancellation of Firefly, Whedon cast nearly all of the main cast members as villains in his other projects. Nathan Fillion appeared in the seventh season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Caleb. Gina Torres appeared in the fourth season of Angel as Jasmine. Adam Baldwin also appeared in Angel, in the fifth season as Marcus Hamilton. Summer Glau and Alan Tudyk appeared in Dollhouse as Bennett Halverson and Alpha, respectively. Sean Maher played Don John in Whedon's movie of Much Ado About Nothing.
- Directed the post-credits scene of Thor (2011) to set up The Avengers (2012) and the mid-credits scene of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) to set up Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).
- His influences include Ray Bradbury, James Cameron, Rod Serling, William Shakespeare, Stephen Sondheim, and Steven Spielberg.
- Rewrote the script for Speed (1994) uncredited.
- Alyson Hannigan and Alexis Denisof are the godparents of his son Arden.
- His work often contains twinning, doubles, or doppelgängers. He has twice cast the non-acting identical twin brother of one of his series regulars as a supernatural double or doppelgänger of the regular character. In the season 5 Buffy episode "The Replacement," Kelly Donovan, the twin brother of Buffy regular Nicholas Brendon (Xander) plays a part of Xander's personality that has become mystically separated from the original Xander. In the season 2 Dollhouse episode "The Attic," Demir Gjokaj, the twin brother of Dollhouse regular Enver Gjokaj (Victor/Anthony) plays an alternate version of Victor/Anthony who fights the original character while he is trapped in his own nightmares.
- He is a huge "X-Men" fan and based his most famous character, Buffy Summers, partly on Kitty Pryde.
- Is a very big fan of ''Battlestar Galactica'' and cast 'Tahmoh Pennikett' as one of the leads in ''Dollhouse'' based on his work in it. He also cast Jamie Bamber, Michael Hogan and Mark Sheppard in guest parts.
- Reportedly made more money off Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008) than the third-highest-grossing film The Avengers (2012).
- Considers Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) to be a perfect movie.
- Writing is clearly in his blood, since he could arguably be the world's first third-generation television writer. His grandfather was a successful sitcom writer in the 1950s and '60s on The Donna Reed Show (1958) and Leave It to Beaver (1957), and his father wrote for the likes of The Dick Cavett Show (1968), Alice (1976) and Benson (1979).
- He was signed to write the "Wonder Woman" film. No actress officially stepped into that role until December 4, 2013 for the production of "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice", a sequel to the Superman reboot "Man of Steel".
- Appeared on-screen in the Jossverse for the first-time in the Angel (1999) episode "Through the Looking Glass" as "Numfar" of the Deathwok Clan. A relative of the Host, he is routinely ordered by Lorne's mother to dance.
- Has said that he created Buffy (of the vampire slaying fame) to be an "alternative feminist icon".
- An active supporter of gay rights.
- Is a huge fan of the "Terminator" series.
- Whedon, who has made his support of feminist causes well known and who has built much of his career writing films and TV shows about empowered teenage girls or young women, was a subscriber to Sassy, an American feminist magazine for teenage girls. Sassy was published between 1988-1994, which means that Whedon (who was born in 1964) would have been far into his late 20s or early 30s while receiving the publication.
- After receiving a degree in film studies from Wesleyan University, Whedon moved to Los Angeles and landed his first writing job on the staff of Roseanne (1988), working as a story editor and writing several episodes of the top-rated series. He later pulled double duty on the NBC series Parenthood (1990), co-producing and writing a number of episodes.
- Related to Jed Whedon, video game music composer.
- The August 21, 1995, draft of the screenplay for Twister (1996) credits Joss Whedon and Jeff Nathanson as writers. Neither writer is credited in the final film.
- One of the many screenwriters to submit a draft for the film Freddy vs. Jason (2003).
- Graduated from Wesleyan University in 1987.
- Lived in the UK for three years, from 1980-2, attending Winchester College in Hampshire, where he took his A levels. The character of Rupert Giles is mistakenly thought to be based on a history teacher there, Dr. Peter Cramer. Dr. Cramer's arrival at the College post-dates Whedon's departure. The character was named in tribute to his House Matron: Barbara Giles.
- In X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), the idea of a cure developed by Dr. Kavita Rao, Beast's interest in it, and the prominent roles played by Kitty Pryde and Colossus, were inspired by Joss Whedon's story "Gifted" which took place in the first six issues of "Astonishing X-Men".
- Took him two years to finish writing Buffy comic book spin-off mini-series "Fray" with artist Karl Moline, due to his schedule with his three shows (Buffy/Angel/ Firefly) and the artist's new job at CrossGen Comics.
- In the 2002-2003 television season, Whedon had three television series, each running on a different network: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) on UPN, Angel (1999) on the WB and Firefly (2002) on Fox. Angel (1999) was the only one of the three to still be on the air in the 2003-2004 season as Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) had ended its seven season run while Firefly (2002) was cancelled after 14 episodes.
- He completed his first draft script for "Wonder Woman" (2007), but that film ended up being written by Allan Heinberg and was not theatrically released until 2017.
- In 2007, started writing the comic-book Runaways after Brian K. Vaughan left it.
- Is one of several successful current filmmakers who are graduates of Wesleyan University, including Michael Bay, Ruben Fleischer and Benh Zeitlin.
- Whedon and Cole can be heard doing a demo track for the wildly popular episode "Once More With Feeling" on the episode soundtrack. It was recorded in the front hall of their home.
- His wife, Kai Cole, gave birth to their son Arden on December 18, 2002.
- Has stated that the name choice "Twilight" for the masked super villain of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) "Season Eight" comics was a coincidence, rather than a reference or shout out to Twilight (2008). "Twilight" also named the last arc of Season Eight.
- Son of Tom Whedon.
- Wrote an introduction for Jim Krugeer and Alex Ross's Marvel Comics's award- winning graphic novel "Earth X."
- Daughter, Squire, born late 2004/early 2005.
- Grandson of John Whedon.
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