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Much Ado About Joss Whedon

What do you do after filming The Avengers? Shakespeare! While the fun of the secrecy must have been irresistible to Whedon, on whom the movie press was keeping a watchful eye thanks to the Marvel blockbuster, part of the clandestine approach was due to the fact that nobody was quite sure what they were making. Was it a passion project, or a marketable film? A three-week party between friends, or something for a wider audience? All of the above, as it turns out.

Science fiction comedy quiz show podcast thing… The Thumbcast

[audio:http://podcastmachine.com/podcasts/3266/episodes/21370/media_files/51565/download/5/file_128kb.mp3] MP3 File – Show Notes – RSS Feed Iain Hepburn and Craig McGill have a rather popular podcast – it takes a nice niche topic (in this case the world of Cult TV and Film), throws in some passionate people (Iain and Craig) and then they see what happens. And this month, their podcast (The Thumbcast) decided to do something a little bit different. Rather than two blokes chatting around a microphone, they decided to create a comedy panel quiz show; partly because it seemed a fun thing to do, partly to get their mates involved, and possibly as