Much Ado About Nothing Released 1967-02-05 is a story that falls under the Comedy, TV Movie category. Movie Story "Dame Maggie Smith stars in the 1967 screen version of Franco Zeffirelli's exuberant National Theatre production of Shakespeare's romantic comedy, in which young lovers Hero and Claudio conspire to make sharp-tongued rivals Beatrice and Benedick fall in love with each other.".