GOING, GOING, GONER
Buffyverse ruler
Joss Whedon — whose
Firefly flick
Serenity hits theaters one week from today — has inked a seven-figure deal with Universal to write and direct the fantasy thriller
Goner. "It's the story of a young woman's journey that involves a great deal of horror and some heroics," he tells
Variety. "It's certainly darker than
Serenity, and there are a lot of left turns along the way. It is something I had in mind for a while, and it just poured out of me when I finished my film." Of course,
Goner will have to wait until Whedon finishes Warner Bros.' big-screen
Wonder Woman flick and (hopefully) gets the ball rolling on that long-rumored Spike TV movie (hint hint, nudge nudge, slap slap).
