Joss Whedon: News

Joss Whedon is an American television and film director, producer, comic book writer, composer, and screenwriter. He is popularly known for creating television series like ‘Dr. Horrible’s Singh-Along Blog,’ ‘Dollhouse,’ ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,’ ‘The Nevers,’ ‘Firefly,’ ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer,’ and ‘Angel.’ He has co-founded the film production studio Bellwether Pictures and founded the Mutant Enemy Productions. Whedon was born on June 23, 1964, in New York City to television screenwriter Tom Whedon. After shifting to Los Angeles, Whedon bagged his first TV writing job on ‘Roseanne,’ and also wrote the script for a season of ‘Parenthood.’ Following this, he went on to write scripts for the horror-comedy film ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer,’ ‘Toy Story,’ and ‘Alien Resurrection.’ He has also authored the Dark Horse Comics miniseries ‘Fray.’ Whedon directed and wrote the popular superhero film ‘The Avengers,’ and its sequel ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron.’ He also co-wrote the 2017 film ‘Justice League,’ for which he also served as a director for reshoots. Several actors like Amber Benson, Gal Gadot, Ray Fisher, Charisma Carpenter, and others complained about Whedon’s abusive behavior on the sets. Later, Warner Media assured remedial action against him.