TV Updates Joss Whedon takes himself to the woodshed There is a longform profile of Joss Whedon in New York Magazine titled “The Undoing of Joss Whedon” and it is a masterclass in interviewing someone and letting them take themselves out back to the woodshed. The piece is from writer Lila Shapiro, and it could also be titled “Joss By Sarah • Jan 18, 2022 09:29 am
Top Reads Charisma Carpenter Outlines On-Set Abuse By Joss Whedon Charisma Carpenter is a great name. In the late 1990s, in what was then called stuff akin to ‘the teen TV boom’, there were many sudden household names, generally the stars of the show or movie (with a subset of three named stars like Chad Michael Murray, Rachael Leigh Cook, By Duana • Feb 11, 2021 03:38 pm
Business of Hollywood Ray Fisher lost his job The long-running saga of Ray Fisher and the toxic on-set culture of the Justice League reshoots overseen by Joss Whedon has come to an end, and it is an end many feared: Ray Fisher lost his job as Cyborg in the DC extended universe. There was always anxiety that in By Sarah • Jan 15, 2021 12:47 pm
Top Reads Joss Whedon’s surprise exits Hello, it is I, your resident American correspondent, corresponding to you from America, on America’s second-greatest holiday: Thanksgiving, the day we stuff our faces with turkey so we don’t have to talk to each other. (The best holiday is July 4, because fireworks.) In honor of my homeland’ By Sarah • Nov 26, 2020 11:42 am
Top Reads Jason Momoa stands with Ray Fisher Over the weekend, #IStandWithRayFisher was trending on social media, as a response to the latest developments in the Justice League investigation. To recap: on July 1, Fisher, who plays Cyborg in Justice League alleged that Joss Whedon was “gross, abusive, and unprofessional” while reshooting Justice League, and that he was By Sarah • Sep 09, 2020 12:08 pm
Douchebags Justice League is under investigation Last month, actor Ray Fisher, who portrayed Cyborg in Justice League, alleged that Joss Whedon’s treatment of cast and crew during reshoots of Justice League was “gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable”. Now WarnerMedia has opened an investigation into the Whedon-led part of the production: https://twitter.com/ray8fisher/ By Sarah • Aug 21, 2020 12:22 pm
Douchebags Ray Fisher calls Joss Whedon “completely unacceptable” Amidst the wreckage of Justice League lies Cyborg, the part-man, part-robot character played by Ray Fisher. Cast by Zack Snyder in his first film role, Fisher by way of Cyborg was supposed to be Justice League’s break-out character, as Cyborg was not widely known to general audiences before the By Sarah • Jul 06, 2020 11:32 am
Joss Whedon Whitewashed Casting Apologies – and an innovator I’m cranky and I’m officially over retroactive creative decisions – the ‘clarifications’ people make, years or decades after the fact, about what creatives wanted to do in the name of inclusiveness or diversity, but couldn’t, because of The Pressures. Specifically, I’m referring to the headlines running around By Duana • Jun 15, 2020 02:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Here is your new, colorful Justice League A new trailer for Justice League was released on Sunday, and I think this is the first one to incorporate the new Joss Whedon-shot material. One difference after the director handover is apparent right away—someone found the color grading knob and turned it up. This is by far the By Sarah • Oct 10, 2017 10:46 am
Game of Thrones Show Your Work: Taylor Swift is The Matrix Taylor Swift has been breaking all kinds of records with Look What You Made Me Do – on iTunes, on YouTube, on Spotify. So while the song may not be a hit with critics, it’s undeniable that she’s one of the most powerful forces in music. Which is why, By Lainey • Aug 28, 2017 03:34 pm
Cheating Loins The Joss Whedon problem Being a feminist is part of the Joss Whedon brand. He’s been outspoken about Hollywood sexism, urging Hollywood to do better and create more opportunities for women. But he’s also been criticised for certain portrayals of women, and now he’s being criticised by his ex-wife, Kai Cole, By Lainey • Aug 21, 2017 01:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Zack Snyder leaves Justice League Yesterday it was announced that Zack Snyder is leaving Justice League and Joss Whedon will be taking over, shooting the additional photography this summer and ushering the film through post-production. Far from a juicy nerd scoop, though, this is the result of a tragedy: Snyder’s 20 year old daughter, By Sarah • May 23, 2017 09:24 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Joss Whedon switches teams Duana noted earlier this week that it doesn’t seem like Buffy the Vampire Slayer got any real love from the entertainment press until Joss Whedon became The Man Who Launched The Avengers, which is maybe true—although I remember a lot of love for Buffy back in the day, By Sarah • Mar 31, 2017 10:21 am
Gossip Nostalgia Buffy, EW, and the Gift of Time The cast of Buffy is reunited in an Entertainment Weekly spread for the show’s 20th anniversary. Sarah Michelle Gellar and David Boreanaz are on the cover, and if you squint, it’s not so far from the shots of them back in the day, right? When they appeared everywhere By Duana • Mar 29, 2017 04:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Wonder Woman doesn’t quit The second trailer for Wonder Woman has been released, and building off the stellar first trailer it's more great action and Wonder Woman kicking men in the head. I really love how these trailers are looking, despite the Zack Snyder Grimdark Aesthetic, and I LOVE that music theme. By Sarah • Nov 04, 2016 04:01 pm
Scarlett Johansson Joss Whedon’s celebrity friends want you to vote Joss Whedon founded a Super PAC (America’s campaigning rules are Byzantine and insane) called Save The Day and announced it today with a PSA filled with his celebrity friends. There are the Avengers, repped by RDJ, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Clark Gregg, Don Cheadle, and Cobie Smulders; and comedy By Sarah • Sep 21, 2016 03:21 pm
