'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' Gets New Director for That Necessary Tale
Well, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies might have found a new director. The add-something-wacky-to-a-classic project previously had Mike White attached to direct, and before that was set up for David O. Russell, but now it seems Craig Gillespie--director of Lars and the Real Girl, Mr. Woodcock, and the upcoming Fright Night remake--is the frontrunner for the job, because Lionsgate is still insisting this is a film we have to make. We really can't just CGI a few walking corpses in the background of the Colin Firth miniseries?
Perhaps a sign that adding zombies to a classic period piece is not quite as novel an idea as Lionsgate seems to think it is, Fright Night director Craig Gillespie has abandoned his role on Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Gillespie's departure marks the third directorial loss ... / Continue →
As evidence of just what a boring this lazy, late-August day this is, allow me to delight you with the following bit of non-news: Lars and the Real Girl and Fright Night director Craig Gillespie is still attached to direct Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, just as he previously ... / Continue →
Lionsgate has been eager to move on their adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies--quickly, before people start to realize it's literally just Pride and Prejudice with a cheap pop culture reference tacked on--and word is they'll soon be choosing a director for the project... / Continue →
