PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES – It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie killer in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a business plan. Fitzwilliam Darcy decides to expand his monster hunting empire by forming a strategic partnership with talented martial arts expert Elizabeth Bennet and together the two of them save the English countryside from undead hordes while also seeing off a string of ninjas who represent the competition to their business. By combining Jane Austen’s classic novel with the modern thirst for zombies, Culver City’s Screen Gems, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, hopes to take a bite out of the box office.

HAIL CAESAR! – The president of production at a Hollywood movie studio faces big problems when the highly paid leading man of his period Roman epic is kidnapped by disgruntled screenwriters in a protest against capitalism. He tries to round up the funds to pay the ransom of $100,000 while keeping the film on track and preventing the press from finding out. A Coen brothers comedy shot on locations around Los Angeles and released by Universal Pictures.

THE CHOICE – A small town veterinarian upsets the uptight medical student next door when she berates him for allowing his dog to impregnate her pooch. But anger soon turns to attraction and the neighbors fall in love. Work-related distractions offer challenges, however, and tragedy is also not far away. Released by Santa Monica’s Lions Gate Entertainment just in time for Valentine’s Day, this is the 10th movie based on a novel by romance specialist Nicholas Sparks.