Emma Stone In 'Pride, Prejudice and Zombies': Offered Elizabeth Bennet Part In Film

Emma Stone has already shown off her extreme zombie fighting ability, starring alongside jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson in the apocalyptic present of "Zombieland." Now, it looks like she'll be going into the past to knock some undead heads.

After running through Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson as potential leads, director Craig Gillespie and Lionsgate have offered the lead role in "Pride, Prejudice and Zombies" to Stone, extending the opportunity to play Elizabeth Bennet in the big screen version of the hit genre mashup book by Seth Grahame-Smith, Variety reports. The film is being produced by Portman's production company, Handsomecharlie Films.

It'll be yet another big step in Stone's skyrocketing career; she toplined her first film last year, in the hit comedy, "Easy A," and is the undisputed star of a much more genteel book adaptation this summer, the 60s in the south-set film, "The Help." Stone will also co-star in the highly anticipated romantic comedy, playing Ryan Gosling's love interest in "Crazy. Stupid. Love."

Then, she'll be involved in a fight with a human lizard in "The Amazing Spider-Man," as she plays Gwen Stacey to Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man.

For more, click over to Variety.

Comments

[mickin45]

06:10 PM on 06/25/2011

Dern... That girl needs to eat a couple dozen cheeseburgers and fries.

[BlackJAC]

05:20 PM on 06/25/2011

I dunno. She's got too much edge and spirit and attitude and shoot-from-the-lip sarcasm to convincingly be part of the British landed gentry, even in a horror-comedy spoof of that era.

[Er hatden 71er genommen]

05:39 AM on 06/25/2011

Who has the best eyes- Stone or Klunis?

[Oneandoneandone]

01:45 PM on 06/24/2011

I will watch anything with Stone in it. Her comedic timing is perfect.

[gutteringdawn]

12:12 PM on 06/24/2011

This article has a bizarrely concentrated group of nerd sex symbols.

http://nerdsexsymbols.tumblr.com/

[tttony]

10:53 AM on 06/24/2011

She has lost too much weight. She looks haggard.

[Samirah1368]

06:08 PM on 06/24/2011

she has lost too much weight and needs to stop NOW. I don't think she is looking haggard yet but she does need to cool it

[Gracey28]

11:14 PM on 06/23/2011

Emma Stone is amazing and talented. I just love her.

[EvieEve]

06:59 PM on 06/23/2011

I really like this actress. Hope to see more of her

[hema333]

04:46 PM on 06/23/2011

she remind me of Sharon Stone....
not only the name, the face and the voice...
am i right ???

[nkb89]

04:38 PM on 06/23/2011

love emma stone!

[PathofTotality]

04:23 PM on 06/23/2011

"Emma Stone has already shown off her extreme zombie fighting ability, starring alongside jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson in the apocalyptic present of "Zombieland."

Loved Zombieland and loved the part Ms. Stone played. If they made a Zombieland 2 with all the same characters I would buy a movie ticket.

[Lee Erickson]

07:06 PM on 06/25/2011

poor Bill Murray

[PathofTotality]

02:46 PM on 06/27/2011

He had an awesome bit part!! Loved it.

[AntonioSaucedo]

02:19 PM on 06/23/2011

She's smart, she's tough, she's beautiful. What a combo!

[chaapai]

02:11 PM on 06/23/2011

I'm a gay guy and even I am in love with Emma Stone! LOVE HER!

[logic123]

02:57 PM on 06/23/2011

Me too!

[Hopethisworks]

01:15 PM on 06/23/2011

She's awesome.

[lawyersgunsandmoney]

01:01 PM on 06/23/2011

an alien
from
planet fine.