The Tragic Death Of Imagination

A few days ago we posted up details of how Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice had been totally trashed re-written by some geek who thought it would be uber clever to include zombies, (I mean really, are we still flogging this undead horse?), re-naming it Pride And Prejudice And Zombies.

Just when you thought this premise couldn't be any more pathetic Sir Elton John wheels himself and his piano into the ring by announcing that his film company Rocket Pictures is to make a
science fiction re-imagining of...yes, you guessed it.

Pride And Predator, (*standing up and applauding enthusiastically*), will tell the story of an "alien dropped into the middle of a costume drama, where he stalks and slashes to horrific effect". David Furnish who will produce the film, while his husband Sir John Elton will supervise the music, told variety magazine: "It felt like a fresh and funny way to blow apart the done-to-death Jane Austen genre." RIP imagination, we knew you well.

Now With Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem

Jane Austen's classic book Pride and Prejudice has recently been given a makeover and in true 2009 style, zombies have been added into the literature mix. Yes, now even classic books aren't safe from society's on-going obsession with a zombie apocalypse, as writer Seth Grahame-Smith has added "all new scenes of bone crunching zombie action", in the newly revised parody of the quintessential English novel. As a point of interest Mr Smith is legally allowed to re-imagine the classic tale of Elizabeth Bennet and her four sisters, because the book's copyright has officially run out. Not ones to let us down Hollywood producers are currently in a bidding war for the movie rights of this re-imagining. BOOK HERE