Joss Whedon: The Biography

Going from the 4 million US viewers who watched "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" to a worldwide box office of ＄1.5 billion for "The Avengers "is quite a leap. Yet the creator of them both, Joss Whedon, told as personal a story with a cast of A-list movie stars and complicated CGI effects as he had with a modestly budgeted teen fantasy series on an upstart netlet.
Whedon deals in classic themes of love, death, and redemption with a feminist perspective that his mother, a beloved teacher and activist, imparted to him. Although he comes from a family of television writers, he was determined to follow his own path from a young age. This definitive biography shows how his years at an elite English public school led to his early successes, which often turned into frustration in both television ("Roseanne") and film ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer"; "Alien: Resurrection"). But when he resurrected his girl hero on a young network, the results enabled him to direct, write, or produce three more television series, several movies, Marvel comic books, and an innovative web series, culminating in the blockbuster "The Avengers." Then "Much Ado" "About Nothing," a personal project shot in his home and cast with friends, allowed him to step out of Marvel s shadow.
Amy Pascale has based this revealing biography on extensive original interviews with Whedon s family, friends, collaborators, and stars as well as with the man himself. They ve shared candid, behind-the-scenes accounts of his work with Pixar, his filmmaking adventures, and the making of his groundbreaking series "Buffy," "Angel," "Firefly," "Dollhouse," and "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."
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A former director for MTV, Amy Pascale lives in New York City. Nathan Fillion starred in the Joss Whedon vehicles ＂Firefly,＂ ＂Serenity,＂ ＂Dr. Horrible s Sing-Along Blog,＂ and ＂Much Ado About Nothing.＂ He plays Richard Castle on ＂Castle.＂
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