Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing Trailer
Back in 2011, after Joss Whedon had finished shooting what would go on to become one of the highest-grossing movies of all time, he managed to find two weeks to shoot a movie with a slightly smaller budget. Okay, almost no budget at all. He gathered together a bunch of friends at his home in Santa Monica and shot a contemporary black-and-white adaptation of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing… you know, just for fun. Talk about going from one end of the spectrum to the other.
The movie played a handful of festivals before eventually getting picked up for distribution by Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions. Although I would think it’s pretty hard to get people interested in a black and white Shakespeare adaptation nowadays, if anyone can pull it off, it’s probably Joss Whedon. Much Ado About Nothing stars Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Nathan Fillion and Clark Gregg and it hits select theatres on June 7th. Check out the trailer after the jump and see what you think.
Comments (4)
Shakespeare adaptations come in many flavors. A lot of them unfortunately pretentious.
This doesn’t seem to have that problem, but modernizing it…I dunno. The trailer wasn’t funny and was kinda awkward to me. It seemed like they’re using the direct language as part of the humor, but that’s not funny to me. It’s kind of like how Jay always complains about people making fun of 80s hair to me.
Posted by Owozifa on March 8th, 2013This just made me want to watch Dollhouse again…
Posted by Laivaren on March 8th, 2013Got a strong Woody Allen vibe from it. Digged it.
Posted by Steve Kasan on March 8th, 2013It’ll be good to see Fillion and Acker. It’s Whedon so I’m sure I’ll enjoy it.
Posted by patrik on March 10th, 2013Leave a Reply