Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing gets a modern makeover in Anyone but You, which is now streaming online.
Starring Sydney Sweeney as Bea and Glen Powell as Ben (a play on the Bard’s original characters, Beatrice and Benedick), the box office darling is available to buy or rent on digital at Prime Video, Apple TV and other transactional video-on-demand platforms.
Directed by Will Gluck (Easy A, Friends With Benefits), the film sees Bea and Ben initially hitting it off on their first date, until it all falls apart due to miscommunication. They reunite one year later at the wedding of Bea’s sister, Halle (Hadley Robinson) and Claudia (Alexandra Shipp), the sister of Ben’s best friend, Pete (GaTa). The nemeses decide to pretend to be a couple to make Ben’s ex-girlfriend want him back and to convince Bea’s parents that there’s no future for her and her ex-boyfriend. All the while, their fellow wedding guests conspire to make the duo believe that the fake couple has found true love.
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The romantic comedy is on track to earn as much as $100 million domestically, thanks to its viral TikTok moment where theatergoers reenacted the film’s credit scene featuring Natasha Bedingfield’s 2004 single, “Unwritten.”
Below, keep reading to find out where to stream Anyone but You online (and similar Shakespeare spinoffs), plus where to buy the classic play on Audible and Kindle online.
Where to Stream Anyone but You Online
You can buy or rent Anyone but You on digital Prime Video, Apple TV and other transactional video-on-demand platforms. It’s currently on sale for $17.74 (or 12 percent off) when you buy it in 4K Ultra HD on Amazon’s Prime Video.
Sony hasn’t announced an on-demand streaming release date for Anyone but You, which is expected to be available this spring or summer on Netflix. If you want to watch it before then, buying or renting the film online is your best bet.
Which Shakespeare Play Inspired Anyone but You?
Written by Ilana Wolpert and director Will Gluck, Anyone but You is loosely inspired by Shakespeare’s play Much Ado About Nothing, which is available in a variety of editions on Amazon. It’s also available as an ebook on Kindle and an audiobook on Audible.
Other film adaptations of the classic play include the Golden Globe-nominated 1993 film directed by Kenneth Branagh, who stars as Benedick alongside Emma Thompson as Beatrice; and Joss Whedon’s 2012 rom-com starring Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, Fran Kranz, Ashley Johnson, Nathan Fillion and Clark Gregg. Both are available on sale at Prime Video.
