Craig Gillespie to Direct Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Posted on April 19, 2011

The Hollywood Reporter says Lionsgate has hired Craig Gillespie to direct a movied based on the novel, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, by Seth Grahame-Smith. Gillespie has also directed Lars and the Real Girl and Fright Night. You can find his IMDB page here.

Grahame-Smith's novel added zombie mayhem to Jane Austen's classic regency romance novel. It has sold over a million copies.

Deadline.com also has a report on the director news here. The film is not expected in theaters until 2013. That cover always manages to creep us out.