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Joss Whedon looking to explore what drives Barbara Gordon in his Batgirl movie

April 21, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Yesterday we brought you some comments from Joss Whedon who revealed that he’s unlikely to cast a big name actress as Barbara Gordon in his upcoming Batgirl movie, and now the director has been chatting to THR about what drew him to the DC Extended Universe project. “She came up, and I started getting obsessed with […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Batgirl, DC, DC Extended Universe, Joss Whedon

Cabin in the Woods lawsuit dismissed over “unprotectable” premise

September 15, 2015 by Tom Beasley

A $10m copyright lawsuit filed against the creative team behind Joss Whedon (Avengers: Age of Ultron) and Drew Goddard’s (The Martian) self-referential 2012 horror film The Cabin in the Woods has been dismissed by a US court. Entertainment Weekly reports that District Judge Otis D. Wright II granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss on Friday […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Tom Beasley Tagged With: Drew Goddard, Joss Whedon, The Cabin in the Woods

SDCC: Joss Whedon announces Twist, a new comic book series about a “Victorian female Batman”

July 13, 2015 by Gary Collinson

During his Hall H panel at the San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday, Joss Whedon announced that he’s teaming with Dark Horse comics to create a new six-issue series entitled Twist. Speaking about the upcoming project, Whedon revealed that, “[Twist] deals with the most important moral question facing us, which is: why isn’t there a Victorian […]

Filed Under: Comic Books, Gary Collinson, News Tagged With: Dark Horse, Joss Whedon, San Diego Comic-Con International, Twist

Avengers: Age of Ultron, Sexism and Hollywood

May 17, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Anthony Stokes on Avengers: Age of Ultron, Sexism and Hollywood… Like many, I feel as though Hollywood has a major diversity problem, with the status quo being handsome white males.  Look no further than Avengers: Age of Ultron as an example. Marvel Studios has been trying to diversify the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the limited […]

Filed Under: Anthony Stokes, Articles and Opinions, Movies Tagged With: Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Iron Man 2, Joss Whedon, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Scarlett Johansson, The Avengers

Avengers director Joss Whedon quits Twitter

May 5, 2015 by Robert Kojder

Joss Whedon (writer and director of both Avengers films) has decided to close his Twitter account. The reason is believed to be due to backlash from those that feel Black Widow was too much of a damsel in distress in his latest film Avengers: Age of Ultron. His final tweet doesn’t actually confirm this, but […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Avengers: Age of Ultron, Joss Whedon, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

Joss Whedon fought for a Daredevil movie at Marvel

April 29, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Marvel kicked off its Netflix shows earlier this month with the release of the 13-part series Daredevil, but if Joss Whedon had his way, the Man Without Fear would never have appeared on the small screen, with the Avengers: Age of Ultron helmer telling IGN that he fought for a Daredevil movie from Marvel Studios. […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, Television Tagged With: Daredevil, Joss Whedon, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

Joss Whedon on Agent Coulson: “As far as I’m concerned in the films, yes he’s dead”

April 27, 2015 by Gary Collinson

As Marvel likes to remind us, when it comes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, everything is connected… except, it seems, when it comes to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – or more specifically, Agent Phil Coulson and his resurrection on the small screen. Last week Joss Whedon was quoted as stating that “as far as the fiction […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, Television Tagged With: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Joss Whedon, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers

Second Opinion – Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

April 25, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Avengers: Age of Ultron, 2015. Written and directed by Joss Whedon. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Samuel L. Jackson, Paul Bettany, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, James Spader, Thomas Kretschmann, Cobie Smulders, Claudia Kim, Andy Serkis, Don Cheadle, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Hayley Atwell and Linda Cardellini. SYNOPSIS: […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Rohan Morbey Tagged With: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Andy Serkis, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Claudia Kim, Cobie Smulders, Don Cheadle, Elizabeth Olsen, Hayley Atwell, Idris Elba, James Spader, Jeremy Renner, Joss Whedon, Linda Cardellini, Mark Ruffalo, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Paul Bettany, Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Stellan Skarsgard, Thomas Kretschmann

Joss Whedon says Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man was “the best script Marvel ever had”

April 22, 2015 by Gary Collinson

During a promotional interview with Buzzfeed ahead of the release of Avengers: Age of Ultron [read our spoiler free ★★★★★ review here], Joss Whedon got onto the topic of Marvel’s next movie Ant-Man, and more specifically Edgar Wright’s original screenplay for the miniature superhero, which he calls “the best script that Marvel ever had.” “I […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Ant-Man, Edgar Wright, Joss Whedon, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

Movie Review – Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

April 26, 2015 by Helen Murdoch

Avengers: Age of Ultron,2015. Directed by Joss Whedon Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Samuel L. Jackson, Paul Bettany, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, James Spader, Thomas Kretschmann, Cobie Smulders, Claudia Kim, Andy Serkis, Don Cheadle, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Hayley Atwell and Linda Cardellini. SYNOPSIS: When Tony Stark […]

Filed Under: Helen Murdoch, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Andy Serkis, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Claudia Kim, Cobie Smulders, Don Cheadle, Elizabeth Olsen, Hayley Atwell, Idris Elba, James Spader, Jeremy Renner, Joss Whedon, Linda Cardellini, Mark Ruffalo, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Paul Bettany, Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Stellan Skarsgard, Thomas Kretschmann

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