{"id":16910,"date":"2011-10-24T18:20:17","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T23:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=16910"},"modified":"2017-12-09T15:17:42","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T20:17:42","slug":"joss-whedon-has-directed-an-adaption-of-much-ado-about-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2011\/10\/24\/joss-whedon-has-directed-an-adaption-of-much-ado-about-nothing\/","title":{"rendered":"Joss Whedon Has Directed An Adaption Of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Last night Nathan Fillion, Sean Maher and costume designer Shawna Trpcic all tweeted links to MuchAdoTheMovie.com<\/a>. There, the curious found a picture of a man in a snorkeling mask standing neck deep in a lake holding a martini glass above the water. At the top of the page was the announcement \u201cBellwether Pictures is proud to announce the completion of principal photography\u201d while at the bottom of the page it simply states \u201cA film by Joss Whedon based on a play.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Whedon\u2019s typical style, the writer\/director was announcing that his new, and up until this moment completely unsuspected, project was an adaption of the Shakespeare comedy Much Ado About Nothing<\/em>. And that he had already finished filming it.<\/p>\n

In a press release issued today, Whedon explained how the project was a low budget effort filmed quickly.<\/p>\n

The text is to me a deconstruction of the idea of love, which is ironic, since the entire production is a love letter – to the text, to the cast, even to the house it’s shot in.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Shot is in black and white in just 12 days, the film has no distributor yet.<\/p>\n

For fans of Whedon\u2019s work, the cast list reads like a who\u2019s who of his previous collaborators. Heading off the list is Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof, both whom should be familiar to fans of Whedon\u2019s Buffy The Vampire Slayer<\/em> and its spinoff series Angel<\/em>. Other names include Fillion, who starred in Whedon\u2019s Firefly<\/em> television series and its film spin-off Serenity<\/strong>, and Maher, who had appeared in both of those projects as well, Clark Gregg (The Avengers<\/strong>), Tom Lenk (Buffy<\/em>) and Fran Kranz (The Whedon produced Cabin in the Woods<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

The play concerns the quarelling Beatrice (Acker) and Benedick (Denisof) who over the course of the piece invariably fall in love. Fillion is Dogberry, Gregg is Leonato and Kranz is Claudio.<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t come as much of a surprise that Whedon has chosen to tackle a Shakespeare play. The musical episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer<\/em>, \u201cOnce More With Feeling,\u201d actually sprang from a Shakespeare reading Whedon held at his house with many Buffy<\/em> cast members, so we know that he has an affinity for the Bard. And Much Ado<\/strong> is noted for its word play, puns and banter, something that could be said for much of Whedon\u2019s writing as well.<\/p>\n

Now, if someone could just explain to me how the picture on the website relates to Shakespeare\u2019s story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When did he find time to do that?<\/div>\n

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