Joss Whedon Joss Whedon Joseph Hill Whedon (; born June 23, 1964) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, comic book writer, and composer. He is the founder of Mutant Enemy Productions and co-founder of Bellwether Pictures, and is best known as the creator of several television series, including "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997–2003), "Angel" (1999–2004), "Firefly" (2002), "Dollhouse" (2009–10), and "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." (2013–present). Whedon co-wrote the Pixar animated film "Toy Story" (1995), wrote and directed the "Firefly" film continuation "Serenity" (2005), co-wrote and directed the Internet miniseries "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" (2008), and co-wrote and produced the horror comedy film "The
Joss Whedon's unrealized projects on Newt and a resurrected Ellen Ripley. Many directors were considered to direct it, like Danny Boyle, Bryan Singer and Peter Jackson. At the end, director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, who directed "", was hired to direct the film. However, Jeunet made many comical changes to Whedon's script, and Sigourney Weaver disliked it, so the film's development was cancelled. In 2004, Joss Whedon set plans for a "Spike" movie. The film, if ever greenlit, would star James Marsters, Alyson Hannigan and Amy Acker. At a convention, Acker stated the film was not going ahead due to money issues. After the release of