Emma Stone to star in ‘Pride Prejudice & Zombies’

June 24th, 2011 - 8:11 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt  

Hollywood, June 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Emma Stone will have zombies to deal with when she takes the lead role in the movie “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.” The actress recently starred in the horror comedy Zombieland. She was brought on board the production when another star pulled out.

The project is the production of Lionsgate and Craig Gillespie has been contracted to direct the piece. Stone is reprising the role which was originally played by Elizabeth Bennet. The only addition is that zombies have been added to the set. The movie is based on the novel which was originally written Jane Austen.

Lionsgate replaced David O Russell as the director with Gillespie. The role which has now been offered to Stone was originally handed to Natalie Portman. The “Black Swan” star decided to drop out of the movie citing schedule conflicts. Portman however still remains with the movie taking the role on the set as a producer.

The script of the movie was written by Seth Grahame-Smith and Marti Nixon. Marti was responsible for the script of the movie Fright Night. He worked with Gillespie on the set of the movie. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is expected to be released in 2013.

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