Director: Joss Whedon
Starring: Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof
Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing is the kind of film a director makes once they've attained a level of success which affords them the creative blank cheque to make a little curio. Once you've made a film as successful as The Avengers (and agreed to helm its follow-up), you'll be forgiven for making something as uncommercial as a black and white film with dialogue in iambic pentameter and a plot which hinges on wit rather than explosions. That this film should be uncommercial is a shame, since it's such a delightful piece of work, even if it doesn't quite reach the heights of Kenneth Brangh's 1993 adaptation.
