Archive for February 2008

So, What Is Goners?

On 5 February 2008 with No Comments

For those who might not know, Goners is a screenplay by Joss Whedon which was bought by Universal Pictures but has not yet been greenlit for production.

If you want to know something about its premise, see our Joss on Goners page, which compiles pretty much everything he’s ever said on that point. It’s also likely that very little will be added to that page, since in November of 2006 and then again in August of 2007, Joss has indicated that perhaps enough already has been said about it.

We agree, which is why we make the Joss On Goners page available: Anything about the film’s premise that Joss might want to reveal in essence already has been revealed and is available without him having to say of any of it again.

The trick now, as mentioned previously, is to get Universal to greenlight the film, so we can focus on the details of its production, rather than on its premise.

A Gentle Nudge?

On 3 February 2008 with No Comments

Despite — or perhaps due to — reports from last year’s Mutant Enemy Day on the Writers Guild of America picket lines (or, rather, the picnic afterwards) that Joss Whedon let out something of a “low quietly-distressed moan” at the mention of Goners, an embryonic discussion is underway to brainstorm some “meaningful way” to give the powers that be at Universal “a gentle nudge … to show them people want this to happen”.