Jonathan Demme & Matt Reeves lobby to helm Pride and Prejudice and Zombies?

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Last Updated on July 23, 2021

And if I had a choice, I’m taking the former all day long…

The Wrap reports that, in the wake of David O. Russell’s departure from adapting Seth Grahame-Smith’s Jane Austen pastiche PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES, Jonathan Demme (above) and Matt Reeves are among the most interested to take the reins. Let’s see, one dude’s got more than 35 years work under his belt, including a complete Oscar sweep with 1991’s SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, and the other dude’s got…a whopping 4 pictures in his canon. You make the call…

Word also has that comedic writer-director Mike White (YEAR OF THE DOG), as well as Phil Lord and Chris Miller (CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS) have expressed interest in directing, but they’re more than likely second-tier choices to helm. Honestly, if Demme has as much interest as reported, they might as well give him the damn the job right now.

As far as the female lead goes, we know Natalie Portman scrapped the shite after O. Russell bailed. Scarlett Johansson has been rumored, but it seems a wise correlation to place Anne Hathaway (below) in the running if Demme indeed lands the gig (they worked together on RACHEL GETTING MARRIED).

So who do you prefer direct the film? Demme, Reeves, White or Lord and Miller? Now that Portman’s out, who would you wanna see play the female lead?

Source: The Wrap

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