The new MGM Motion Pictures has given that beautiful, bright, and shiny green light to their first movie, called Cabin in the Woods. The spec script is written by Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard with Goddard taking his first swing at directing and Whedon acting as a producer.
Joss Whedon is known mostly for his incredibly smart, funny, and original writing, being behind such shows as Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly; he’s also written the movie Serenity and was a writer on Toy Story. Drew Goddard has helped with Buffy and Angel and has been a writer and producer on the show Lost and he wrote Cloverfield.
Not a whole lot of information on what this is all about, but it’s written by Joss Whedon, so it will be brilliant and that’s final!
In an interview with MTV, they said that the title was straight forward and that’s all we have about the movie — it involves a cabin… in a wooded area.
Goddard also added:
It’s genius, it’s funny, 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. 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.
He also had this to say about Whedon:
That man is a genre all to himself. He’s comedy, horror, drama, all at once, and you’ll never be able to classify it as one thing. What do you call it? At the end of the day, it’s Joss.
I’m already giddy.
