Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon is at work on a screen adaptation of Shakespeare's romantic comedy Much Ado About Nothing, according to Deadline.com. Whedon took to his Twitter account to announce he recently wrapped the low-budget film's secretive two-week shoot in Santa Monica.
The movie is a contemporary version of the Shakespeare classic, which tells the story a young couple scheming to set up their perpetually single friends, and was filmed in black and white. The cast features Amy Acker as Beatrice, Alexis Denisof as Benedick, Nathan Fillion as Dogberry, Clark Gregg as Leonato, Fran Kranz as Claudio and Reed Diamond as Don Pedro.
“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,” Whedon said of the project. "[The cast was] all dedicated to the idea that this story bears retelling, that this dialogue is as fresh and intoxicating as any being written, and that the joy of working on a passion project surrounded by dear friends, admired colleagues and an atmosphere of unabashed rapture far outweighs ...
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Joss Whedon Films Secret Much Ado About Nothing, Starring Nathan Fillion, Clark Gregg and More
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