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If man is indeed a giddy thing - as William Shakespeare suggests in "Much Ado About Nothing," insinuating we are impulsive beyond all reason - then Joss Whedon may be the giddiest man of all.

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He's a witty, verbally adept actor of theatre , television , film and gaming . Tudyk's already secured his place in popular culture, thanks to being part of the ensemble built up in the past 20 years around the suddenly hot director of The Avengers and Much Ado About Nothing , Joss Whedon.

"For me, the whole experience was a dream," says Jillian Morgese, 23, a Fair Lawn native who can be seen in her first major film role in a funky new version of the Shakespeare comedy, opening nationwide on Friday.

In a new interview with Joss Whedon reveals that Tom Hiddleston's Loki character will not be on the playing field when the AVENGERS sequel finally rolls around.

A director of box-office smashes like The Avengers, and sci-fi TV series like Buffy the Vampire Slayer turns out to be a closet Shakespeare fan.

In the course of about a month, director Joss Whedon went from spending quality time with Hollywood power players such as Captain America, The Hulk and Iron Man to hanging with that superhero of sonnets, William Shakespeare.

Joss Whedon has been making the press rounds for another film with a dazzling array of super-talent, his adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing .

Writer-director Joss Whedon rounded up a bunch of his actor friends and shot this modern-day adaptation of the Shakespeare comedy at his house in 12 days, as a way to recover from the making of Brad Pitt stars in this adaptation of the Max Brooks novel, playing a United Nations official racing around the world to try and stop a zombie pandemic.

Joss Whedon has insisted he is not feeling any pressure for his Avengers sequel, following the success of Avengers Assemble.

After all, he's the director who decided to make a quick movie in his down time between shooting his first big-budget film and editing it; the screenwriter who dared to adapt a play from the greatest wordsmith in the English language; the optimist who thought: Hey, yeah, let's shoot a Shakespearean comedy at my house; it'll be fun.

DC may have found its Joss Whedon . No, not Christopher Nolan -- though there had been speculation that he would shepherd a series of films featuring DC Comics characters -- but rather Man of Steel director Zack Snyder and screenwriter David S. Goyer.

Joss Whedon's California-set Much Ado, filmed in black and white over 12 days, is a charming and witty triumph There was a great fear in the 1960s and 70s that various respected directors who'd moved into making epics and blockbusters would be unable to return, even occasionally, to more modest productions.

Joss Whedon recently sat in on the Empire Magazine Podcast and briefly discussed Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. while elaborating a bit more on The Avengers 2 and the two confirmed new additions.

The legion of Tom Hiddleston fans around the world will probably be a little bummed out at the news that the War Horse actor will not be returning in the sequel to 2012's The Avengers.

"Much Ado About Nothing", directed, adapted and produced by Joss Whedon was released last week to the tune of an 82% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Much Ado About Nothing is an eminently appealing modern-dress adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy of romantic errors, knocked out in 12 days during downtime on Whedon's 2012 monster Marvel's The Avengers.

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Enthusiastically, says Joss Whedon , god of all sci-fi geeks. The Bard is the greatest teacher one could have, Whedon tells USA Today.

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