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The latest issue of the Buffy The Vampire Slayer comic book grapples with some unusually serious subject matter — even for the often-controversial Buffy series. But instead of glossing over the difficult decision making process that comes along with this topic, Joss Whedon and his writers dove into the mind of Buffy Summers. More »
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Captain America has his shield, Thor has his hammer, Black Widow has her thighs and Hawkeye has his awesome bow. We've seen very little of Jeremy Renner's superhero Clint Barton (better known as Hawkeye) from Joss Whedon's Avengers. More »
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And you thought Buffy the Vampire Slayer was out of surprises. Think again! On the very last page of the latest issue of the Buffy Season Nine comics (issue 5), a big fat bomb was dropped! Warning: Spoiler ahead! More »
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Longtime readers of The Avengers will be looking forward to seeing the live-action realization of the "quinjets" the superhero team is always zooming around in. We've been looking forward to seeing how this would look in Joss Whedon's movie version — and now, there's a piece of purported concept art online. This art comes via Russian site Spidermedia.RU — is it real? Hard to say. It certainly looks like a quinjet. In any case, it's a nice zoomy picture for a Friday afternoon. [via Coming Soon] More »
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Joss Whedon's upcoming movie The Avengers features all of the heroes who've already appeared in Marvel movies teaming up — but just how many baddies will the superhero team face? We know that Loki, the villain of Thor, is popping up as a major villain. And Loki apparently has an army of monsters on his side — which are rumored to be one alien race or another from the comics. More »
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Remember when that Wisconsin professor put a Firefly poster on his door? And the college authorities freaked out and threatened him with criminal charges? More »
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You may have noticed yesterday that Nathan Fillion tweeted a very dapper portrait of himself as Mal Reynolds from Firefly. This artwork is by Dan Dos Santos, who immortalized the Browncoat for Dark Horse's upcoming Serenity comic for Free Comic Book Day. Dan took io9 through the process of drawing the most charming captain in the 'verse. More »
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The first ever trailer for Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard's twisty scifi horror film The Cabin In The Woods is out — and holy hell, does it look like bloody good fun. More »
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Knowing what to buy your favorite science fiction or fantasy genre junkie can be a taxing chore. You're posed with some important questions, like Dalek or Vulcan? Cthulhu or rainbow-vomiting dinosaurs? We empathize. Here are several dozen nifty, covetable gifts that will cater to the genre junkie in your life, no matter what they fancy.

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Marvel was not about to mess around with any of its major characters when it came to the massive superhero team-up movie The Avengers. Especially Nick Fury, says director Joss Whedon. There was zero tolerance for toying with Fury's background. Marvel drew a line in the sand about keeping the head of SHIELD's identity and intentions shrouded in complete mystery. In fact, it was the studio's strictest rule. More »
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You sort of expect to see Firefly's Mal Reynolds or Jayne Cobb on a Wanted poster — but did you ever expect to see them being enshrined as exemplars of art nouveau loveliness? And yet, it sort of fits, once you see the gorgeous final result. More »
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Ever wonder what happened to Vision in Marvel's Avengers movie? So does the pissed off synthezoid who joined The Avengers long ago. Watch what happens with Vision shows up on The Avengers set. Awkward... More »
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Joss Whedon is a movie-making machine! The Avengers is almost done, his latest project Much Ado About Nothing has wrapped shooting, and now he's announcing a third movie — a supernatural romance titled In Your Eyes. More »
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Nathan Fillion just tweeted a link to MuchAdotheMovie.com, which announces the conclusion of principal photography on Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing, an adaptation of the Shakespeare play. Is this a prank? A short film? Or did Whedon really find time to film another movie in the midst of working on The Avengers? The cast list includes Whedon stalwarts like Amy Acker, Fran Krantz, Tom Lenk and Sean Maher, plus Fillion himself. Is this going to be a trippy, surreal and possibly other-worldly take on Much Ado? The single image certainly gives us hope. [via Whedonesque] More »
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Find out how much Loki has changed since we last saw him battling his brother in Thor. Plus find out what Joss Whedon's notes were for the God of Mischief's performance, and why Hiddleston thinks Whedon loves this villain most of all. More »
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You've read all about the awesome Bruce Banner footage that was screened at New York Comic Con's Avengers panel. Now watch our favorite moments from the panel, and find out why Avengers 2 might have a brand new cast. More »
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Several of the Avengers assembled onstage at the New York Comic Con to premiere some brand new Hulkcentric footage! Here are the details. More »
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Blasting through the skies to Nine Inch Nails "We're In This Together," the Avengers have finally fully assembled in their brand-new trailer. Watch Captain America fight with Iron Man, get your first look at the new mean green Hulk, and hear your first Whedonism. More »
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The great thing about science fiction and fantasy is that they're full of surprises — you just never know what the universe will have in store. Like, sometimes, a totally random, surprising, shocking death. More »
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Check out this batch of new Avengers photos, fresh from Joss Whedon's set have hit the internet exposing a lot of chest waving from Captain America and Iron Man, and a bit of firepower from Black Widow. Plus 6 new character posters! More »
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He's rapped about everything from the meme rising of #donaldglover4spiderman to Inception. And now the amazing Adam WarRock has made a Firefly rap record, sampled from the scores of both Firefly and Serenity. It's big damn awesomeness. It's called "Browncoats Mixtape" — have a listen. Get the full album here. More »
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Alan Tudyk is obviously deeply attached to the character of Firefly's late, great Hoban "Wash" Washburne. He spent a lot of time coming up with his own Wash story ideas — including the big reveal that Wash has tons of tattoos from the Alliance's toughest prisons. In a terrific new interview with SFX, Tudyk talks about how much of himself Joss Whedon put into Wash, and how much Tudyk wanted to tell the stories of what Wash did in the war, and other stuff. More »
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Is this for real? University of Wisconsin-Stout theater professor James Miller put a poster on his office door, showing the likeness of Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds, and one of Mal's many fine quotes from Joss Whedon's Firefly. And this poster, with its reference killing, caused such a stir, the campus police were called in to tear it down. And Miller was warned that any further such posters would be deemed "disorderly conduct" and there might be criminal charges. (He responded with a poster about fascism, which was also torn down, earning him another reprimand.) More »
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The Captain America DVD and Blu-ray will have a new sneak peek at the culmination of all of Marvel's superhero movies, The Avengers. And there are some tantalizing glimpses in a new DVD trailer. Including this iconic shot of Iron Man with explosions going off behind him. More »
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The fall TV season is beginning, and that means one thing — you're finally going to get to see the TV pilots that the networks have been sweating over for a year. Most of them will totally suck — even if the shows they launch wind up being good. But a few of them will be amazing, full of killer action and interesting characters. More »
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We all act like being mind-wiped and reprogrammed is such a bad thing — but is it always? Sometimes having your personality or identity scrubbed away like so much grout scum is just a great way to make room for new stuff. Like killer ninja skills. Or superpowers. More »
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Captain America will get to show what he's made of in Joss Whedon's Avengers, judging from a new set report. It sounds like the sort of cool scene we were hoping for when Whedon was announced as the film's writer/director. More »
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Brand new set footage from Joss Whedon's Avengers movie is finally showing the gang teaming up together. Watch Captain America and Thor tackle a pac of motion-captured baddies, get thrown out a window, and wield the mighty Mjölnir. More »
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Shit just got real in Joss Whedon's Avengers shoot. Some new set photos and videos reveal Captain America locked in battle with a mysterious threat... and there are some pretty good clues as to what that threat is. Spoilers below... More »
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Firefly is coming back... sort of. Fox hasn't come to its senses and commissioned a new season of Joss Whedon's ground-breaking space opera. But at least one man is doing his part to keep the story alive. UPDATED: No Firefly link! More »
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Rupert "Ripper" Giles is a mainstay of Buffy the Vampire Slayer — even when he went off to Britain to ride horses, he was still a vital part of Buffy's messed-up world. More »
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At Comic-Con 2011, we had the good fortune to pick Joss Whedon's brain not once, but twice. After chatting about all things Avengers, Joss gave us a rundown of Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season 9 . We also asked him whether or not the Scooby Gang will ever solve mysteries with Tony Stark. More »
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Last night the first ever teaser trailer for Marvel's giant superhero movie The Avengers was released, including a ton of blink-and-you'll-miss-it shots of the brand new line up of heroes. More »
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Rumor has it, some folks have claimed that Joss Whedon isn't macho enough to direct The Avengers. Whedon has a few words for these naysayers, which we captured on camera — along with Whedon's reasons for taking on this project. More »
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San Diego Comic Con is a mosh pit of tastemakers. A good showing at Comic Con can generate unstoppable buzz for a project, that can last for months. A weak showing can deal a devastating setback to a creator's dreams. More »
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Stare into the green face of Mark Ruffalo!. Marvel has just released the first ever concept art for The Incredible Hulk for their next comic book blockbuster The Avengers, along with an amazing poster with all six Avengers assembled! More »
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It was Joss Whedon versus the fans at his Comic-Con panel, where the writer and director talked Buffy Season Nine, Buffy's impending crossovers with Angel & Faith, and Whedon's desire to write a strong gay male character. More »
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Joss Whedon's Firefly only spawned a dozen or so episodes plus a movie, but it's populated our imaginations ever since. Mal Reynolds and his valiant crew have taken on titanic proportions in the minds of countless fans. More »
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Life aboard a Firefly is exciting, dangerous, and occasionally heroic — but nobody would call it glamorous. Leastwise, not until they looked upon these gorgeous Art Nouveau prints celebrating Joss Whedon's beloved space Western, on sale today from Quantum Mechanix. More »
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Well this is promising! It's been a long time since we've seen anything about the Joss Whedon film The Cabin in the Woods, co-written and directed by Drew Goddard. But now the first ever image is out. More »
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