If you’ve always dreamed of seeing Natalie Portman star in a zombie film, you’re prayers have been answered. The BBC just announced that Portman will be starring and producing in the Jane Austen mashup of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. There’s also a brief mention of the followup prequel, Dawn of the Dreadfuls although there is no film version planned for it. Twenty bucks says they already sold the rights.

Is this a good thing? I’m not so sure. While Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was a clever idea, it’s one of those things that grow stale kind of fast. Still, you can’t beat people in Victorian England getting eaten alive, so I’m gonna have to call it a draw. As for Portman herself, I’d rather see her as a zombie than zombie killer, but that’s just personal preference (or penance for the Star Wars prequels)

Natalie Portman to slay zombies in Austen adaptation (news.bbc.co.uk <- new window)