Over the years, millions of readers have swooned over Mr. Darcy, the man who was so cool, rich, and detached from Elizabeth Bennet.
Now imagine if we focus on the word “detached.” And insert a Predator in the mix.
Don’t look at me like I’m crazy — I’m not the first person to come up with the idea. According to Variety, Elton John’s (yes, I said Elton John) Rocket Pictures will be producing “Pride and Predator,” which does exactly that.
“It felt like a fresh and funny way to blow apart the done-to-death Jane Austen genre by literally dropping this alien into the middle of a costume drama, where he stalks and slashes to horrific effect,” said producer David Furnish. Will Clark (assistant director of Assault of the Killer Bimbos) will direct the film.
I’m sorry, but I really can’t imagine any news better than this today. No, sir.
February 17th, 2009 at 10:12 am
I saw this on the Guardian website this morning and I’ve already emailed it to everyone I know.
It can’t be any worse than AVP.
February 17th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
This sounds like someone trying to steal the general idea of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
And both of them sound trite. How about an idea that doesn’t involve capitalizing off of someone else’s established work with an obvious joke?
February 17th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
well at least it is already a better concept than date/disaster/superhero/epic movie..and we know it’ll be guaranteed a Sat Night premiere spot on the Sci-Fi Channel….