UPDATE: Representatives for Lionsgate have confirmed that Craig Gillespie has not left the helm of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
EARLIER: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies has shaped up like a live-action version of Disney’s Tangled: it’s a promising project that’s taking what feels like an eternity to get off the ground. Without a lead star to its name, the film may have also lost its director.
Certain sources are telling Twitch that Craig Gillespie, who’s been attached to direct the film adaptation of the Seth Grahame-Smith novel since February, has left the helm. That sounds odd considering that he was just talking about the film in public last week, but given the shaky pre-production history, it wouldn’t be too surprising.
Though we have a Mr. Darcy in the dashing Dominic Cooper, the search for an actress to play Elizabeth Bennet continues..