The rumour mill is currently churning with reports that Severance and Creep director Christopher Smith is currently top of the list of candidates to direct Lionsgate’s eagerly anticipated book adaptation; Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

Now, it is by no means a certainty that Smith will park his ass in the director’s chair as we’ve already seen the same rumour applied to David O’Russell, who was supposedly “locked in” to direct, he of course left the project at which point Mike White stepped in and looked like the guy to steer the ship.

Alas, he walked away too (if he was ever really onboard in the first place…)

So now we’re left with Christopher Smith who in my opinion seems a more realistic fit for the project.

Luke and Leia’s mom Natalie Portman had originally been attached to both star and produce Pride and Prejudice and Zombies but like every other name that has been attached to the project to date, she too moved on after a while.

It is expected that Lionsgate will make an official announcement regarding the production pretty soon.

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