Joss Whedon: The Biography

by Amy Pascale

  __________. “WB Bans ‘Buffy’ Adieu.” Variety, May 2, 2001. http://variety.com/2001/tv/news/wb-bans-buffy-adieu-1117798447/.

  Sci Fi Wire. News of the Week, November 25, 2002. Archived at Wayback Machine, https://web.archive.org/web/20030207184704/http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue292/news.html.

  __________. “WB Wants Angel Movie,” July 15, 2004. Archived at Wayback Machine, http://web.archive.org/web/20041208060321/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-tv.html?2004-07/15/12.10.tv.

  Sciretta, Peter. “/Film Set Interview: ‘The Avengers’ Writer/Director Joss Whedon”/Film, April 2, 2012. www.slashfilm.com/film-set-interview-the-avengers-writerdirector-joss-whedon/.

  Seijas, Casey. “Joss Whedon Talks About His ‘Batman’ Movie That Never Was.” MTV.com, August 11, 2008. http://splashpage.mtv.com/2008/08/11/joss-whedon-talks-about-his-batman-movie-that-never-was/.

  Sharkey, Betsy. “‘The Cabin in the Woods’ Is Joss Whedon’s Inside Joke.” Los Angeles Times, April 13, 2012. http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/13/entertainment/la-et-cabin-in-the-woods-20120413.

  Shoard, Catherine. Much Ado About Nothing review Guardian, September 13, 2012. www.theguardian.com/film/2012/sep/13/much-ado-about-nothing-review.

  Snierson, Dan. “Joss Whedon Taps Eliza Dushku for New Fox Series.” Entertainment Weekly, November 1, 2007. http://insidetv.ew.com/2007/11/01/whedon-returns/.

  Soloway, Jill. “Remove the Rating for Captivity.” Huffington Post, March 27, 2007. www.huffingtonpost.com/jill-soloway/remove-the-rating-for-cap_b_44404.html.

  Springer, Matt. “High School Hell.” Buffy the Vampire Slayer Official Magazine, December 1999.

  Stern, Marlow. “Joss Whedon’s Passion Project.” Newsweek, June 5, 2012. http://mag.newsweek.com/2013/06/05/joss-whedon-on-shakespeare-female-superheroes-and-feminism.html.

  Tavi. “Yay, Geometry: An Interview with Joss Whedon.” Rookie, November 7, 2011. www.rookiemag.com/2011/11/yay-geometry-an-interview-with-joss-whedon/.

  theTVaddict.com. “Exclusive: Joss Whedon Talks DOLLHOUSE and His Love Affair with BATTLESTAR GALACTICA.” July 16, 2008. www.thetvaddict.com/2008/07/16/exclusive-joss-whedon-talks-dollhouse-and-his-love-affair-with-battlestar-galactica/.

  Tran, An. “Avengers Assemble.” ARRI Group official website, April 26, 2012. www.arri.com/camera/alexa/news/avengers-assemble/.

  Travers, Peter. Review of The Cabin in the Woods. Rolling Stone, April 12, 2012. www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/the-cabin-in-the-woods-20120412.

  Utichi, Joe. “A Buffy-Style Kicking for Torture Porn.” Sunday Times, April 15, 2012. www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/film_and_tv/film/article1014088.ece.

  Vary, Adam B. “‘ Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog’: An Oral History.” Entertainment Weekly, July 25, 2008. www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20214910,00.html.

  __________.”Joss Whedon on Kickstarter and ‘Firefly.’” BuzzFeed, March 14, 2013. www.buzzfeed.com/adambvary/joss-whedon-on-kickstarter-and-firefly.

  __________. “Life Inside the Whedonverse.” BuzzFeed, June 5, 2013. www.buzzfeed.com/adambvary/what-its-like-to-live-in-the-whedonverse.

  Vineyard, Jennifer. “‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Sing-Alongs Killed … but Can They Be Resurrected?” MTV.com, October 15, 2007. www.mtv.com/news/articles/1571966/buffy-vampire-slayer-sing-alongs-get-killed.jhtml.

  __________. “Joss Whedon’s Hollywood Status Update: Horror Fantasy ‘Goners,’ ‘Cabin in the Woods’ and More” MTV.com, July 7, 2008. http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/07/07/joss-whedons-hollywood-status-update-horror-fantasy-goners-cabin-in-the-woods-and-more/.

  Warner, Kara. “‘Avengers’ Director Joss Whedon Loves the ‘Duplicitous’ Black Widow.” MTV.com, April 16, 2012. www.mtv.com/news/articles/1683208/avengers-scarlett-johansson-black-widow.jhtml.

  Warner Bros. Pictures. “Silver Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures Sign Joss Whedon to Write & Direct DC Comics’ Wonder Woman” Press release, March 17, 2005. www.timewarner.com/newsroom/press-releases/2005/03/17/silver-pictures-and-warner-bros-pictures-sign-joss-whedon-to.

  Weintraub, Steve. “Director Joss Whedon THE AVENGERS Set Visit Interview.” Collider.com, April 2, 2012. http://collider.com/joss-whedon-the-avengers-interview/.

  __________. “Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans THE AVENGERS Set Visit Interview.” Collider.com, April 5, 2012. http://collider.com/the-avengers-robert-downey-jr-chris-evans-interview/.

  __________. “35 Things to Know About THE AVENGERS from Our Set Visit.” Collider.com, April 4, 2012. http://collider.com/the-avengers-set-visit/.

  Whedon, Joss. “Ace of Case” Entertainment Weekly, October 7, 2005. www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1114734,00.html.

  __________. “From Joss Whedon: Do Not Adjust Your Mindset.” United Hollywood blog, February 6, 2008. http://unitedhollywood.blogspot.com/2008/02/from-joss-whedon-do-not-adjust-your.html.

  __________. “Higher Learning.” Rookie Mag, September 2011.

  Wigler, Josh. “Joss Whedon Says ‘S.H.I.E.L.D.’ TV Series Will Star ‘New Characters’” MTV.com, September 12, 2012. http://splashpage.mtv.com/2012/09/12/joss-whedon-shield-new-cast/.

  Wilding, Josh. “Joss Whedon and Mark Ruffalo on Introducing a New Bruce Banner in THE AVENGERS.” ComicBookMovie.com, April 1, 2012. www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JoshWildingNewsAndReviews/news/?a=57269.

  Wolk, Douglas. “Q&A: Patton Oswalt on His ‘Serenity’ Comic Book.” Time.com, March 9, 2010. http://techland.time.com/2010/03/09/qa-patton-oswalt-on-his-serenity-comic-book/.

  Writers Guild of America East. “Minimum Basic Agreement: An Overview.” WGAE official website. www.wgaeast.org/index.php?id=162.

  Writers Guild of America, West. “Writers Guild Members Overwhelmingly Ratify New Contract.” Press release, February 26, 2008. www.wga.org/subpage_newsevents.aspx?id=2780.

  Wykehamist. Fencing Report 1981.” December 4, 1981.

  Yamato, Jen. “Joss Whedon Q&A on Eve of SXSW.” Deadline Hollywood, March 7, 2013. www.deadline.com/2013/03/sxsw-interview-joss-whedon-avengers-marvel-much-ado-about-nothin/.

  Zacharek, Stephanie. “The Hills Are Alive with the Sound of … Vampire Slaying!” Salon, November 7, 2001. www.salon.com/2001/11/07/buffy_musical/.

  Media

  BAFTA. Joss Whedon: A Life in Pictures. June 14, 2013. www.bafta.org/film/features/joss-whedon-a-life-in-pictures,3816,BA.html.

  Bianculli, David. Fresh Air. NPR, February 12, 2009.

  Cameron, James. Director’s commentary, Aliens. In Alien Quadrilogy, DVD. 20th Century Fox, 2003.

  Carpenter, Charisma. Panel comments. Dragon Con, Atlanta, GA, September 4, 2009.

  Commentary!: The Musical. In Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, DVD. Mutant Enemy, 2008.

  Daily Show, The. “Behind the Iron Closet.” Comedy Central, February 12, 2014. http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/wxwuti/jason-jones-live-from-sochi-ish---behind-the-iron-closet.

  Daniels, Susanne. Interview in “Front Row Special on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Front Row Daily, BBC Radio, December 26, 2013. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03m7zmq.

  Espenson, Jane. Featurette commentary in “ ‘Hush’ Featurette.” In Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Fourth Season. 20th Century Fox, 2003.

  Firefly 10th Anniversary: Browncoats Unite. Science Channel, November 11, 2012.

  Fox network. Firefly promos. Summer/fall 2002.

  Iwerks, Leslie. The Pixar Story. Documentary. Disney/Pixar, 2007.

  Kermode, Mark. Much Ado About Nothing review. In Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review, BBC Radio 5 Live, June 14, 2013.

  Paley Center for Media. 2008 PaleyFest: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Reunion. DVD. CreateSpace, 2009.

  Syfy UK. “Joss Whedon—Favourite Horror.” April 2, 2012. www.syfy.co.uk/videos/joss-whedon-favourite-horror.

  Torres, Gina. Panel comments. FanExpo Canada, August 24, 2013. Archived at You-Tube, www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lf9aZZDKU8.

  20th Century Fox Television. Buffy the Vampire Slayer international press kit, November 1998. www.youtube.com/watch?v=355AM
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  WB. Buffy the Vampire Slayer premiere trailer, March 10, 1997. Archived at Television Obscurities, www.tvobscurities.com/2008/06/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-premiere-trailer/.

  Whedon, Joss. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. announcement. New York Comic Con, October 13, 2012.

  __________. Director’s commentary, The Avengers. In DVD release. Marvel Studios, 2012.

  __________. Director’s commentary, “The Body.” In Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Fifth Season, DVD. 20th Century Fox, 2008.

  __________. Director’s commentary, “Hush.” In Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Fourth Season. 20th Century Fox, 2003.

  __________. Director’s commentary, “Innocence.” In Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Two, DVD. 20th Century Fox, 2002.

  __________. Director’s commentary, Serenity. In DVD release. Universal Pictures, 2005.

  __________. Director’s commentary, “Welcome to the Hellmouth.” In Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season One, DVD. 20th Century Fox, 2002.

  __________. Equality Now address, May 15, 2006.

  __________. Equality Now address, November 6, 2013.

  __________. Featurette commentary in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer: TV with Bite.” In Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Six, DVD. 20th Century Fox, 2004.

  __________. Featurette commentary in “From the Ashes: Reviving the Story.” In Alien Quadrilogy, DVD. 20th Century Fox, 2003.

  __________. Interview in Fanboy Radio podcast, November 26, 2006. www.fanboyradio.com/fanboy-radio-352-joss-whedon-live/.

  __________. Interview in Fresh Air, NPR, May 9, 2000.

  __________. Interview in Fresh Air, NPR, February 12, 2009. www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100601869.

  __________. Interview in “Front Row Special on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Front Row Daily, BBC Radio, December 26, 2013. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03m7zmq.

  __________. Interview in Joss Whedon: The Master at Play. DVD. Creative Screenwriting Magazine, 2005.

  __________. Interview in “Joss Whedon: Why He Chose an Irish Man to Film Avengers.” RTÉ, June 11, 2013. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRRIuk1M_vc.

  __________. Interview in Making It with Riki Lindhome podcast, December 19, 2011. www.nerdist.com/2011/12/making-it-23-joss-whedon/.

  __________. Interview in Nerdist Podcast, July 22, 2013. www.nerdist.com/2013/07/nerdist-podcast-joss-whedon/.

  __________. Interview in The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith podcast, December 23, 2012. www.theqandapodcast.com/2012/12/joss-whedon-avengers-q.html.

  __________. Interview in Studio 360, PRI, June 14, 2013. www.studio360.org/story/297764-joss-whedon-hollywood-slayer/.

  __________. Interview in The Write Environment. DVD. RDRR Productions, 2008.

  __________. Introduction to Serenity special screenings. In DVD release. Universal Pictures, 2005.

  __________. “Joss Whedon: From Buffy to Dr Horrible, Infinity & Beyond.” Sydney Opera House, August 29, 2010.

  __________. Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism acceptance speech. Harvard Humanist Society, April 10, 2009.

  __________. 181st Wesleyan commencement speech. Wesleyan University, May 26, 2013.

  __________. Printed insert. My So-Called Life: The Complete Series, DVD. Shout! Factory, 2007.

  __________. Q&A session on Australian Serenity DVD. Transcribed in “Joss Whedon on Religion.” Incarnational Iconoclast blog, July 4, 2008. http://incarnationaliconoclast.blogspot.com.au/2008/07/joss-whedon-on-religion.html.

  __________. Visionaries panel. San Diego Comic Con, July 23, 2010.

  Whedon, Joss, and Drew Goddard. Filmmakers’ commentary, The Cabin in the Woods. In DVD release. Lionsgate, 2012.

  Internet Posts

  dreamlogic, Whedonesque post, November 6, 2007. http://whedonesque.com/comments/14629#195348.

  Fillion, Nathan. Twitter post, October 24, 2011. https://twitter.com/NathanFillion/status/128597808973488128.

  Fury, David. Whedonesque post, December 15, 2005. http://whedonesque.com/comments/8936#100028.

  Simone, Gail. Women in Refrigerators website. March 1999. Archived at Beau Yarbrough personal website, http://lby3.com/wir/.

  Slayage Online. “About Slayage.” http://slayageonline.com/pages/Slayage/About_Slayage.htm.

  Stafford, Nikki. “Slayage Conference: Jeanine Basinger.” Nik at Nite blog, June 12, 2008. http://nikkistafford.blogspot.com/2008/06/slayage-conference-jeanine-basinger.html.

  Whedon, Joss. BronzeBeta.com post, February 14, 2004. Archived at Bronze VIP Archive, www.cise.ufl.edu/~hsiao/media/tv/buffy/bronze/20040214.html.

  __________. Buffistas.org post, December 12, 2002. www.buffistas.org/archives/threads/PXFirefly01.zip.

  __________. Buffy.com post, circa February 2, 1998. Archived at the Cult of Joss, https://web.archive.org/web/20000126180200/http://moonlight.dreamhost.com/coj/gospels/gospel3.html.

  __________. Buffy.com post, December 15, 1998. Archived at Bronze VIP Archive, www.cise.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/hsiao/buffy/get-archive?date=19981215.

  __________. Buffy.com post, May 13, 1999. Archived at Bronze VIP Archive, www.cise.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/hsiao/buffy/get-archive?date=19990513.

  __________. Buffy.com post, June 19, 1999. Archived at Bronze VIP Archive, www.cise.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/hsiao/buffy/get-archive?date=19990619.

  __________. Buffy.com posts, August 1, 2000. Archived at Bronze VIP Archive, www.cise.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/hsiao/buffy/get-archive?date=20000801.

  __________. Buffy.com post, May 23, 2001. Archived at Bronze VIP Archive, www.cise.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/hsiao/buffy/get-archive?date=20010523.

  __________. Whedonesque post, October 21, 2004. http://whedonesque.com/comments/5133#38839.

  __________. Whedonesque post, August 12, 2005. http://whedonesque.com/comments/7502.

  __________. Whedonesque post, February 3, 2007. http://whedonesque.com/comments/12385.

  __________. Whedonesque post, May 20, 2007, http://whedonesque.com/comments/13271.

  __________. Whedonesque post, November 7, 2007. http://whedonesque.com/comments/14650.

  __________. Whedonesque post, November 17, 2007. http://whedonesque.com/comments/14772.

  __________. Whedonesque post, December 6, 2007. http://whedonesque.com/comments/14910.

  __________. Whedonesque post, December 20, 2007, http://whedonesque.com/comments/15023.

  __________. Whedonesque post, October 26, 2008. http://whedonesque.com/comments/17945.

  __________. Whedonesque post, May 9, 2012. http://whedonesque.com/comments/28797.

  __________. Whedonesque profile. http://whedonesque.com/user/13.

  Whedon, Joss, and David Fury. Buffy.com posts, May 17, 2000. Archived at Bronze VIP Archive, www.cise.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/hsiao/buffy/get-archive?date=20000517.

  Academic Writings

  Albright, Richard. “‘[B]reakaway Pop Hit or … Book Number?’: ‘Once More, with Feeling’ and Genre.” Slayage 5, no. 1 (June 2005).

  Ali, Asim. “Community, Language, and Postmodernism at the Mouth of Hell.” In Buffy and Angel Conquer the Internet: Essays on Online Fandom, ed. Mary Kirby-Diaz. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2009.

  __________. “‘In the World, but Not of It’: An Ethnographic Analysis of an Online Buffy the Vampire Slayer Fan Community.” In ibid.

  Erisman, Fred. “Stagecoach in Space: The Legacy of Firefly.” Extrapolation, June 22, 2006. www.thefreelibrary.com/Stagecoach+in+space%3A+the+legacy+of+Firefly.-a0154392855.

  Gatson, Sarah N., and Amanda Zweerink. “Choosing Community: Rejecting Anonymity in Cyberspace.” Research in Community Sociology 10 (August 2000): 105–37.

  __________. “www.buffy.com: Cliques, Boundaries, and Hierarchies in an Internet Community.” In Fighting the Forces: What’s at Stake in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2002, 239–50.

  Hill, Annette, and Ian Calcutt. “Vampire Hunters: The Scheduling and Reception of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel in the UK.” Intensities: The Jo
urnal of Cult Media 1 (Spring/Summer 2001).

  Military Times. “Valor Awards for John Whedon Steele.” http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=2035.

  Tuszynski, Stephanie. “IRL (In Real Life): Breaking Down the Binary of Online Versus Offline Social Interaction.” PhD diss., Bowling Green State University, 2006.

  Whedon, Joss. Handwritten notes. In “Joss Whedon: From Buffy to the Bard” exhibit. Nicita Gallery, Wesleyean University, 2013.

  Original Interviews

  Acker, Amy. October 2011.

  Allie, Scott. May 2011.

  Baccarin, Morena. June 2011.

  Baldwin, Adam. May 2011.

  Basinger, Jeanine. June 2011, August 2013.

  Batali, Dean. August 2011.

  Benz, Julie. May 2011.

  Blucas, Marc. June 2011.

  Boal, Chris. April 2012.

  Brendon, Nicholas. July 2011.

  Britt, Amy. July 2011.

  Buchanan, Christopher. October 2011.

  Cole, Kai. July and November 2011.

  Collins, Gail. June 2011.

  Denisof, Alexis. May 2011, January 2012.

  Dushku, Eliza. October 2011.

  Espenson, Jane. July 2011.

  Feige, Kevin. October 2011.

  Fillion, Nathan. April 2012.

  Fury, David. August 2011.

  Gellar, Sarah Michelle. July 2011.

  Goddard, Drew. September 2012.

  Gordon, Howard. August 2011.

  Greenwalt, David. June 2011.

  Gregg, Clark. February 2012.

  Gutierrez, Diego. June 2011.

  Harris, Neil Patrick. July 2011.

  Head, Anthony Stewart. June 2011.

  Helberg, Simon. June 2011.

  Hemsworth, Chris. June 2011.

  Hiddleston, Tom. May 2012.

  Hunter, Jay. November 2011.

  Jackson, Samuel L. November 2011.

  Kane, Christian. June 2011.

  Kranz, Fran. June 2011, November 2011.

  Laurie, Miracle. April 2011.

  Lenk, Tom. June 2011.

  Loeb, Jeph. July 2012.

  Lowe, Nick. September 2011.

  Marts, Mike. November 2011.

  Massen, Jane. April 2012.

  Minear, Tim. June 2011.

  Morris, Melanie. September 2011.