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I don't know if anyone else has been following the Comic Coverage but Joss has had 2 panels that were mainly about him (well one was him and JJ Abrams)

But he had some interesting stuff to say.

Stuff below has SPOILERS for all his shows and comics up to date (no future spoilers though)


Avengers


He is officially directing The Avengers

He confirmed that Jeremy Renner will be taking the role of Hawkeye on Avengers, He's the main dude from The Hurt Locker, and he was in an Episode of Angel, he was James (I think!), the vampire that gets his hart taken out so he can't die and goes after Angel! - Link

He made a Joke that Nathan was going to be Ant-Man, but that Ant Man wont be in the film, but it was kinda missed in the roar of the crowd, so people mistook that as a confirmation.

Other Projects

He was going to be working on an Internet Movie called Wastelanders, with comic writer Warren Ellis, but now that The Avengers has come up he has put that on hold, but would like to come back to it.

He mentioned that he didn't think his shows were cable shows, he still thought of his stuff as something on Fox, but since Dollhouse doesn't seem to think that anymore - not news but it was interesting his reason for not doing cable.

He says he hadn't planned on Boyd being the bad guy in Dollhouse, that came about when they were headed for cancellation.

He says there is no release date for Cabin in the Woods, and with MGM filing for bankruptcy their may not be anything soon, but have to wait and see.


Dr. Horrible

One of the questions was about Dr. Horrible for Rock Band, and he says he was approached about it but nothing ever came of it, but he would look into it.


Comics

One of the guys asked a question about Good characters doing Evil things for the greater good, a la Angel killing Drogyn, Joss said he found the idea interesting of a character being pushed to do something evil for the greater good, that is hard to comprehend , Thought it was interesting, seeing as whats going on in the comic.

Firefly

He also said (and apparently it was already widely known) that one of the reasons (or a factor) that wash died was that Alan couldn't commit to the contract, or had trouble singing up to it and sequels, and the network suggested killing the character, Joss said no then decided to do it as it could work for the story.

He also says the Shepard Book comic coming out, will be answering all questions about Book!



Here's a link to the vids of his Panel, it's a good watch plus is has an awesome ending involving Nathan Fillion!

We'll update this into the Watch List but we can put anymore comic updates in here and update properly when it's finished!
 
Joan the Vampire Slayer
Joan the Vampire Slayer
Thanks for posting!
James Marsters is doing the voice of Lex Luthor in the DC online game trailer - which looks INCREDIBLE - I may be buying a PS3 now...

Trailer

Buffy Season 8 motion comic DVD:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer's eight season is unfolding at iTunes.com. You'll find the first episode there now. New episodes will be available every week from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

A continuation of Joss Whedon's hallowed shows and based on the award-winning comic book series by Dark Horse Comics, the gripping saga of the vampire-killing legend picks up where the television series ended: thousands of slayers around the world have been activated, Sunnydale has been blown up and Buffy has relocated to Scotland.

The iTunes episodes are available for $.99/$1.99 HD each, or with a season pass for $14.99/$29.99 HD.

All 19 episodes will make their official debut on DVD January 4, 2011 which will include limited edition Jo Chen packaging and a collectible reprint of Dark Horse Comic’s first book in the series.

Comic-Con attendees visiting the Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment booth ([HASHTAG]#4313[/HASHTAG]) today will witness the debut of the exclusive trailer for Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight.

The Dark Horse booth ([HASHTAG]#2615[/HASHTAG]) will also screen the trailer along with hosting a signing with creator Joss Whedon.
Source

This could be worth getting for the Jo Chen DVD cover alone!!

Trailer for Felicia Day's new ScyFy Original Movie Red, where she plays a werewolf hunter!


IDW have announced a new Illyria Mini Series, more details to come on that one at their panel today!

Felicia Day will also be in more episodes of Eureka next season!
 
Mumrik
Mumrik
Oh, I KNEW Lex sounded familiar.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=442ftswG3Ng"]Panel[/ame] for the movie Super, which has Nathan Fillion in it - Nothing really newsy but if you like Fillion (and who doesn't) it's funny, I've never heard of the movie but it's an awesome cast Rainn Wilson (dwight from the Office), Ellen Page, Liv Tyler and Kevin Bacon, it sounds a bit like Kick Ass, From IMDB:

After his wife falls under the influence of a drug dealer, an everyday guy transforms himself into Crimson Bolt, a superhero with the best intentions, though he lacks for heroic skills.

And Neil Patrick Harris will be voicing the character of Spiderman in the new Spiderman game! (That makes me wish he was doing Spiderman in Live action, I think he'd be awesome in that part)
 
Interview with Joss about Avengers, he says Captain America and Iron Mon wont be getting along (of you don't want to read the video is over the link!)

Now that Joss Whedon is officially directing The Avengers, he's willing to talk more about his ideas. He told us the Civil War rift between Captain America and Iron Man might show up. And he killed that Nathan Fillion/Ant-Man rumor.

While working the press line at AMC's From Dusk Till Con, Comic Con party we got the chance to ask Whedon just what he plans to do with The Avengers - specifically with the complicated relationship between Tony Stark and Iron Man.

The JJ and the Joss panel was great. How does it feel to finally be able to talk about The Avengers and have that off your chest?

It is a great relief, to actually just go ahead and say, "I have a problem." To come out to people and say "I'm directing the Avengers." And the first step is admitting it, and hopefully I'll be cured, in two years.

You know what the big rumor is now? That you admitted at the Joss Experience that Nathan Fillion was Ant-Man. Is that true?

No that was a joke. Unfortunately there is no such thing as sarcasm at Comic Con. That's why I explained that he's not actually Ant-Man - although by the way I think he would be great - Ant-Man does not appear in The Avengers. I just like to play with Nathan. And if you ever get a chance to ask him to do his Ant-Man audition, you will not be disappointed.

I'm really excited about your vision for The Avengers and how it's really a broken family...or a family...

Broken is okay.

Is there any way you could expand on that just a tiny bit for us?

It just really just goes back to the very first incarnation of The Avengers. It goes to The Ultimates, it goes to everything about it. It makes no sense, it's ridiculous. There's a thunder god, there's a green "ID" giant rage monster, there's Captain America from the 40s, there's Tony Stark who definitely doesn't get along with anybody. Ultimately these people don't belong together and the whole movie is about finding yourself from community. And finding that you not only belong together but you need each other, very much. Obviously this will be expressed through punching but it will be the heart of the film.

Are you tempted to pin [play with] the Civil War with Captain American and Iron Man against each other?

You know Civil War comes from what's great about the dynamic between them. And so does The Avengers, they definitely are at odds. But it's not a Civil War thing because it existed before that, at least in my mind. They are two very different definitions of a person. One is a self-made man, a modern man, a rockstar. The other is a World War 2 grunt, just trying to do his part. They couldn't have more different views of the world. That will just end up in fun. It ended up in Civil War in the comics, in my movie it will be witty banter.

What do you think about comics today? Is there something missing?

I would say something is missing in comics today, but I'm a little bit of a curmudgeon and there's white in my beard. I feel like something's... a trend gets squeezed out too much. If it's nihilism, zombies, whatever the latest thing is, or rebooting something that you already love. Whatever it is, I feel like they'll do it for a little too long. And I'm waiting for the next thing. Believe me, I'm not going to be the guy to come up with it, and I can't wait to see what it is. But I do feel a little like we need to make the next step. Comics need to blow up in a new way. The way they did when Alan Moore and Warren Ellis and those guys in the 90s tore it up with ABC and The Authority. We need the next version of that and I don't know what that is.
 
Does anyone know why Clare Krammer was doing so much at Comic Con, She was at the Lucas Arts booth signing on Friday and a signing with Mark Hammel (sp?) yesterday/today (I can't remember which), she was also at the Strong Female panel (I think thats what it is called), anyone any clue if she's doing anything at the moment, hadn't heard any news, but may have missed it!
 
Thanks for the interesting info, guys!

I think it's particularily interesting that Spike's comic will be canon and that Scott Allie is co-writing the last part of Season 8...
 
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Spikefan31
Agreed! I'm going to have to start reading the comics.
The Avengers is not Whedonverse.

We've always used Whedonverse on here as a term for gathering all the people (actors, writers, etc) that have worked with Whedon.

I don't think there is a mythology for 1 Whedonverse with Dollhouse, Firefly and Dr. Horrible being set in different 'verse, so the term (at least thats how we use it on here) more refers to any projects that have a Whedon connection or direct connection to the man himself.

And while Avengers is 'Marvelvere' Whendon will be putting his own spin on it, he can't stick to the marvel official, so it will be a Whedonverse spin of the Avengers.
 
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ToShanshuInLA
I know, I know. I think i was just being cranky when I posted that. =p
There's already argument over whether the Spike series will "really" be canon or not. Apparently it will tell the story of what Spike was doing between the end of AtF and his appearance in season 8, including where he got that weird ship from. And Willow will be making an appearance. For the first time, an IDW comic will be able to refer directly to what's going on in season 8.

But nobody is really sure whether it's actually going to be fully canon, or whether Joss just gave Brian Lynch enough info to make it compatible with canon.
 
I can't wait for the comic about Sheperd Book to come out, it has annoyed me to no end not to get the questions about his person answered! 🙂
 
thanks for the info! can't wait for the season 8 finale and am i the only one this excited about him directing the Avengers?! I mean yeha, it's not his usual kind of work but come on! ScarJo!!!!<3
 
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