Goners Movie Status Thread

[Charmuse]

Originally Posted by cabr1729

They're idiots - the action sequences in Serenity were the best of 2005 on a tenth of the budget of other action scifi flicks and X-Men/Runaways/Buffy proved he can write good comicky stuff. I hope he can get Zoic again too.

I still LOVE that one of the animators for Serenity/Firefly from Zoic was the officiously nerdy kid from Trekkies.

[Mudblood77]

So this Avengers thing . . . is it true? Is Joss "locked" in to direct it? Like no take backs with Wonder Woman?

If so, I hope Avengers is a hit.

Then he can make the movie we've all been waiting for. What has it been now since we originally signed up here. I think I remember mine was October 2005 but I could be wrong. Did anyone keep a list of that?

[cabr1729]

The earliest was JJ in September right before Serenity opened. I think. There's a thread somewhere around where we talked about our dates. Mine was in October too.

[samatwitch]

Mine was December 2005 although I didn't start posting until November 2006.

[cabr1729]

Yeah, you took one look at us and ran.

[Charmuse]

March 2006 cause ya'll locked the door and wouldn't let me in!!!

[samatwitch]

I did!!

[Wonderlandwiggins]

April 2007? Or 6 maybe even

[erastus]

Originally Posted by Charmuse

March 2006 cause ya'll locked the door and wouldn't let me in!!!

Me too, Char. I joined March 17, 2006. I thought I could sneak in and lurk quietly, but within seconds I was attacked by the Welcome Wagon!
...and Goners continues to be a very friendly place.

[greeneyes]

late 2005. October?

[cabr1729]

Yep.

Originally Posted by lilbird

greeneyes: Join Date 10-06-2005

It's all in the "Goodbye to all that" thread

[cabr1729]

Cardea of Whedonesque was at the Sydney Opera House last night for the Joss Whedon event:

He also said that
Goners may still see the light of day
after the 12 years it's going to take to produce the Avengers.



I can wait 12 years.

[QuoterGal]

Took the words right out of my mouth, Cab.

Wowsies - at least he mentioned it - it's been a while, and the last was just his saying Universal would have to free it.

So: yay!

<------- (I'm jumping on the bed that I will now go back to... *yawn* I think it was the word "Goners" echoing through the halls of Whedonesque that woke me up.)

[Charmuse]

[silvius]

Yes, I've been having this strange feeling of unspecific imminence lately (better than a sense of impending doom let me tell you) - this mention is obviously the reason.

[samatwitch]

[theonetruebix]

Goners was typical of my career, I wrote it, was very excited by it, had a lot of heat, sold it... INTO THE VAULT NEVER TO BE SEEN.. Yeah, I was talking about that when Serenity was going up because I was going to make it at Universal, but, err that didn't really happen did it? Not really sure what to say about it, It's about a young woman with "special powers" (Laughter) and she gathers a group of people with "special powers" they conflict, in the end they work together (Laughter) Wait a minute I do suck... (Laughter) wow, it's weird to realise that in this room, (Laughter) No it probably was as closer to myself, what I've been describing of myself today, as anything I've written because the lead character Mia is painfully shy and very much alone and it's a movie that is all about being alone, which is ultimately the thing which I'm writing about too all the time, and it's also a horror/action/super awesome/thing. It may not be dead, It may not be entirely dead the producers that were attached to it still are attached to it emotionally and the regime at Universal has changed and I actually met with them recently and they were saying "You know you'll be finished with the Avengers in ten or twelve years so why don't we revisit this" So keep your fingers crossed.(Laughter)

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[QuoterGal]

b!Xy asked Crypto if his quote was exact or a paraphrase, and got a whole lot more back - in fact, it was so much more I was kinda shocked that he/she hadn't mentioned it in the first place, but oh, well. Not everyone is waitinf for every obsessive detail like we are.

on Goners.

Joss: Goners was typical of my career, I wrote it, was very excited by it, had a lot of heat, sold it... INTO THE VAULT NEVER TO BE SEEN.. Yeah, I was talking about that when Serenity was going up because I was going to make it at Universal, but, err that didn't really happen did it? Not really sure what to say about it, It's about a young woman with "special powers" (Laughter) and she gathers a group of people with "special powers" they conflict, in the end they work together (Laughter) Wait a minute I do suck... (Laughter) wow, it's weird to realise that in this room, (Laughter) No it probably was as closer to myself, what I've been describing of myself today, as anything I've written because the lead character Mia is painfully shy and very much alone and it's a movie that is all about being alone, which is ultimately the thing which I'm writing about too all the time, and it's also a horror/action/super awesome/thing. It may not be dead, It may not be entirely dead the producers that were attached to it still are attached to it emotionally and the regime at Universal has changed and I actually met with the recently and they were saying "You know you'll be finished with the Avengers in ten or twelve years so why don't we revisit this" So keep your fingers crossed.(Laughter)


(Bolding is my own...)

[samatwitch]

Wow, that is great to hear. It's nice to know that at least he's still thinking about Goners, the movie. Any time I hear even a tidbit of information, it makes me long to see the finished product.

BTW, did anyone design a Free Goners t-shirt?

[Charmuse]

Yeah, astonishing! That's a fair chunk of time he discussed our little beleaguered movie. Fanatastic. Good show, Bixy and QG! Thanks!