Abigail Spencer Lands A Role In Joss Whedon-Produced ‘In Your Eyes’
Now thatJoss Whedonhas more or less officially made the full transition from TV to film, he’s burning rubber. Of course, he’s still hard at work onThe Avengers, Marvel’s massive superhero movie out May 4. On the downtime of that shoot, hemade a low-budget versionof Shakespeare’sMuch Ado About Nothingand now actressAbigail Spencerrevealed she’s signed on for Whedon’s next movie which she describes as a “supernatural romance.”
Is this a new Whedon directorial project or justIn Your Eyes, a film hewrote and will produce? Read more after the break.
Update: The Hollywood Reporter confirmed it is that film.Vulturegot the scoop on the project when they talked to Spencer, a seasoned TV vet who is best known for roles onAll My Children, as one of Don Draper’s conquests onMad Menand for bit parts inCowboys and Aliensand next year’sOz: The Great and the Powerful, at the Art of Elysium gala in Los Angeles on Saturday.
She said she just signed, it starts shooting next month, and described it as follows:
It’s the most romantic film in the history of time. It’s a supernatural romance.
Of course, the young actress is very excited:
It’s my first time [doing a project with Whedon], but I’ve always wanted to work with him. I’m so excited to do it.
Beyond that, all Spencer would say is that we’d get more news about the project this week.
The question remains, however, will Whedon be directing the film? We know he wrote and will be producing a film calledIn Your Eyeswhich will be directed by Brin Hill. Maybe that’s the movie Spencer has signed on for. The description certainly fits.
A metaphysical love story about two seemingly polar opposites who are deeply connected in ways neither could have ever imagined.
And as a matter of fact, according toThe Hollywood Reporter, that’s exactly the case. Whedon is writing and directing.
Either way, comic fans are probably already biting their lip because Whedon won’t immediately go ontoThe Avengers 2.Look at it this way. After finishing a huge blockbuster like that, everyone wants to make something smaller. Plus,Iron Man 3andThor 2,at the very least, have to be completed before a newAvengersmovie can take place.
Then there are the true Whedon fans, who are likely ecstatic at this news. The writer/director made his name doing supernatural romance with shows likeBuffyandAngel. It seems like he’s not forgetting his roots after all. Whether he writes or directs.
