Joss Whedon Updates Projects

Joss Whedon recently spoke to MTV where he gave a couple updates on some of his upcoming projects. The writer/director confirmed that his horror fantasy flick Goners is still in development at Universal but currently on the back burner. He’s also developing Cabin in the Woods, a film he co-wrote with Drew Goddard (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cloverfield).

Here’s what Whedon and Goddard had to say about the flick:

“It’s genius, it’s funny,” Goddard said. “It’s got a harder and darker edge, but it’s also got classic Whedon qualities. It’ll rip your heart out and be heartfelt at the same time.” Enough with the hype, what’s it about? “There’s a reason the title is so straightforward,” Goddard teased. “It’s its own sub-genre, the cabin in the woods, and this is sort of our take on it. It’s fresh and new.”

Whedon, who said the pair are close to going out with the project, is also wearing a producer’s hat on this one; he said doing double duty is “very hard.” “Writing is like a cave,” he explained. “You have to go very far down, and you have to have time to get down there and come back up. But producing, that means you’re involved with everything. Right now, that has more to do with very preliminary stuff, budgeting and whatnot, but it’s still another thing on the list that keeps you having enough time to get into your artistic head.”

Head on over here for the full MTV interview, where Whedon also comments on his latest TV series Dollhouse and the new web series Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.