School of Rock Screenwriter To Direct ‘Pride & Prejudice & Zombies’

Lionsgate has confirmed that Mike White, who wrote School of Rock and Nacho Libre, both starring Jack Black, will be at the helm of the Seth Grahame-Smith’s re-interpretation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and Zombies that features heroine Elizabeth Bennet. Natalie Portman still rumored to be the producer behind the film, however there’s still no cast members yet.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is a 2009 novel by Seth Grahame-Smith. It is a mashup combining Jane Austen’s classic 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice with elements of modern zombie fiction, crediting Austen as co-author.