Feb 17 2009'Pride and Predator' is Exactly the Combination You're Imagining
Sometimes one movie in which Jane Austin's Pride and Prejudice is retold with the addition of a deadly, geek-popular threat isn't enough. So Elton John is making another one:
Elton John's Rocket Pictures hopes to make the first Jane Austen adaptation to which men will drag their girlfriends.Will Clark is set to direct "Pride and Predator," which veers from the traditional period costume drama when an alien crash lands and begins to butcher the mannered protags, who suddenly have more than marriage and inheritance to worry about.
Clark, who directed award-winning short "The Amazing Trousers," wrote the script with Andrew Kemble and John Pape.
"It felt like a fresh and funny way to blow apart the done-to-death Jane Austen genre by literally dropping this alien into the middle of a costume drama, where he stalks and slashes to horrific effect," [producer] Furnish said.
Pride-and-Prejudice-with-Zombies/Aliens has just easily overtaken fertility-themed comedy as the genre I was least likely to believe as a real genre until seeing multiple examples of it. It's probably going to take the invention of a talking-animal-elected-president genre to knock this one down from the top spot.
Rocket launches 'Predator' [Variety]
Reader Comments
1. Matt - February 17, 2009 12:29 PM
Wtf!? Since when is Elton John into Predator lol?
2. Matt - February 17, 2009 12:30 PM
Oh and for the record that was FIRST:D
3. Ramon M. - February 17, 2009 12:31 PM
Wait seriously? I'm so watching this.
4. Jo Mama - February 17, 2009 12:53 PM
Am I on drugs? Did I really just read that? Is it April 1st? Elton John. Jane Austen. Aliens. This is going to be the greatest story ever told.
5. Kenny - February 17, 2009 1:09 PM
...I am seriously hoping this is real and not a joke...my life would be complete
6. Lisa - February 17, 2009 1:18 PM
I'm so excited for this.. not since Brotherhood of the Wolf has a combination of incompatible genres seemed so appealing to me.
7. jumpin_J - February 17, 2009 1:22 PM
I never thought I'd say this, but thank you Elton John. You saved my life tonight. Please let me know when you make this into a musical. Best. Musical. Ever.
8. Frank - February 17, 2009 2:43 PM
Hahaha, hilarious picture.
9. therush - February 17, 2009 3:01 PM
Why is this happening?
10. smithzoe - February 17, 2009 7:05 PM
I want a sincere man who knows how to live happily. You can reach me at ___MillionaireLoving co m_____ .If you are a h*o*ok*er, leave me away. True guys are appreciated.
11. jaime - February 17, 2009 8:51 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHA
the whole thing is so friggin crazy that it just might work.
12. rob - February 17, 2009 9:42 PM
get the newly released Pride and Prejudice and Zombies now at Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=jane+austen%2C+zombies&x=0&y=0
someone has already beat this movie to the punch
13. kyphur - February 18, 2009 9:35 AM
@12:Rob:
This site's already mentioned "Pride and Prejudicie and Zombies" earlier this week or last week. The post above even references it.
14. Lance Farnsworth - February 18, 2009 1:59 PM
This is the strangest thing I’ve ever heard, and I can’t wait to see what the reader review team at EverHype (create your own account to add your own music, movie, and game reviews at www.everhype.com/?utm_source=bc) has to say about this movie. Is it going to feature the Predators from the forenamed movie?