Grahame-Smith will adapt the screenplay while producers -- including Jim Lemley -- are out to directors, according to reports.
Burton, Bekmambetov and Lemley most recently collaborated on the animated feature 9.
Grahame-Smith's Pride and Prejudice and Zombies has been on the New York Times Best Seller list for 46 weeks. It is being developed at Lionsgate with Natalie Portman and David O. Russell.
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