Joss Whedon is very possibly still exhausted from making Avengers: Age Of Ultron, but that doesn’t mean his ever-active creativity is on hold, and he last night told the University of Oxford’s Student Union something of what he’s been working on.
Though any details of plot or setting were entirely absent, Whedon told the union crowd that he’s cooking up something new, and that it’s going to be a musical. The format fits the emotionality of what he’s going for, he explained.
For all we know it could be a musical western, a horror musical, a musical romance, a musical with vigilantes, a musical animation about anthropomorphic pottery. All we’ve got so far is that there will be music, almost certainly in the shape of songs.
Whedon has two famous musicals under his belt already, including an episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer and his self-funded Doctor Horrible web series. For many years there have been suggestions - I thought about saying promises, but that’s not really fair - of a Doctor Horrible sequel, but it hasn’t happened so far. And it certainly wasn’t what Whedon was talking about last night; whatever this new project is, it’s an original.
Maybe it’s something Whedon will take to the studios, maybe it’s something he’ll make under his own steam, and through his own production company, Bellwether Pictures. In either case, it’s good to be reminded that Whedon is out there, working away, and that sooner or later, we’ll be treated to the harvest of his labours.
The Oxford Union usually publish their Q&A sessions to YouTube. We’ll update with the video once it’s available.
