The Pride and Prejudice and Zombies film has cast three actors.

The troubled film project appears to be back on track after bringing Lily James (Downton Abbey, Cinderella), Sam Riley (Maleficent) and Bella Heathcote (Dark Shadows) on board.


Jack Huston (Boardwalk Empire) is also in talks for the mashup movie, reports Deadline.

James will play lead Elizabeth Bennet, with Riley as Mr Darcy and Heathcote as one of the Bennet sisters.

Burr Steers (Igby Goes Down, Charlie St Cloud) is directing the adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith's book, which altered the original Jane Austen text to include zombies and ninjas.


David O Russell, Mike White and Craig Gillespie have all previously been attached to direct, with Lily Collins formerly in line to play the heroine.

Russell wrote the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies script with Steers and will produce with Natalie Portman, Marc Butan, Sean McKittrick, Brian Oliver, Annette Savitch, Allison Shearmur and Tyler Thompson.

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