Fellow-nerds have been speculating of this announcement for awhile now, but the news was never confirmed until today at SDCC. Creator of Buffy, Whedon’s experience in directing is slim. He did direct Serenity, which flopped at the box office, but later became popular with sci-fi fans. He is given a big task here, to direct all the big screen Marvel Superhero characters in one film. Can he pull it off? I hope so, but I would bet against him on this one.