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The first footage from the upcoming Joss Whedon production, Much Ado About Nothing, was released last week during the ‘Sunday Morning’ show on CBS, during a feature about The Avengers. It only offers a glimpse, but it’s still interesting to see! An extract from the article is below; unfortunately fans will have to visit the website direct to view the clip.

First, the “Much Ado About Nothing” footage – fast-forward to the six minute mark if you want to take a gander, although the whole video is pretty interesting, especially because you get some quotes from his wife Kai, who seems to be always alluded to but never seen. We just see a couple of glimpses of scenes, including one with “Dollhouse”/”Cabin In The Woods” nerd Fran Kranz spitting verse as Claudio (and Clark Gregg from “The Avengers,” as Leonato, looking on and nodding). Since the movie was shot in Whedon’s home, everyone is dressed in suits, not ultra-modern, but still pretty modern. We also see a bit of a party scene and glimpse another Whedon favorite, “Angel” star Amy Acker, as Beatrice. Apparently the movie was also shot in black-and-white, which probably adds a certain amount of glamorous production value to a movie that was shot in 12 days.

After the clip we see Whedon walking around his house, pointing out where scenes were shot – “The masked ball is all out here,” he notes, clearly proud of both the production and his home.

Source: The Playlist

I’ve posted a short interview below from Amy’s co-star, Fran Kranz, offering a little more detail on the upcoming Joss Whedon Much Ado About Nothing movie. The more I learn about this, the more excited I am about seeing it.

Fran Kranz, a longtime veteran of Joss Whedon projects, takes to the big screen in this Friday’s The Cabin in the Woods and is set to again team with Whedon (and Cabin co-star Amy Acker) for Much Ado About Nothing, a low-budget take on the William Shakespeare play that was filmed last year as a mystery project in just 12 days.

“[Whedon] shot that while he was on vacation,” says Kranz. “I remember he said he was going to go to Italy with his wife and kids, then all of a sudden he started to shoot a movie, which is crazy… He does a lot of readings at his house, he’s a great host. He always has people over, but he likes to have something to do, something specific. Sometimes he’ll read plays. One night we all read ‘A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream’. He called me one day and said he was thinking about doing ‘Much Ado About Nothing’, but filming it this time. That struck me as doing something handheld, with a Flipcam or something. Not something big with grip trucks, all of this equipment and stuff. But that’s what it turned into.”

The project also includes quite a few other faces familiar to Whedon fans such as Alexis Denisof, Nathan Fillion, Clark Gregg and Reed Diamond.

“He turned his home into a movie set,” Kranz continues. “He had extras and all of that. We had no idea. But I think that’s what he wanted. He wanted us to go into it with a casual feel and to do Shakespeare like you’re not used to seeing. He didn’t want big production value or it to be over-rehearsed. I think he wanted it to be natural. It might be a bizarre benefit to it that we didn’t master the language. The other actors all came from different places so it was an eclectic group. It’s Shakespeare, the language is rich and dense… I think it could be this wonderful blessing that it feels intimate, alive and casual and fun. I hope that bleeds off the screen and will be refreshing for audiences. I haven’t seen it yet, but I trust Joss always and I think it’s going to be awesome.”

Source: ComingSoon.net

The Joss Whedon-Drew Goddard project, The Cabin in the Woods, was released today in theaters in both the US and the UK. As you know, Amy has a small role to play as one of the government white coats. If you do get the chance to see the movie, don’t hesitate to let us know about the movie and Amy’s part.

In other news, expect further updates tonight as I get the site up-to-date!

The UK poster for The Cabin in the Woods has been released, as well as several new stills — including the very first still featuring Amy! Both have been added to the gallery; preview to your right & gallery links are below. Not long to go ’til the release date…!

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Several reviews have popped up online regarding The Cabin in the Woods — released in cinemas from April 13, 2012! — and they are very encouraging. Thus, I’ve posted a few extracts below featuring Amy’s character. Happy reading!

I feel like the less you know about this film, the better, so let’s begin with my capsule review version: The Cabin in the Woods is an incredibly clever and fun take on classic horror movie tropes centered around a group of kids going to a, you guessed it, cabin in the woods. Filmmakers Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard — the two wrote the film together with Whedon producing and Goddard directing — have come up with a wonderfully conceived story that gives a bigger than life and fascinating explanation for why so many horror movie cliches exist in the first place. If you’re a fan of the genre, you really have to check this movie out.

… Without giving away the specifics of their characters, Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford make one hell of a duo and there’s some great back and forth between the two veteran actors, along with Whedon vet Amy Acker, who serves as a nice, cynical springboard for the two of them.

Source: IGN

Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford have perhaps the most fun in the whole, but again to describe what their characters are up to would give away the plot of the film. Needless to say their scenes are quite darkly delightful, and nicely aided by a smart turn by Amy Acker (who starred in Buffy spin-off Angel) as one of their white-coated work-colleagues.

Source: Screen Daily

Amy’s movie that was filmed on location in Texas with Wes Cunningham shall be screening at 2 separate film festivals this month — and according to the film’s official twitter, Amy shall be making an appearance at the SF IndieFest, on the Sunday — thanks to Richard for the heads up! Screening info is posted below. Hopefully, we’ll see some pics from these events.

@SIRONIAFILM Looking forward to SIRONIA screening at SFIndieFest. Amy Acker will be there!

• San Francisco Independent Film Festival (official site)
- Sunday, February 12
- Wednesday, February 15

• Sedona International Film Festival (official site)
- Tuesday, February 21
- Friday, February 24

Neither the trailer or new poster features Amy, but I felt it warranted an update, since it’s the first batch of material to be released since the movie completed production back in 2009.

Thus, the poster has been added to the gallery; preview to your right & link below and you can view the HD trailer on YouTube — it does contain a lot of spoilers, but it looks awesome. Happy viewing!

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