Natalie Portman To Star In 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies'

Zombies have clearly jumped the shark, but Jane Austen, Natalie Portman, and a huge Hollywood budget will surely make them hip again. Portman has signed on to star in and produce the film adaptation of ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,’ the bestselling book by Seth Grahame-Smith and poor Jane Austen, who never saw any of it coming. From Variety.com:

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.

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