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A deal has been reached that will see Natalie Portman star in and produce Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Lionsgate will distribute the movie domestically as well as write the check for its production. Richard Kelly, director of Donnie Darko and The Box, is also one of the film's producers along with Sean McKittrick and Ted Hamm. The actress will play the leading part of Elizabeth Bennet, the heroine at the crux of Jane Austin's romantic-drama (with newly introduced flesh-eaters.)

"Natalie and I are longtime passionate fans of Jane Austen’s books and this a fresh, fun and thought-provoking way to approach her work," said Annette Savitch, the last of the movie's producers and the producing partner with Portman in the duo's production company. "The idea of zombies running rampant in 19th Century England may sound odd, but it lends a modern sense of urgency to a well known love story."