Whedon is obviously going over well-trodden ground, and when examining his film, previous adaptations of Much Ado About Nothing come to mind--notably the 1993 Kenneth Branagh film. Screwball Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof in Much Ado About Nothing MUCH ADO ABO...
Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Acronyms, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. Related to much: much less, Much Ado About Nothingmuch(mŭch) adj. more (môr), most (mōst) Great in quantity, degree, or extent: not much rain; much affection....