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Joss Whedon Says Not To Worry About 'The Avengers' 3D Conversion; 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' Remake Starts Over

  • By Benjamin Wright
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  • December 23, 2011 12:41 PM
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If 2011 was a busy year for the beloved Joss Whedon production-wise, both with the shooting of his major tentpole picture “The Avengers” along with his secretly lensed adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing,” then 2012 should be a time for Whedon to sit back and watch these hotly anticipated projects unfurl. Along with 'Avengers' and 'Much Ado,' we’ll also see the release of “Cabin in the Woods,” a long stalled Drew Goddard-directed/Whedon-penned project that Lionsgate acquired following the financial shakeup at the film’s original studio MGM.
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Joss Whedon Was Offered, Turned Down Chance To Reboot 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' Himself

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • December 1, 2010 1:55 AM
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Fans To End Hunger Strikes, Bombing Campaign Few fan communities (other than, it would appear, RED camera acolytes) are quite as vocal as those with a love of the work of Joss Whedon. The writer-director became a public figure with the success of the TV version of his own film script, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," and, with the show coinciding with the early years of the internet, Whedon has had a vociferous, powerful following ever since -- they managed to keep "Dollhouse," an interesting failure at best, on the air for a second season, despite rock-bottom ratings, and even persuaded Universal to greenlight "Serenity," a film version of another little-seen Whedon show, "Firefly."
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Joss Whedon Not Very Happy About 'Buffy' Reboot

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • November 23, 2010 4:51 AM
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  • 8 Comments
Yesterday, to the dismay of fans still clinging to the nostalgia of a television series that ended seven years ago and a movie that was released nearly two decades ago, Warner Bros. announced plans to reboot "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" with no mention of the series creator Joss Whedon.
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Warner Bros. Preps ' Buffy The Vampire Slayer' Reboot, Whit Anderson Hired To Write Film

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • November 22, 2010 7:50 AM
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  • 5 Comments
Get ready Buffy fans, because your favorite vampire slayer is headed back to the big screen.
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