Mr. Darcy Eaten Alive

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Last night Variety's Michael Fleming posted a story about an entertaining movie-to-be called Pride and Predator, a Jane Austen jack-off about aliens landing on earth and butchering 19th century men and women of quality. Elton John's Rocket Pictures will produce.

Director Will Clark, who made a moderately amusing short called The Amazing Trousers, wrote the Pride and Predator script with Andrew Kemble and John Pape.

Rocket producer David Furnish told Fleming 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."

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on February 17, 2009 at 10:45 AM

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https://me.yahoo.com/a/y6RGQOZ4vfZ3pLw2LQOoDKwLdVAgJ.LFxW9l#9e5f3 says ...

And a complete ripoff of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

Posted by https://me.yahoo.com/a/y6RGQOZ4vfZ3pLw2LQOoDKwLdVAgJ.LFxW9l#9e5f3 at February 17, 2009 11:04 AM

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nemo says ...

The whole genre has finally jumped the shark.

Posted by nemo at February 17, 2009 11:17 AM

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Sabina E says ...

yeah, I was going to mention the PRIDE AND PREJUDICE zombie flick, too.

My sister, along with her friends, have such an unhealthy obsession for Colin Firth's Darcy in the 1995 BBC production of Pride and Prejudice. "Mr Darcy will ALWAYS be Colin Firth!" my sister screamed when she heard about the recent remake with Keira Knightley and that guy, Matthew McFayden or whoever he was, playing Darcy.

do you think obsessed Jane Austen fans will give this (and the zombie flick) a go? :-P

Posted by Sabina E at February 17, 2009 11:26 AM

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MovieBob says ...

Love it in theory, but I hope it has something going for it beyond the primary gag. Austenesque characters getting blown apart by an alien, with the title as the stinger, is a solid pitch for an SNL sketch. Whole movie? Needs more. All those involved should be required to watch "Brotherhood of The Wolf" before starting, for a good "okay, THIS but FUNNY" jumping off point.

Posted by MovieBob at February 17, 2009 11:41 AM

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Bilge says ...

Wait. The Austen genre is "done to death" but the alien genre isn't?

Posted by Bilge at February 17, 2009 11:42 AM

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Rich S. says ...

Didn't SNL do a bit a long time ago along the lines of Kramer v. Kramer v. Godzilla? I always thought that the arrival of Godzilla in the third act would save many a movie.

Posted by Rich S. at February 17, 2009 11:52 AM

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dinovelvet says ...

This would work brilliantly as a 10 second cutaway gag on Family Guy. (I think they did Kramer vs Predator actually!) But for 90+ minutes? This sounds like Snakes on a plane all over again.

Posted by dinovelvet at February 17, 2009 1:27 PM

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snowback says ...

This is what happens when well-connected people have ideas while stoned. For most people that's where it ends, but for famous, rich and/or connected people, the bad idea can become a script, or even a movie, or at least a blog headline.

Posted by snowback at February 17, 2009 1:29 PM

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