Elton John's Rocket
Pictures is hoping to reinvent the Jane Austen classic
Pride and Prejudice
with an extraterrestrial twist. The period drama will
deviate from its course when an alien crash-landing disrupts
the life of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy in
Pride and Predator,
reports
Daily Variety.
"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," David Furnish, John's partner in life and
business, told
Variety.
The movie will follow
Rocket's Shakespeare adaptation
Gnomeo and Juliet,
an animated film that features James McEvoy and Emily
Blunt voicing the star-crossed lovers in a world of warring
indoor and outdoor gnomes and will be released in 2010. Will
Clark is set to direct
Pride and Predator,
and Rocket partners Steve Hamilton Shaw and Furnish are
producing. John will supervise the music, as he does in each
Rocket-produced film. (Rhiza Dizon, Advocate.com)