Natalie Portman is re-making Pride and Prejudice – zombie style! Anyone not hiding under a rock has heard of the book that turns Jane Austen’s most beloved novel Pride and Prejudice into a zombie thriller.

Now Portman, through her Handsome Charlie production company, plans to bring the undead regency tale to the big screen with Annette Savitch and Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly (as a producer). Lionsgate is on board to finance and distribute the film. David O’Russell (I Heart Huckabees) has agreed to direct and write the screenplay. Who knows, maybe zombies will be the next vampires. Personally, I’m all for it – so long as undead creatures of all persuasions cease their sparkling immediately.

So tell me, have you read this literary zombie extravaganza? If so, what do you think of a big screen adaptation?

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