Joss Whedon

Joseph "Joss" Whedon (b. June 23, 1964) is a writer, director, executive producer, and creator of several television series, most famously Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He has also written several film scripts and several comic book series.

Movies

Whedon has written or co-written several movies including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Toy Story, ' and Titan A.E.. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Toy Storys screenplay.

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Movies - Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Toy Story - Titan A.E. - Academy Award - Screenplay

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He also wrote uncredited drafts or re-writes of Speed, Waterworld, Twister and X-Men, although little of Whedon's work remained in the final drafts of any of these screenplays. In interviews Whedon has refused responsibility for some of the these films. He has said that he had a good script for Alien: Resurrection, which was later spoiled by the director. His Waterworld script was thrown out, and only two of his lines were kept in the final script of X-Men. Even the Buffy movie had not been in keeping with his intentions http://avclub.com/content/node/24240. According to Graham Yost, the credited writer of Speed, Whedon wrote most of its dialog (see examples of credit conflicts in the WGA credit system).

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Speed - Waterworld - Twister - X-Men - Graham Yost - Examples of credit conflicts in the WGA credit system

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Most recently he wrote and directed Serenity, based on his television series Firefly, and has been signed to write and direct Warner Brothers' 2007 adaptation of Wonder Woman.

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Serenity - Firefly - Warner Brothers - 2007 - Wonder Woman

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A week before the release of Serenity, Variety announced that Universal Pictures had greenlighted a spec script by Whedon titled Goners which he will also direct. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117929558?categoryid=1236&cs=1&s=h&p=0

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Serenity - Variety - Universal Pictures

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