J. J. Abrams vs. Joss Whedon Duel for Media Master of the Universe |
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| Author:
| Sterba, Wendy |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4422-6991-0 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2016 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $35.99 |
Book Description:
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In J.J. Abrams vs. Joss Whedon, Wendy Sterba compares the parallel careers in film and television of two creative masterminds--pitting one against the other in a light-hearted competition. The author looks back upon the beginnings of both men's careers--Whedon's stint as a writer on Roseanne and Abrams' early scripts for films like Regarding Henry--and forward to their most recent blockbusters, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. This books also looks at...
More DescriptionIn J.J. Abrams vs. Joss Whedon, Wendy Sterba compares the parallel careers in film and television of two creative masterminds--pitting one against the other in a light-hearted competition. The author looks back upon the beginnings of both men's careers--Whedon's stint as a writer on Roseanne and Abrams' early scripts for films like Regarding Henry--and forward to their most recent blockbusters, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. This books also looks at non-fantasy successes (Abrams series Felicity; Whedon's adaptation of Much Ado about Nothing), as well as commercial failures. At the heart of this study, however, is a tour of their genre-defining hits: Alias and Buffy, Lost and Angel, Super 8 and Serenity, along with Whedon's Avengers films, and Abrams' rebooted Star Trek adventures.