Full disclosure:  I have a degree in English, and a long time ago I read Pride and Prejudice for one college lit class or another.  I hated this book.  It was a weepy tale typical of its era, and Jane Austen wrote for women, a group to which I do not belong.

Natalie Portman, however, is a woman.  And according to Variety, she's been attached to the film version of Seth Grahame-Smith's Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.  Portman is a fan of Austen's, and will produce the film under her handsomecharlie company.

Given the popularity of Grahame-Smith's novel (which I have never read;  I would never subject myself to Jane Austen of my own will), and Portman's star power, this film could be a big deal.

Read Variety's full article here.

 --Phil Fasso