Joss Whedon to write NEW X MEN series! by Succatash

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Joss Whedon to write NEW X MEN series!

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UPDATED: Monday, January 5, 2004 12:36
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Wednesday, December 31, 2003 1:59 PM

www.cinescape.com
Is BUFFY`s creator going to write Marvel`s X-Men?

http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial.asp?aff_id=0&this_cat=Comics&acti
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According to All the Rage, the new writer on NEW X-MEN will be no other than BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER creator Joss Whedon.

Marvel doesn't want it to leak out fearing that their deal with Whedon would invite the wrath of Hollywood studios as it supposedly "forbids him" to write this kind of thing. That's a hard statement to believe considering that Whedon's been writing books for Dark Horse Comics for a number of years now...

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Wednesday, December 31, 2003 2:24 PM

MSCKAREN

This would be the best news I've heard about in a long time! Two of my faves getting together: Whedon and the X-Men such lovely possibilities.

It's like Scully and Mulder getting together at last. (only, not boring like they made it sound in the show)

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"Appears they've canceled the show and we're still here. What does that make us?"
"Big damn junkies, Sir!"
"Ain't we just."

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Wednesday, December 31, 2003 2:32 PM

KESSIE

that would be soooo cool!! Hope its true !! But i want the Firefly Movie first!! *bigevilgrin*

They say it’s the last song
They don’t know us, you see
Its only the last song
If we let it be

http://www.darknessenemyinc.de.vu/

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Wednesday, December 31, 2003 5:23 PM

HUMBLE

let me get this straight, they wanted joss to write a script for the first x-men movie, which he wrote and what he wrote was then s**t-canned! now he's to write for the comic book? am i understanding this right or should i cut back on my prescription drug hobby /(habit)?

you honor my honor!

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Wednesday, December 31, 2003 5:28 PM

SERENITYSSON

Now that would be very cool! Im a big X-Men fan ever since the book first hit my hands in 1972.

Also... I can kill you with my brain...

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Wednesday, December 31, 2003 6:27 PM

CHAEL

The movie really has nothing to do with the comic.

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 1:28 AM

SHEWHOHATHAPEN

Dood.

That would actually make me read New X-Men again.

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"I'm very sorry if she tipped off anyone about your cunningly concealed herd of cows."

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 1:34 AM

CATNAMEDDUDE

How about a Firefly comic series? I'd buy it.

What'd yall order a dead guy for?

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 5:59 PM

BRTICK

I'll believe it when I see it.
Love comics. Love Joss. Love to see something like this happen. But I'm not sure he'd be able to do an ongoing series with his workload. You’ll recall the massive delays on Fray and the troubled Angel miniseries.

As for the X-Men movie thing, there were different people involved in that, namely Hollywood types and not comic book publishers, and from all accounts what he turned in was more then they wanted (they hadn't wanted him to do a whole script, just punch up the dialogue. or so they say) and the director had different ideas about what he wanted to do with the movie.

Keep Flying!

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 8:03 PM

KOBAYASHI

I don't see it happening... its got to be BS. Unless Marvel would be happy with New X-Men being published 1 issue every six months.

Look how long it took him to complete Fray. The Angel revamp comic was supposed to be an ongoing series, but he's never written a follow up yet.

I think Joss has enough of his own creations to keep him busy, he doesn't need to go messing around with other's.

If he does do this it'll piss me off, to be honest. Seriously, the man needs to focus. How many things does he need to do? We were promised a Buffy Animated series, didn't get it; promised Ripper series, Ripper mini-series, then finally a Ripper TV Movie, didn't get it; promised a Firefly Movie, now hes saying that its only a 'good possibility'. Joss - pick one thing and see it through to the end, for gosh sakes!

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Friday, January 2, 2004 11:41 AM

DOIGOTTAREGISTER

I was excited too but...

According to Ethan Van Scivner (Who drew New X Men for at bit) posted at barbelith.com He (Ethan) started the rumor and apologized for goofing around.

"The Joss Whedon rumor isn't true. I started it on Millarworld to be a dick, and for that, I'm sorry. "

In a later post...
It isn't genius, but it is stupid. And no, Mark Millar did NOT start the rumor. The rumor, which I was helping to spread, was that it was Gaiman. When Gaiman did his press release about 'no way, no how was he writing X-men", on the very same thread, I said that Neil could be lying...or it could be Joss Whedon. Perhaps I even used a winky face.

The whole myth started at that point. People thought I was still connected, and that I was spilling the beans. None of that was true. I was just being a dope.

T'would be funny however, if the rumor caused the idea to go after Whedon, which led to his becoming the new writer.

It would be a quiet kind of funny though, because this book is over without Grant Morrison. He was the battery. "

here is the link:
http://www.barbelith.com/underground/topic.php?id=14799&start=80

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Friday, January 2, 2004 1:24 PM

LENNIER

To clear up some people's confusion---
the delays on Fray were mostly the artist's fault,
and a result of the fact that the artist got a deal with someone else while he was doing Fray.
Joss did have some contribution to the delays, but mostly it was the artist; also, you'll recall that he was working on Buffy, Angel, Firefly AND trying to set up the animated series at the time (as well as Tales of the Slayers), and needless to say he has less on his plate right now.

Anyhow, the rumour is totally ridiculous of course, but the potential for delays is not one of the reasons why it's ridiculous.

say, has anyone read joss's 'Stacy' story in tales of the vampires? so subtly disturbing, I love it!
It felt like joss was chanelling himself a lot, which made it even weirder.

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Monday, January 5, 2004 4:14 AM

BROWNCOAT1

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

So it is a hoax/rumor gone amok.

I was starting to worry for a minute about the movie if Joss was off busy writing for the X Men.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

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Monday, January 5, 2004 12:36 PM

MRGREEN

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How about a Firefly comic series? I'd buy it.

amen. I want a firefly comic almost as much as I want a new TV series. I think I would even take a comic over a movie... at least it's a monthly fix, not a one shot deal...

Good thing I don't have to choose!

BTW, if you haven't been over to Dark Horses website, there was a thread from last year about getting a FireFly comic made... it died months ago, but I just bumped it up... had dozens and dozens of replies. It's in the 'shop talk' forum, if you want to add your name to the list of ppl who would like a FF comic :)

Rob

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