He's renowned as one of Hollywood's most creative storytellers, as the mastermind behind Buffy and several Avengers blockbusters.
And an unlikely show has made Joss Whedon's new favourites list; the writer and director tweeting about new Australian dramedy series Upright, starring comedian Tim Minchin.
Whedon applauded the Foxtel and Sky UK show, which will hit streaming on Foxtel Now on December 1, to his more than 250,000 Twitter followers, saying it was the best show he'd seen since the Emmy-award winning comedy, Fleabag.
"Favorite (sic) show since Fleabag. I don't say that lightly," Whedon wrote. "All the "laugh, cry, god this cast is good, god these people are f***ed up, cry an awkward amount" accolades. Time committment small. Reward huge."
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