Natalie Portman to Star in Pride and Prejudice Zombie Film
Varietyreports that Natalie Portman will star in and produce a film version of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. The film is based on Seth Grahame-Smith's novel that adds a zombie menace to the Jane Austen classic.
Though Austen's name is on the book, Grahame-Smith took the liberty of adding bloodthirsty flesh-eating zombies to the mix.
Portman will produce through her handsomecharlie shingle with Annette Savitch, plus Darko Films' Richard Kelly, Sean McKittrick and Ted Hamm.
Described as an expanded version of the Austen classic, the book tells the timeless story of a woman's quest for love and independence amid the outbreak of a deadly virus that turns the undead into vicious killers
Natalie Portman will play the heroine Elizabeth Bennet in the Lionsgate film. It should make for an interesting film.
Variety 
