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It Could Be Bunnies / Daniel Carlson

Trade News | January 21, 2009 | Comments (19)

Joss Whedon knows how to keep himself busy. In addition to the upcoming Fox drama “Dollhouse” (premiering in February, set for cancellation in May) and overseeing a few comic books, he’s also working on a pair of features, The Cabin in the Woods and Goners. But the news this morning is that there’s finally been some casting developments for The Cabin in the Woods: Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford are set to star in the horror/thriller co-written by Whedon and Drew Goddard. Goddard is also directing, and I think that bodes well for the film. He wrote for Whedon’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel,” and “Alias,” and he’s currently a writer and producer on “Lost,” so he’s definitely got the chops for pop thrillers. And Whedon has brutally killed things he loves, so there’s no telling what kind of dramatic ends he can dream up for characters whose sole purpose is to die in the woods in or near a haunted cabin.

There aren’t a lot of plot details yet, or anything resembling complete character descriptions for Whitford or Jenkins, but the film is supposed to take the classic set-up of young people stranded in the woods and give it some kind of new or authentic or interesting twist. The MGM/UA movie is set for a spring shoot and a tentative release in February 2010.


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Comments

Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford

Oh, I LOVE this pairing. Really love it. Two of my favorite actors from two of my favorite shows, both of whom I never saw in a movie together, let along a horror film. By Joss Whedon. I am giddy.

Posted by: Julie at January 21, 2009 10:58 AM

Forgive me if this has already been posted, but here is all 5 seasons of The Wire summarized in 5 minutes in a rap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZExR3mpv6_k

And, yeah, I just ran across this and I didn't know where else to post it here.

Enjoy!

Posted by: JH at January 21, 2009 10:59 AM

And lest we forget, Goddard was Fake Thomas Jefferson in Dr. Horrible. YAY.

Posted by: Julie at January 21, 2009 10:59 AM

What Julie said. Plus: squee!

Posted by: lizzieborden at January 21, 2009 11:05 AM

Well, if this thread is going to be the Non-Sequitur Dump of Stuff We Want To Share, I've been holding onto this image for some days now...it's for Eloquence:
http://www.myconfinedspace.com/wp-content/uploads/tdomf/63724/eloquencedemot.jpg

Also, will watch/read anything Whedon, so looking forward to this movie (but to Goners more, at least from what I know so far).

Posted by: Jerce at January 21, 2009 11:13 AM

Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford are set to star in the horror/thriller co-written

Wait - a horror/thriller with adults in it? Adults who can act? What a concept! I love this idea, but I fear that as with all things Whedonesque, no one will have the slightest clue how to market it.

Posted by: Edith at January 21, 2009 11:19 AM

Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford are set to star in the horror/thriller

Wait - a horror/thriller with adults in it? Adults who can act? What a concept! I love this idea, but I fear that as with all things Whedonesque, no one will have the slightest clue how to market it.

Posted by: Edith at January 21, 2009 11:19 AM

This is all good, as long as the "twist" does not resemble anything Shyamalanian, lest the cutting of bitches begin anew.

Posted by: admin at January 21, 2009 11:28 AM

wha....wha....WHAT???? This sounds in-flippin-credible! Real actors, real writers.....this may actually be a horror movie I'll see!!! No insipid teens, hack-n-slash torture porn? What a concept!!!

Oh, Joss, don't let us down...

Posted by: dammitjanet at January 21, 2009 11:29 AM

Where is that photo of thin-Joss from? The kids were investigating our DVDs the other day and asked to watch "Serenity". I told them they have to watch "Firefly" first. So we are on episode 5 of the series and when the kids are not watching the show they keep asking when they can next watch the show. It's pretty awesome. They also sing the Dr. Horrible soundtrack and commentary musical pretty regularly and we're planning to watch all 7 seasons of Buffy this summer with them.

This is in aid of nothing but the wife and I are huge Whedon fans and now we are molding the children to be good little geeks too. All is going according to plan...

Posted by: TylerDFC at January 21, 2009 11:32 AM

Tyler, that picture is from his cameo on Veronica Mars, season 2.

/is dork.

I love him in Commentary the Musical. "It comes from pain!"

Posted by: Julie at January 21, 2009 11:36 AM

". . . but the film is supposed to take the classic set-up of young people stranded in the woods and give it some kind of new or authentic or interesting twist. "

Hum, let's see? Old people instead of young people? Real actors instead of free kids who'll blow you in the dressing room? Real writers? Real director? An actual plot? Enough twists for ya?

Posted by: BWeaves at January 21, 2009 11:38 AM

I loved Wilford Brimley in The Thing.
Cannot wait to see him in this.

Posted by: bad little monkey at January 21, 2009 11:39 AM

Dammit; when I saw a title involving a cabin in the woods, and written by Dan, I thought surely it was about the new Season of LOST.
But at least I get to don my "HOt for Whedon" knickers...

Posted by: Karma112 at January 21, 2009 12:23 PM

Ooh, Goddard wrote some of the better eps of the last season of Buffy. Good ones on Angel, too. This could be so good!! Eeeee!

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at January 21, 2009 1:33 PM

Drew Goddard also wrote Cloverfield.

This could be really good....

Posted by: Tarn at January 21, 2009 4:50 PM

Heh, Julie. "Maybe we shouldn't let Joss talk."

Posted by: foursweatervests at January 21, 2009 5:43 PM

Daniel why don't you put links up about these two actors? I have NO fuckin' clue what they've been in before. Not all of us are Whedon geeks.

Posted by: ph at January 21, 2009 7:41 PM

ph, they don't owe their careers to Whedon, and they've both been around forever! Good lord!
Try imdb.com to learn all about them and in fact any actor, writer, director, etc, you may also not have the teeniest clue about.

Posted by: Loob at January 21, 2009 11:12 PM