New Joss Whedon Film!

[Ananas]

Whedon's a 'Goner' for U

Universal pacts with 'Buffy' man for spec script

By MICHAEL FLEMING

Universal Pictures has paid seven figures for "Goners," a fantasy thriller spec scriptspec script Joss WhedonJoss Whedon wrote and will direct.

Film will be produced by Mary ParentMary Parent and Scott StuberScott Stuber. The studio premiered Whedon's directorial debut, "Serenity," on Thursday night at Universal City Walk. Pic opens Sept. 30.

Whedon was cryptic in describing the project, but the title conveys that it will tread on supernatural turf comparable to his series creations "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and the bloodsucker spinoff "Angel."

"It's the story of a young woman's journey that involves a great deal of horror and some heroics," he said. "It's certainly darker than 'Serenity,' and there are a lot of left turns along the way. It is something I had in mind for a while, and it just poured out of me when I finished my film."

Timing isn't clear, since Whedon is writing to direct "Wonder Woman," the Warner Bros. film based on the DC ComicsDC Comics heroine. That may take some time, as Whedon started his script from scratch.

"I was given license to purely make it my own and yet she is already an iconic Amazon princess," Whedon said. " 'Goners' has some similarities, but the heroines could not be more different, and the story is a bit more intimate and less complicated than 'Wonder Woman.' "

Whedon, who began his career writing features "Speed" and "Toy Story," shuttered his TV operation this year to focus on features. He will continue to spend the majority of his time with bigscreen fare but acknowledged he has been toying with a TV project that would continue the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" universe, focusing on Spike, the punk-haired vampire played by James Marsters.

Whedon's challenge is to figure a way to do it and be able to keep directing movies.

"Directing a film was as exciting and daunting as it was supposed to be," said the CAA-repped Whedon. "I learned a lot on 'Serenity' and hope I hid that from the audience."

[TOG]

Fuck all of that, hooray for acknowledging that he's toyed with the idea of a Spike show.

[Ananas]

Fuck all of that, hooray for acknowledging that he's toyed with the idea of a Spike show.

[TMM]

Yay! Sorry, I think that about sums up my feelings pretty well. Love anything Whedon write's/produces, so I say that I will see this Goners film without knowing anything about it because Whedon is a fantastic writer.

The Spike-Illyria movie thing sounds like it could be great, but I'd like to know what happened in that alley because we know everyone survived (maybe Gunn didn't) and I'd just like to know how to be honest.

On the plus side, less than two weeks before Serenity is released in the UK!!!

[tristy]

Yay! Sorry, I think that about sums up my feelings pretty well. Love anything Whedon write's/produces, so I say that I will see this Goners film without knowing anything about it because Whedon is a fantastic writer.

The Spike-Illyria movie thing sounds like it could be great, but I'd like to know what happened in that alley because we know everyone survived (maybe Gunn didn't) and I'd just like to know how to be honest.

On the plus side, less than two weeks before Serenity is released in the UK!!!

[TMM]

Yay! Sorry, I think that about sums up my feelings pretty well. Love anything Whedon write's/produces, so I say that I will see this Goners film without knowing anything about it because Whedon is a fantastic writer.

The Spike-Illyria movie thing sounds like it could be great, but I'd like to know what happened in that alley because we know everyone survived (maybe Gunn didn't) and I'd just like to know how to be honest.

On the plus side, less than two weeks before Serenity is released in the UK!!!

You aren't meant to know who survives it. Obviously Spike & Illyria did if they're making a movie about 'em, I think it's safe to say that Gunn died, and I know in my heart that Angel survived.

But regardless, no one is supposed to know about the battle. It's about the battle never ending, not who survived it.

I know I know, I get that, but what I'm saying is, if they're doing a Spike and Illyria film, I'm curious to know how they survived the fight in the alley. I got the point of the whole thing, it's just the curious part of me that wants to know. Just part of me isn't sure if they should explain how in the film. It's just a question of if they do or not. And if they don't, a lot of people are going to be annoyed about it.

[tristy]

Well I was annoyed that season four of Angel centered around Connor and an annoying black woman. I can't do anything about it though.

[TMM]

Well I was annoyed that season four of Angel centered around Connor and an annoying black woman. I can't do anything about it though.

God, I HATED Gina Torres in Season 4 ("annoying black woman" ) but she's perfect in Firefly and Serenity. I just couldn't buy her as someone who's beauty is so great. It's a shame that Whedon only cast her because of the cancellation of Firefly, so he gave her the job.

Connor was annoying, although I didn't find him as annoying as most people seemed to.