Much Ado About Nothing

The plot of the film is largely unchanged from that of Shakespeare's original play. Differences include the modern-day setting, switching Conrade's gender, eliminating several minor roles and consolidating others into Leonato's aide, and expanding Ursula's role by giving her a number of Margaret's scenes. In addition, the film attempts to add background to the relationship between Beatrice and Benedick by showing, in an opening scene, a morning after they apparently slept together. Benedick steals away quietly while Beatrice pretends to be asleep. Benedick is beardless, so this is presumably some time before the plot of the movie takes place.

MPAA Rating:PG-13
Genre:Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country:United States
Produced By:Kai Cole, Nathan Kelly, M. Elizabeth Hughes, Joss Whedon, Daniel S. Kaminsky
Directed By:Joss Whedon
Written By:William Shakespeare, Joss Whedon
Cast:Riley Trela, Chris English, Catherine Kyritsi, Drew Goddard, Elliot Graham, John T. McCracken, Jessie Sherman, Tom Lenk, Clark Gregg, Peter Frederiksen, Giulia Davis, Kai Cole, Silas Briton, Drea Garcia, Jed Whedon, Naomi Chan, Margie Glick, Natalie Whittle, Sasha Feiler, Salvador Alvarez, Amanda Marlon, Anna Grimm, Adrienne Spiridellis, Kelsey Darragh, Martin Charles, Ronnie Campagnone, Zack Whedon, Joshua Zar, Ashley Johnson, Sabrina Hill, Paul Meston, Sarah Steben, Ashley Friedlander, Fran Kranz, Josh Berman, Noelle Piche, Spencer Treat Clark, Gudni Kristjansson, Joseph Carnegie, Rachel Klauber-Speiden, Laura Stokes, Adam James Shirley, Jillian Morgese, Nathan Fillion, Alexis Denisof, Ben Fickes, Mike Danner, Amy Acker, Anya Colloff, Elsa Guillet-Chapuis, Emma Bates, Maurissa Tancharoen, Sean Maher, Brandon Elonzae, Grant Olsen, Sean Parks, Stacy Shirk, Brian McElhaney, Diego Kontarovsky, Bryce McLeay, Amy McIntyre Britt, Micki Grover, Michael Patrick Ferman, Sara Blindauer, David Fury, Romy Rosemont, Nelly Imame, Adam Carver, Andrew Knauer, Craig Pratsch, Henry Mason, Riki Lindhome, Brett Ryan Bonowicz, Amanda Fein, Tamar Malley, Joel Blacker, Nick Kocher, Karyne Steben, Reed Diamond, Elsi Eng, Evan Spiridellis, Malika Williams, Daniel S. Kaminsky, Ricky Titus-Lam
In Theaters:Jun 14, 2013
Runtime:1 hour 49 minutes
Production:Bellwether Pictures
Box Office:$4,328,849
Available On:Amazon, Itunes, Vudu
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