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Wonder Boy: Joss Whedon Biography!
Check out the Prospectus of David Lavery's forthcoming book: A critical biography of Joss Whedon. |
 In March 2005 rumors swirling about for months that Joss Whedon, the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, would be asked to direct a planned Wonder Woman film were finally confirmed. (Whedon’s signing by producer Joel Silver [The Matrix] put an end to speculation that he would take over the troubled X-Men 3 project.) With the ending of Buffy in 2003 and the cancellation of its spinoff series Angel by the WB in 2004, Whedon had turned his attention to a feature film version of Firefly, his short-lived, cancelled Fox series (Serenity is now scheduled for a 2005 release) and openly announced that, in the decade of Reality TV, he had had it with the small screen. The man who had brought to television one of its great female heroes was now about to re-imagine for the movies another female icon. With speculation rampant about who would be cast in the role of Wonder Woman, Whedon, with characteristic humor, would insist the part had already been offered to Morgan Freeman.
In a 2002 profile of Joss Whedon in The New York Times, Emily Nussbaum reported that she witnessed "a dewy young woman" who "leaned forward and gripped [Whedon’s] hand between hers, pulling him in for enforced eye contact: ‘I just want you to know—we trust you. We know you know what you’re doing. We know it will be great’." Asked in an interview about such fan idolization of his series and himself, Whedon modestly deflects the question, insisting that such adulation is not really personal.
It's about the show, and I feel the same way about it. I get the same way. It's not like being a rock star. It doesn't feel like they're reacting to me. It's really sweet when people react like that, and I love the praise, but to me, what they're getting emotional about is the show. And that's the best feeling in the world. There's nothing creepy about it. I feel like there's a religion in narrative, and I feel the same way they do. I feel like we're both paying homage to something else; they're not paying homage to me. (Onion AV Club Interview; my italics)
"They" may not be but I intend to. The time is ripe for the book I propose: a comprehensive critical biography of Joss Whedon:
Wonder Boy: The Imagination of Joss Whedon, by David Lavery
 Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter One: Television Son
In which the offspring of two generations of television writers, John Whedon and Tom Whedon, enters this dimension.
Chapter Two: Fan Boy
In which the young Joss Whedon grows up under a variety of high and popular cultural influences.
Chapter Three: Film Studies Major
In which a creator-in-the-making goes to college and falls under the influence of the movies and professors like Jeanine Basinger and Richard Slotkin.
Chapter Four: Television Writer
In which the college grad goes West in hope of realizing his dreams and gets stuck in television.
Chapter Five: Creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
In which his first film script (and greatest creation) is ruined by others and disillusionment sets in.
Chapter Six: Script Doctor
In which Whedon tries his hand (with some success) at saving the work of others.
Chapter Seven: Creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
In which the F. Scott Fitzgerald "no second acts" maxim is proven false and a botched movie becomes a TV masterpiece.
 Chapter Eight: Creator of Angel and Firefly
In which the Whedonverse expands and the pains of cancellation are known.
Chapter Nine: Joss Whedon, Television Auteur
In which Whedon’s signature writing and directing are elucidated through examination of such singular episodes as "Hush," "Restless," "The Body," "Once Moe with Feeling," "Waiting in the Wings," and "Objects in Space."
Chapter Ten: Comic Book Author
In which a childhood dream comes true as the fan boy authors Fray and Astonishing X-Men.
Chapter Eleven: Creator of Serenity
In which a failed television series becomes a movie.
Chapter Twelve: Creator of Wonder Woman
In which at forty one Joss Whedon gets what may be his big break.
Conclusion: "You think you know, what you are, what’s to come. You haven’t even begun"
In which predictions are made about the future achievements of Joss Whedon.
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