Emma Stone Replaces Natalie Portman Pride and Prejudice and Zombies?
Seth Grahame-Smith’s novel might have been a hit, with the graphic novel getting just as much attention, but the movie version of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies needs a revolving door to keep up with all the changing faces. First, Craig Gillespie stepped in as director after Mike White bailed, and now Variety brings word [...]
Jimmi Simpson in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Jimmi Simpson has been selected to help the President of the United States, according to Variety. He’ll be joining Ben Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, and Mary Elisabeth Winstead in the movie adaptation of the Seth Grahame-Smith novel, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Simpson will play Josh Speed, Lincoln’s personal assistant and close friend. The film [...]
Mary Elizabeth Winstead Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter?
The recent news circulating around Timur Bekmambetov’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter was that Robin McLeavy had snagged the role of Honest Abe’s wife, Mary Todd. Heat Vision is now bringing word that the role of the First Lady has actually gone to someone else. The official news (for right now, anyway) is that Mary Elizabeth [...]
Robin McLeavy – Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’s Mary Todd
Australian actress Robin McLeavy has won the coveted role of Mary Todd in the upcoming Hollywood blockbuster Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Oh, who am I kidding? This movie is going to flop harder than Snakes on a Plane. The vampire trend isn’t without its limits, people. McLeavy, who needs to find an agent who doesn’t [...]
Craig Gillespie To Helm Pride and Prejudice and Zombies?
Craig Gillespie might be going to the zombies. Thus far the Australian director’s works include, the wacky, heartfelt film, Lars and the Real Girl, and the upcoming horror remake extravaganza Fright Night. We may soon be allowed to add Pride and Prejudice and Zombie (the movie) to that growing list. The news comes to us [...]
Joaquin Phoenix Offered Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter?
When actor Joaquin Phoenix announced to the world he would retire from acting, I was supremely upset. The news was difficult to believe, coming from such a critically acclaimed actor seemingly enjoying at the prime of his career. I guess the news was hard to believe because it wasn’t exactly true. The stunt was part [...]
Benjamin Walker is Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
From one presidential role to another. Variety brings word that 28-year-old Benjamin Walker, who had the starring role in the Broadway musical, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, has signed on to portray Honest Abe in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, based on Seth Grahame-Smith’s novel with the same title. Walker, who at one time was connected to [...]
Mike White Exits Pride And Prejudice And Zombies
Pride And Prejudice And Zombies, the movie based on Seth Grahame-Smith’s mash-up of the Jane Austen classic, Pride and Prejudice, has hit a bump in the road with director Mike White bowing out because of a prior commitment with HBO. Take a minute to read Elena’s awesome review of Grahame-Smith’s book. White recently told Deadline [...]
Who Will Play Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter?
Blending fact and fiction has always been a mainstay for books and movies, but none does it better than Seth Grahame-Smith with the first vampire-slaying president in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. In addition to penning the novel, Grahame-Smith also prepared a screenplay, and now Twentieth Century Fox will be bringing it to the big screen. [...]
Anne Hathaway and James McAvoy in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies?
Anne Hathaway meets Jane Austen? According to Pajiba, the Love and Other Drugs star has been added to the rumor mill of who will play Elizabeth Bennett in the movie adaptation of the Jane Austen/Seth Grahame-Smith mash-up, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Don’t get too excited though, because Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Mia Wasikowska, Tilda [...]
Mike White Directing Pride and Prejudice Zombies
Mike White, director of Year of the Dog, has officially gotten the nod to helm Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the film adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s comedic retelling of the Jane Austen classic. As the title indicates, the key difference is the addition of brain-munching zombies. According to Deadline, David O. Russell was originally attached [...]
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies – Mike White to Helm?
The A.V. Club (the entertainment newspaper published by The Onion) gave Seth Grahame-Smith’s novel “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” a grade of A, saying, “(w)hat begins as a gimmick ends with renewed appreciation of the indomitable appeal of Austen’s language, characters, and situations…” By now you probably know what that gimmick is. You take a [...]
