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
Warren Ellis would be writing every episode. In 2006, Ellis was hired to develop a science-fiction television series for AMC titled "Dead Channel", but the project was put on hiatus. The series followed a television network executive who discovers the existence of aliens and decides to turn the discovery into a reality show. "Listener", a near-future science fiction novel, was planned as Ellis' next book after "Crooked Little Vein." The novel has since been lost and cancelled. "Wastelanders", a web-based "end-of-the-world" collaboration with director Joss Whedon, was postponed due to Whedon's work on "The Avengers". Ellis and British producer Vivek Tiwary developed