As we all know, Joss Whedon found time to make another small, independent flick called Much Ado About Nothing.  When I first posted the press release for the movie, all we knew that he found some bit of time to make a movie while directing The Avengers.  Seriously?

Yep…

What Joss Whedon did do was that when filming for The Avengers wrapped, instead of taking a vacation with his wife, his wife gave him permission to go off and film this movie, Much Ado About Nothing, which apparently, is something he’s been wanting to do for a very long time.  Years to be exact.

And as we all know, when a hubby is given permission to do something we want to do, well, we don’t think twice, and bolt out the door like there’s no tomorrow!

So Joss gathered a few Whedonverse alumni and a few other actors and shot his self-funded movie at his Santa Monica, CA home.  He filmed it in 12 days and on black & white.

The film was shot under the banner of Bellwether Pictures, a small independent studio that Joss and his wife formed for the purpose of creating self made, small movies.

His plan is to have it ready for the various film festivals in 2012.

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Filming wrapped on Sunday and then a few of the cast had Tweeted about it.  Then another site, three hours later, claimed an exclusive and announced the film too, but with no more information than the simple tweets had pointed out.  Eh, a few hours later an official press release showed up (by clicking on the orange glass) on the site.

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