In 2005, another Joss Whedon script failed to get made. This ones a fantasy thriller with horrific elements by the name of Goners, and is equally as likely as Suspension to get revisited now that Whedon is a certified cinematic cash cow. Perhaps with Whedon himself in the director's chair. He wrote Goners' script for Universal, and described it at the time as the story of a young womans journey that involves a great deal of horror and some heroics. He said it was darker than Serenity and comprised of a lot of left turns. Goners also incorporated Whedons reaction to torture porn, the gruesome and impersonal horror style popularised by Hostel and Saw around the same time. I just cannot abide them, Whedon told Fanboy Radio of these types of films, and described Goners as an antidote to that very kind of film, with the expendable human beings in it. Because I dont think any human beings are. It certainly sounds like Whedon was passionate about Goners, but he ended up spending the years between 2005 and 2007 working with Warner Bros trying to get a Wonder Woman script together. The endeavour came to nothing, and Goners never seemed to resurface afterwards. Now that Whedon has the time, perhaps hell come back to this idea and direct Goners himself. It has a clear lead character and takes place in a world of his invention, so it certainly fits his criteria for a new project.
