The film would not be a sequel or prequel to the existing film or television franchise and Joss Whedon would have no involvement in the project.

To try to do a Buffy without Joss Whedon ... to be incredibly non-eloquent: that's the dumbest idea I've ever heard.

* 2006 – Joss Whedon ( writer-director ), Serenity

Examples include the Sean Connery film Outland, the Firefly television series, and the film sequel Serenity by Joss Whedon, as well as the manga and anime series Trigun, Outlaw Star, and Cowboy Bebop.

* Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly and Dollhouse

A third core X-Men title was also introduced called Astonishing X-Men, written by Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon, following Morrison's departure.

She was developed by Joss Whedon and portrayed throughout the TV series by Alyson Hannigan.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer ( often simplified as Buffy ) was originally conceived by Joss Whedon for a 1992 feature film.

Joss Whedon found that Hannigan was especially gifted reacting with fear ( calling her the " king of pain ") and viewers responded strongly when she was placed in danger, needing to be rescued by Buffy.

Joss Whedon did not intend to write Oz out of the series.

The Existential Joss Whedon: Evil and Human Freedom in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly and Serenity, McFarland.

Sexual Rhetoric in the Works of Joss Whedon: New Essays, McFarland.

The film, written by Joss Whedon, depicts Buffy as a shallow high school cheerleader who is informed by a man named Merrick ( Donald Sutherland ) that she has been chosen by fate to battle the undead.

Although this film is not in continuity with the later television series, in 1999, author Christopher Golden adapted Joss Whedon's original script into a comic book entitled " The Origin ", which Whedon later confirmed to be " pretty much " canonical.

The series would not be a sequel or prequel to the existing movie or television franchise and Joss Whedon will have no involvement in the project.

Between 2001 and 2004, Joss Whedon and Jeph Loeb developed a 4-minute pilot episode for Buffy the Animated Series, which was set during the show's first season.

In 2007, Buffy's story was continued when Joss Whedon resurrected Buffy the Vampire Slayer as a comic book.

The character of Buffy was conceived by Joss Whedon as a way of subverting the cliché of " the little blonde girl who goes into a dark alley and gets killed in every horror film ".

It was also nominated for Best Writing — Screenplay Written for the Screen for the work by Joel Cohen, Pete Docter, John Lasseter, Joe Ranft, Alec Sokolow, Andrew Stanton, and Joss Whedon making Toy Story the first animated film to be nominated for a writing award.

Animator Pete Docter, director John Lasseter, musician Randy Newman, producers Bonnie Arnold and Ralph Guggenheim, production designer Ralph Eggleston, and writers Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow, Andrew Stanton, and Joss Whedon all won awards for " Best Individual Achievement " in their respective fields for their work on the film.

As well, new elements were once again added to the Western formula, such as the Western-science fiction show Firefly, created by Joss Whedon in 2002.

Spike, played by James Marsters, is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.

Spike was initially conceived as a disposable villain to be killed off, but proved so popular with fans that Joss Whedon decided to merely injure him instead, in the episode " What's My Line, Part Two ", in which Spike is crushed by a collapsing pipe organ and left paralyzed.

In Season Four, Spike was introduced to fill the antagonistic role that Cordelia had in seasons One to Three ; as Joss Whedon explains on the DVD featurette, " All of our characters got to the point where they were loving and hugging, and it was sort of like, where's Cordelia?

It is unclear whether they resume their sexual intimacy during the third night ; creator Joss Whedon says on the DVD commentary for " Chosen " that he intentionally left it to the viewers to decide how they felt the relationship progressed, though Whedon had earlier stated on the commentary he personally felt having them resume a sexual relationship would send the wrong message.

In the Angel DVD commentary for " A Hole in the World ", Joss Whedon, the creator of Angel said, " Spike and Angel ... they were hanging out for years and years and years.

Caulfield said, " As far as I know, I don't think Joss Whedon ever intended to have Anya around for more than one episode.

* Buffy writer, David Fury, said in an interview that " I don't think Joss had envisioned Maggie Walsh as being entirely villainous.

Groener said, " Poor Joss.

Joss Whedon has said that one of his favorite shots in the episode is of Olivia's frightened reaction to a Gentlemen floating by her window, leering in at her.

Series creator Joss Whedon has said that it was this episode that convinced him that David Boreanaz was an actor strong enough to have his own series.

In the commentary, when Joss Whedon is asked about his decision to turn Angel evil, he said that he feels it was necessary to keep the story fresh as viewers would quickly become bored with Angel and Buffy's relationship.

Joss Whedon compared this with " Coca-Cola or Microsoft " and said that " practically half the government was Blue Sun ".

Generally, the Alliance is rather authoritarian, although Joss Whedon, the series ' creator, has said this is at least partly because the show is seen from the viewpoint of those hostile to the Alliance.

* In a BBC interview before this episode aired, writer / director Joss Whedon said, " If nobody cries ... then I've definitely failed.

Joss Whedon has said himself in an interview that the " trigger " so to speak had been passed to Kendra then Faith.

" I kept saying, ' Like Dracula-until Joss Whedon said, " Why not Dracula?

Joss Whedon said on the DVD commentary that this was one of his, the cast's and the crew's favorite scenes, but they had to edit it out due to time constraints.

Head writer David Fury " guarantees " that if Joss Whedon had not requested an early renewal, Angel would have been back for a Season 6:

Because our ratings were up, because of our critical attention, Joss specifically asked Jordan Levin, who was the head of The WB at the time, to give us an early pick-up because every year they wait so long to give Angel a pick-up a lot of us turn down jobs hoping that Angel will continue – he didn't want that to happen.

Joss Whedon was brought in to do rewrites through the early spring of 1995.

On August 26, 2009, it was confirmed after much speculation that Glau would be joining the cast of Joss Whedon's Dollhouse for at least two episodes in the early part of the show's second season.

Joss Whedon wryly observes in the DVD commentaries that threatening Kaylee became a formula for drama, one he admitted using in early Buffy episodes, in which he would put Willow in danger to win over the viewers.