Update: Christopher Smith To Direct 'pride And Prejudice And Zombies'?

Latino Review, Latino Review
Fri, 01/28/2011 - 8:55am

Quiet Earth says they have received a tip from an "insider" over at Lionsgate indicating that British director Christopher Smith (Severance, Creep, Triangle, Black Death) is next up to helm 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' after Mike White dropped out of the project earlier this week. Synopsis: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is a 2009 parody novel by Seth Grahame-Smith.

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