Ready for Dawn of the Dreadfuls?
Success gives way to sequelitis. Quirk Books, the publisher behind Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith’s “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,” is prepping the release of the prequel “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls.”
Steve Hockensmith (“Holmes on the Range”) takes over co-author duties, bringing zombies back to Austen’s 19th century England. In this installment, we watch Elizabeth Bennet evolve from a naive young teenager into “a savage slayer of the undead.”
The concept of “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” – which hilariously expands Austen’s source material – has become a hit on the book scene, spawning imitators and inspiring Hollywood to do an upcoming feature film starring Natalie Portman as Bennet.
“Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls” arrives in March.
Source: Quirk Books
