Joss Whedon Assembles

Fear not my fellow comic book geeks after some doubt and fear that Disney would pull a Favreau with the Avengers and seek to lowball director Joss Whedon in order to maximize profits with a cheaper director,Variety reports that Disney chief Bob Iger announced during an earnings call that Joss Whedon will write and direct “The Avengers 2” and develop a live action Marvel-themed TV show for ABC. Don’t just glance over that last part because it states that the man behind Buffy, Angel, Dollhouse, and Firefly is helping to develop a Marvel Universe based TV series which as reported earlier this week would somehow tie into the Avengers.

This comes after Whedon’s “The Avengers” has earned nearly $1.5 billion at the worldwide box office and generated strong sales for “Avengers” merchandise. I guess Marvel realized that a Whendonless Avengers could be detrimental to the franchise and as we all know Disney loves money.