Following a successful launch at San Diego Comic-Com, Lionsgate UK has announced that PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES will be released in cinemas across the UK & Ireland on Friday 12th February 2016.
The premise of the film sees the Pride and Prejudice characters transported to an alternative version of Regency era England, where an under-class of zombies threaten to overtake the British establishment.
The Bennet sisters are trained in martial arts to help fight the zombies, but Lily James’ Elizabeth likes to use her fighting expertise to defend herself against her suitor as well.
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES is a fresh twist on Jane Austen’s widely celebrated novel. A mysterious plague has fallen upon 19th century England, the land is overrun with the undead and feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is a master of martial arts and weaponry. Casting aside personal and social prejudices, Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy must unite on the blood-soaked battlefield to rid the country of the zombie menace and discover their true love for one another.
Directed by Burr Steers, the film also stars Matt Smith, Douglas Booth and GAME OF THRONES’ Charles Dance and Lena Headey.Â
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies will be released in the UK on February 12th, 2016.
