In a summer of Avengers, Spider-Man and Batman – is there room among movie fans for our 16th President?
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter stakes out theater in August, 2012. Collider has the first image from the film – along with a first look at Men in Black 3. Tim Burton is producing the movie based on the literary mashup that envisions Abe as a vengeance seeking dark hero. Benjamin Walker is Lincoln and Mary Elizabeth Winstead plays his wife. Two actors with genre Dominic Cooper and Rufus Sewell are among the undead.
Here’s the official synopsis:
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter explores the secret life of our greatest President, and the untold story that shaped our nation. Visionary filmmakers Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov (director of Wanted) bring a fresh and visceral voice to the blood-thirsty lore of the vampire, imagining Lincoln as history’s greatest hunter of the undead.