Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

film by Steers [2016]

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is a 2016 film directed by Burr Steers that reimagines Jane Austen's classic novel, Pride and Prejudice. In this adaptation, the wealthy and proud Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy is a skilled zombie hunter. The story follows the central romance between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, but with the added element of a zombie apocalypse threatening Regency England. Elizabeth and Darcy must overcome their initial pride and prejudice, as well as the undead, to find love. The film blends Austen's social commentary and romantic entanglements with horror and action elements.12

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Lily James
Breakout in Downton Abbey and subsequent lead roles
…in the comedic monster movie Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016); and Natasha Rostova in a BBC miniseries adaptation (2016) of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace. In 2016 she also reteamed with Cinderella director Branagh and costar Richard Madden in a stage production of Romeo and Juliet at the Garrick…
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…in the comedic monster movie Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016); and Natasha Rostova in a BBC miniseries adaptation (2016) of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace. In 2016 she also reteamed with Cinderella director Branagh and costar Richard Madden in a stage production of Romeo and Juliet at the Garrick…
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List of Jane Austen Film and TV Adaptations
Pride and Prejudice (published 1813)
…various creative adaptations, such as Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016), in which Lizzy Bennet (Lily James) navigates romantic attachments while evading zombies (the clue is in the title). Firth played a modern approximation of Darcy—a lawyer named Mark Darcy—in Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001) with Renée Zellweger as the titular…
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…various creative adaptations, such as Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016), in which Lizzy Bennet (Lily James) navigates romantic attachments while evading zombies (the clue is in the title). Firth played a modern approximation of Darcy—a lawyer named Mark Darcy—in Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001) with Renée Zellweger as the titular…
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