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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

3/17/11 – Variety reported that Alan Tudyk has been cast as Stephen A. Douglas in 20th Century Fox's big-screen adaptation of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.  Timur Bekmambetov is directing the 3D summer tentpole from a script by author Seth Grahame-Smith. Helmer is also producing the project along with Tim Burton and Jim Lemley.  Story concerns the former president's quest to rid the world of vampires, which is presented as the real conflict behind the Civil War.  In the book, Lincoln debates Douglas, who is depicted as an ally of the Southern vampires.  Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter will release on June 22, 2012.

2/17/11- Mary Elizabeth Winstead will play the first lady in the period vampire adventure Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, according to The Hollywood Reporter.  She'll star opposite Benjamin Walker, in the title role as America's multi-tasking 16th president.

2/10/11 - Director Timur Bekmambetov will cast lesser-known stars with 20th Century Fox’s high-profile Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, according to The Hollywood Reporter.  Fox is in final negotiations with English actor Dominic Cooper to play Abraham Lincoln’s mentor. He’ll star opposite Benjamin Walker, who will play  Abraham Lincoln.  The cast of Vampire Hunter is beginning to round out. In talks to play the role of Lincoln’s best friend is Anthony Mackie, another young actor. 

1/28/11 - Benjamin Walker will play the title role in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, according to The Hollywood Reporter.  The actor will play Lincoln from the age of 20 to 55, from boyish and lanky to skilled fighter to middle-aged with trademarked beard.  Still uncast is the role of Henry Sturges, who mentors and trains Abe in the ways of vampire hunting. Timur Bekmambetov is directing.

3/2/10 - Directors Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov are teaming up to adapt Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, the new book that suggests the 16th president of the United States also slew bloodsuckers on the side.  Burton and Bekmambetov will produce the movie, based on Seth Grahame-Smith's novel, which hit bookstores today.  Grahame-Smith kicks off with the revelation that Lincoln's mother was killed by a supernatural creature, which fueled his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers. The novel depicts the 16th U.S. president as an axe-throwing, highly trained vampire killer.

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