Shakespeare: Joss Whedon Style

Joss Whedon has adapted and directed a modern version of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. Shakespeare and Whedon, this could be a good combination.

I'm only familiar with a few members of the cast. Nathan Fillion plays Dogberry. I would have loved to see him as Benedick, but we can't have everything we want. I'm sure he'll be great as Dogberry.

The other actors I've heard of are Amy Acker, who plays Beatrice, and Sean Maher, who plays Don John. Amy played Nova/Astrid in the last episode of Once Upon a Time, and Sean played Simon on Firefly.

It hasn't been announced when this will be released, or even if it will be a general release. 

I'm so excited to see it.

Great News for Doctor Who Fans

One of the Doctor's best companions, according to this fan, was Donna Noble. The chemistry between David Tennant and Catherine Tate was electric - though not in a romantic way. Their exchanges were sometimes reminiscent of Benedick and Beatrice from Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. So it didn't come as much of a surprise when they were cast opposite each other in a West End production of Much Ado About Nothing as Benedick and Beatrice.

I was hoping that the production would be filmed so that those of us who didn’t get a chance to go to London to see it live could enjoy the pairing of the Doctor and Donna, I mean, David and Catherine again.

I am ecstatic that I won’t be disappointed.

The production will be available on DVD in Britain, and eventually it will be available in the United States.

Here is a sneak peak of the delight in store for us in the unknown future. It will have to be enough to keep us content, if not satisfied, until then.



Thanks to Megan for making me aware of this great sneak peek.