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WARNING: POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR CABIN IN THE WOODS! Interesting weekend at the movies with Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard's CABIN IN THE WOODS A lot of mixed and slightly baffled reviews but increasingly excited word-of-mouth The Village Voice in New York pulled an exceptionally douchebag move in spoiling the ending in the first sentence of[...]

For director Joss Whedon the challenge was to keep his cast focused "It was like a circus crossed with a class reunion," laughs the director "Paparazzi and fans were everywhere and the cast was so happy to see each other, talk and catch up because they enjoyed hanging out together." • The film's second unit shot[...]

We know who the heroes are. We have a fair idea who the villains are. But there's one more thing we need to figure out...

So: The premiere was last night, embargoes are lifting, an increasing number of people have seen the movie, and spoilers are spoiling. One of the biggest

The world premiere of Marvel Studios' film The Avengers is getting underway in Hollywood right now, and you can watch the red carpet event live right here courtesy of Ortsbo.com and Bleeding Cool. Scheduled to appear are Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Stellan Skarsgård,[...]

Perhaps the most influential person behind the camera is Zak Penn, whose list of writing credits include X2, X-Men: The Last Stand, The Incredible Hulk, Alphas, and a little art-house feature coming up that we like to call The Avengers (with Joss Whedon) He's been a major creative force in how comics are translated to[...]

Having the right to sign your work, to have your work credited, to be able to say "that was me, I did that" has been a long battle for comic creators.

Dan Slott once told me (and a crowd of other people, true, but he was on a Bleeding Cool panel - how things have changed) about a plot he's had for the

What could it be that would appeal to fans of #HusbandsTheSeries as well as Buffy comic fans? What with Dr Horrible and The Guild, will Husbands be the next web TV series with certain Joss Whedon connections to be picked by Dark Horse as a comic book? Let's find out at Noon PST… UPDATE: No[...]

Joss Whedon & Drew Goddard tell you what should really scare you

Someone has got their hands on an early copy of The Avengers official story book, and it joins the dots between some pivotal trailer scenes to give a fair idea how the plot hangs together

 And that's true, but hey, let 'em save something for the movie… Most-Read TV/Film Stories Today: A Really Very Close Look At The New Avengers Trailer Complete with at least one high quality screen grab from every shot, let's take a good look at the new Avengers trailer and see if we can't work out what's going on,[...]

You can thank Avatar's Keith Davidsen for this one. These panels are from BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: SEASON EIGHT #36, from 2010. Angel is having a

Juliet Landau, who played Drusilla in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel TV series is to write a Buffy Season 9 spinoff comic, featuring her acting

In the sixties, there was a British TV series that also aired in the US, called The Avengers. A tongue-in-cheek spy action adventure series starring a

Joss Whedon also reshot on Serenity and that was a lovely film. A Little Bleeder involved in a minor fashion with the upcoming Avengers film, tells Bleeding Cool that Marvel Studios will be carrying out reshoots in Los Angeles this week And a casting call has gone out to extras to help fill the numbers. Traditionally,[...]

But what's in them? The latest issue of popular film magazine Empire offers a choice of two covers, each depicting a pivotal character in Christopher Nolan's next Batman movie. The Avengers Bios Give Scraps of Movie Info, Accompany Character Posters The official website for Joss Whedon's The Avengers movie has been updated with a series of character[...]

 Apparently, Joss Whedon has made a film based on Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing  Or at least a film based on a play and then named after Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing Notice the reference to "a play", not "the play" on this promo image. The stars are Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof (presumably as Beatrice[...]

It's hard not to like what we've been hearing and seeing about the production of The Avengers in recent times.  Even if only a fraction of the plot rumors

This is turning into one hell of a location shoot, isn't it? Straight from the streets of Manhattan from our intrepid Bleeding Cool reporter at Grand Central Station… Here's a close up of Chris Evans (left) and Joss Whedon (right). This is turning into one hell of a location shoot, isn't it? Straight[...]

Anyway, the place was already packed, and Joss Whedon did his usual trick of taking the stage for a while and a couple of minutes in, realising that he'd forgotten some people At which point Robert Downey Jr, Samuel Jackson, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Scarlet Johannson, Mark Ruffalo and all their friends walked on Then,[...]

Peter Svensson writes for Bleeding Cool; Scott Allie, editor of Joss Whedon's comics for Dark Horse opened the panel up with the announcement of a new digital comic featuring Spike this August It will exclusively be available at comic shops, which will have the opportunity to get download codes from Dark Horse to distribute to their[...]

 Here's the official teaser poster for The Avengers film directed by Joss Whedon: For a company that a couple months ago many thought wouldn't have much presence at San Diego Comic Con this year, Marvel sure is making a lot of noise this week  Here's the official teaser poster for The Avengers film directed by[...]

 In an interview with SFX last year, Joss Whedon discussed the challenges of handling such a large and diverse cast of characters: In the outlining phase of scripting, Whedon admits it's "been a bear and I'm still doing it because it's finding out how to introduce people to all of these people in this world." He[...]

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Can you get to Hotel Albuquerque in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Friday the 25th or Saturday the 26th? And do you fancy being an Avenger? Fancy fightiong Krees and Skrulls in the upcoming Joss Whedon 3D movie Avengers from Marvel Studios? From 12-4 on the Friday and 1-5 on the Sunday, local New Mexico residents will be[...]

We all know that the Joss Whedon showrun comic Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season Eight is coming to a close, and that Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season Nine is to launch from Dark Horse Comics later this year. Well now we know that comic book writer Birds Of Prey/Secret Six/Welcome To Tranquility's Gail[...]

It's cheaper than Amazon will pay for it. A nice seasonal mini-glitch there for those who have been putting off the all-but-Season 6 series of Angel from IDW, co-written/overseen by Joss Whedon and Bryan Lynch, collecting issues 1 to 17, 432 pages Works out at about £1.50 an issue for an oversized hardcover. I've just ordered mine… [...]

Marvel Studios are known for believing in the motto "Look after the millions and the hundreds of millions will look after themselves". They got Robert

Titan Books have confirmed previously rumoured details of their upcoming title, Firefly: Still Flying featuring a nostalgic look back on the Firefly TV