Editing Joss Whedon (section)

====Early work====
From 1989 to 1990, Whedon worked as a staff writer on the sitcoms ''[[Roseanne]]'' and ''[[Parenthood (1990 TV series)|Parenthood]]''.<ref name="COMICBOOK.(com); television">{{cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/blog/2013/07/19/roseanne-barr-says-joss-whedon-will-have-to-come-to-her-for-avengers-2/|title=Roseanne Barr Says Joss Whedon Will Have to Come to Her For Avengers 2|first=Russ|last=Burlingame|date=July 19, 2013|publisher=ComicBook.com|access-date=September 16, 2013|archive-date=October 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023060035/http://comicbook.com/blog/2013/07/19/roseanne-barr-says-joss-whedon-will-have-to-come-to-her-for-avengers-2/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="io9; television">{{cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/joss-whedon-wants-to-buy-terminator-someone-make-this-5395397|title=Joss Whedon Wants To Buy Terminator – Someone Make This Happen|first=Graeme|last=McMillan|date=November 2, 2009|publisher=[[Gizmodo]]|access-date=November 23, 2021|archive-date=January 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120203141/http://io9.com/5395397/joss-whedon-wants-to-buy-terminator---someone-make-this-happen|url-status=live}}</ref> As a [[script doctor]], Whedon was an uncredited writer on films including ''[[The Getaway (1994 film)|The Getaway]]'', ''[[Speed (1994 film)|Speed]]'', ''[[Waterworld]]'', and ''[[Twister (1996 film)|Twister]]''.<ref name="A.V. CLUB; film">{{cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/joss-whedon-1798208181 |title=Joss Whedon |first=Tasha |last=Robinson |date=September 5, 2001 |newspaper=The AV Club |access-date=September 16, 2013 |archive-date=February 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224014725/http://www.avclub.com/articles/joss-whedon%2C13730/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Whedon worked on an early draft of ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'' which subsequently contained at least two of his contributions to dialogue exchanges,<ref name="TOTAL FILM; film">{{cite web|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/the-best-joss-whedon-movie-moments/|title=The Best Joss Whedon Movie Moments|first=Matt|last=Risley|date=April 25, 2013|publisher=GamesRadar|access-date=November 23, 2021|archive-date=April 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130428101053/http://www.totalfilm.com/features/the-best-joss-whedon-movie-moments|url-status=dead}}</ref> while the final cut of ''Speed'' retained most of his dialogue.<ref name="HighBeam RESEARCH; film">{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-119334012.html|title=Graham Yost, the 'Bus Guy', triumphs with 'Boomtown'.|first=Kate|last=O'Hare|date=May 24, 2003|access-date=September 16, 2013|archive-date=November 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105232956/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-119334012.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> While he was script consulting, he also wrote ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' (the film that would precede the series), ''[[Alien Resurrection]]'' and early drafts for ''[[Titan A.E.]]'' and ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kozak|first1=Jim|title=Serenity Now!|url=http://www.infocusmag.com/05augustseptember/whedonuncut.htm|website=In Focus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060217151945/http://www.infocusmag.com/05augustseptember/whedonuncut.htm|archive-date=February 17, 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref> – but would subsequently express strong dissatisfaction with the released versions of the first three of these films.<ref name="A.V. CLUB; film"/><ref name="alien resurrection"/><ref name="THE MARY SUE; film">{{cite web|url=http://www.themarysue.com/joss-whedons-ama/|title=The Best of Joss Whedon's AMA: The Avengers, Doctor Horrible 2, and… Titan A.E.?|first=Susana|last=Polo|date=April 11, 2012|publisher=themarysue.com|access-date=September 16, 2013|archive-date=April 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413172130/http://www.themarysue.com/joss-whedons-ama/|url-status=live}}</ref> He co-wrote ''[[Toy Story]]'', which earned him a shared [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nomination for Best Original Screenplay.<ref name="io9; film">{{cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/why-titan-a-e-is-an-underappreciated-masterpiece-5973190|title=Why Titan A.E. is an Underappreciated Masterpiece|first=Meredith|last=Woerner|date=January 4, 2013|publisher=Gizmodo|access-date=November 23, 2021|archive-date=January 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130107011238/http://io9.com/5973190/why-titan-ae-is-an-underappreciated-masterpiece|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="alien resurrection">{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a630047/in-defence-of-alien-resurrection-the-franchises-ugly-duckling/|title=In Defence Of... Alien: Resurrection, the franchise's ugly duckling|first=Joshua|last=Winning|date=February 19, 2015|work=Digital Spy|access-date=June 10, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102145551/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/feature/a630047/in-defence-of-alien-resurrection-the-franchises-ugly-duckling.html|archive-date=November 2, 2015}}</ref><ref name="BAFTA FILM; film">{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/film/features/joss-whedon-a-life-in-pictures,3816,BA.html |title=Joss Whedon: A Life in Pictures |first=Francine |last=Stock |date=June 17, 2013 |publisher=bafta.org |access-date=September 16, 2013 |archive-date=July 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712052130/http://www.bafta.org/film/features/joss-whedon-a-life-in-pictures%2C3816%2CBA.html |url-status=live}}</ref> He became one of the highest paid screenwriters when he sold his ''Afterlife'' script to [[Columbia Pictures]] for $1.5 million.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Daily Variety]]|date=January 12, 1995|page=29|edition=61st anniversary|title=Joss Whedon}}</ref>