Joss Whedon, the cult auteur behind Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Avengers Assemble, has adapted Shakespeare’s evergreen comedy Much Ado About Nothing for the cinema – the trailer, to the sound of Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond, is now available. This modern retelling stars Amy Acker as Beatrice and Alexis Denisof as Benedick.

For further details about this film visit the BUFVC international audiovisual Shakespeare resource, http://bufvc.ac.uk/shakespeare, where you will also find information, including full cast lists and analysis, of over 160 other adaptations of the play for television, cinema, radio, music, the web and the stage as well as assorted parodies, pastiches and hommages.